Sports

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FOOTBALL

Becoming a 'Bigg Dogg': After his father's death, Cephus finds strength in football

By Lorin Cox | Oct. 13, 2017

Andre Taylor was known as “Bigg Dogg,” and he called everybody he knew Bigg Dogg. Not everybody, though, was a Bigg Dogg. That distinction meant everything to his son, Quintez Cephus, and when Taylor was murdered in April, the Wisconsin Badgers’ wide receiver needed to be a Bigg Dogg more than ever. “That’s just what he used,” Cephus said.

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FOOTBALL

Wolverines' loss alters Big Ten East division race

Oct. 13, 2017

Week six of Big Ten football season was filled with action as the Wisconsin Badgers broke away from the Nebraska Cornhuskers on the road to win, 38-17.

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FOOTBALL

Jones' return gives Purdue offense much-needed jolt

By Christopher Wozniak | Oct. 13, 2017

When Purdue walks through the tunnel on to the field at Camp Randall Stadium, a lot of eyes will gravitate towards one player: Junior running back Markell Jones.

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FOOTBALL

Wisconsin pass defense must step up against upset-minded Purdue

By Simon Fischer | Oct. 13, 2017

Wisconsin’s conference schedule grind continues this week as they take on the Purdue Boilermakers (1-1 Big Ten, 3-2 overall) at home.

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FOOTBALL

Improved Boilermakers seek major road upset

By Cameron Lane-Flehinger | Oct. 13, 2017

Once a moderately successful program known for upsetting top-ranked opponents and producing NFL quarterbacks, Purdue football seems to have lost its way in the last few years. The Boilermakers have never been a conference powerhouse, but their consistent competitiveness — 12 bowl game appearances in 16 years from 1997 to 2012 — stands in stark contrast to their abysmal results under head coach Darrell Hazell: 9-33 overall, with just three conference wins in four years.

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FOOTBALL

Oklahoma's loss to Iowa State drastically alters college football playoff picture

By Morgan Spohn | Oct. 13, 2017

Week six of college football was like a buffet as it had a little bit of everything, blowouts, a seven overtime game, upsets and heart pounding last minute drives to decide games.

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WOMEN'S HOCKEY

Badgers look for road sweep against Minnesota State

By Suzie Kazar | Oct. 13, 2017

This week, the No. 1 ranked Wisconsin Badgers (6-0-0) head to Mankato for a very familiar matchup versus the Minnesota State Mavericks (1-2-1). The two teams have played 83 contests all-time, with Wisconsin holding an impressive lead of 78-2-3.

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MEN'S HOCKEY

Now being one of the "big boys," UW will need best defensive performance in first road trip

By Cameron Lane-Flehinger | Oct. 12, 2017

When the Wisconsin men’s hockey team took the ice for its home season opener just over a year ago, it did so with numerous questions surrounding the program, including relying on a new head coach to rebuild a once-storied program that had fallen on hard times.

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VOLLEYBALL

?Wisconsin snaps losing streak, knocks off No. 5 Nebraska en route to signature win

By David Gwidt | Oct. 12, 2017

Successfully closing out opponents has proven to be quite the challenge for the No. 11 Wisconsin Badgers as of late.

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FOOTBALL

Hornibrook learning to respond to failures, looks to improve play against Purdue

By Jake Nisse | Oct. 12, 2017

Alex Hornibrook is not the same quarterback he was a year ago. While he still has improvements to make, as evidenced by the costly interception he threw last Saturday versus Nebraska, there’s certainly a difference between the nervous redshirt freshman that played last season and the sophomore currently starting for the No. 7 Wisconsin Badgers (2-0 Big Ten, 5-0 overall). “He’s a little quicker with his reads,” said senior tight end Troy Fumagalli.

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MEN'S BASKETBALL

Former Badger rivals return to Madison, relive college battles

By Jake Nisse | Oct. 12, 2017

As he went through drills and joked around with his teammates early Tuesday afternoon at the Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion, D.J.

