Column: Badger sports: forever a bridesmaid, never the bride
By Brett Bachman | Feb. 9, 2014It doesn’t get much better than this past weekend if you’re a Badger fan.
It doesn’t get much better than this past weekend if you’re a Badger fan.
Traevon Jackson has been a controversial player for the Badgers (6-5 Big Ten, 19-5 overall). He’s known as “Mr. Clutch” for making multiple game-winners, but also as a player who makes multiple mistakes that can cost his team. Badger fans saw both sides of that today, and it was infuriating at first, but was then followed by exhilaration.
The roller coaster of a season Wisconsin (5-5 Big Ten, 18-5 overall) will only get crazier this weekend.
Perhaps the Badgers should consider adopting a new mantra for the season: There’s no place like home.
Coachingsearch.com reported yesterday that the Badgers’ running backs coach, Thomas Hammock, has accepted the same position with the National Football League’s Baltimore Ravens.
Each year, for one day, high school players must sign a letter of intent to choose which school they will attend for their collegiate football career. Yesterday was that day.
The Badgers women’s basketball team lost a heartbreaker to No. 22 Nebraska by one point, 71-70 in overtime Wednesday night at the Kohl Center.
If there’s one series fans will circle on their calendars months in advance, it’s the annual matchup between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Minnesota Gophers. Through the transition from WCHA to Big Ten hockey, the Border Battle remains just as much of a battle as ever.
Coming off a bye week, and with one series remaining before No. 2 Wisconsin’s colossal showdown against top-ranked Minnesota, the Badgers are looking to continue improving and build some momentum.
Like he is quite accustomed to, David Beckham entered with fans chanting his name to the stage that was overlooking the calm water, still trees and an 80-degree Miami morning.
Monday Aug. 5, 2013, seemingly out of nowhere, the United States Hockey League (USHL) announced a new team in Madison, Wis.
If I told you a free falling team lost a much needed game because of a complete inability to generate late stops on defense, you probably would have guessed it was the previously top-five Badgers (5-5 Big Ten, 18-5 overall).
Step aside Big Ten, the Big 12 is the best conference in college basketball
Fresh off an 82-71 victory Sunday over Ohio State that broke a four-game losing streak for the Wisconsin women’s basketball team (3-6 Big Ten, 10-11 overall), the Badgers are looking to repeat this success at the Kohl Center Wednesday against No. 22 Nebraska (5-3