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SWIMMING AND DIVING

Diving with high expectations, Wisconsin swim teams set to open season this weekend

By Kelly Ward | Oct. 12, 2017

After graduating one of the largest senior classes in recent memory, the Wisconsin swimming and diving team is back in 2017-’18 with a new, more versatile look. With an incoming class that includes two national champions, an Olympian and three high-profile transfers, head coach Whitney Hite and his team should have little trouble climbing the ranks of the Big Ten.

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MEN'S HOCKEY

Sheffield, Byrne, Granato reflect on previous week, comment on week to come

By Jacqueline Damrow | Oct. 10, 2017

Volleyball: After coming off of two tough losses against ranked teams, the No. 11 Badgers (2-4 Big Ten, 11-4 overall) are eager to take on No. 5 Nebraska (6-0 Big Ten, 13-3 overall) this Wednesday at the field house.

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VOLLEYBALL

Scuffling in Big Ten, Wisconsin falls to Michigan State, drops third straight match

By David Gwidt | Oct. 8, 2017

In Big Ten volleyball, nothing ever comes easy. Each team in the conference must overcome their fair share of obstacles, fighting to survive a brutal schedule which proves immensely challenging for even the nation’s most talented teams. And for the No. 7 Wisconsin Badgers (2-4 Big Ten, 11-4 overall), the arduous nature of life in the Big Ten has certainly taken its toll.

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MEN'S SOCCER

Badgers settle for tie in sloppy affair with Michigan State

By Bremen Keasey | Oct. 8, 2017

Wisconsin Badgers men’s soccer (3-1-1 Big Ten, 7-2-3 overall) may have kept its 20-game home-unbeaten streak in tact Saturday night, but it didn’t do enough to beat the Michigan State Spartans (3-0-2, 9-1-2), and instead settled with a sloppy 1-1 overtime draw. The Badgers struck first with a goal by senior forward Chris Mueller.

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WOMEN'S HOCKEY

UW remains perfect after first road trip of season

By Suzie Kazar | Oct. 8, 2017

In their first away series of the season, the No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers showed no signs of slowing down.

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FOOTBALL

Big-play Badgers overcome own sloppiness in 38-17 win over Nebraska

By Lorin Cox | Oct. 7, 2017

The No. 9 Wisconsin Badgers (2-0 Big Ten, 5-0 overall) are known as a slow-and-steady to win the race kind of team, but they needed a little bit more hare than tortoise in their 38-17 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers (2-1, 3-3). It was more from necessity than by choice, though, as the Badgers started off slow and sloppy on both sides of the ball, an all too common trend this season from the leaders of the Big Ten West. Defensively, UW allowed Nebraska to march down the field on its opening drive until Wisconsin had its back against the wall in its own red zone.

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MEN'S HOCKEY

Badgers use gritty performance to split weekend series with Buckeyes

By Ethan Levy | Oct. 7, 2017

After last night’s 3-2 loss to Ohio State, head coach Tony Granato said something intriguing about junior forward Ryan Wagner in relation to the rest of his lineup.

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MEN'S HOCKEY

Badgers fall in conference opener against Ohio State

By Cameron Lane-Flehinger | Oct. 6, 2017

Sometimes the more things change, the more they stay the same. The Wisconsin Badgers (0-1-0 Big Ten, 1-1-0 overall) learned that lesson the hard way in the closing stages of a 3-2 loss to Ohio State (1-0-0, 1-0-0) at the Kohl Center Friday night, as a pair of key defensive miscues soiled an otherwise strong defensive performance by the Badgers. The Buckeyes came out stronger in what was their season opener, possessing the puck for long stretches and keeping junior netminder Sean Romero out of danger with only four shots on goal allowed in the opening period. “I think they came out and got to their game before they let us get to ours,” head coach Tony Granato said.

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WOMEN'S HOCKEY

No. 1 Wisconsin looks to continue dominance against Syracuse

By Ben Blanchard | Oct. 6, 2017

For the first time this season, the No. 1 University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team is hitting the road.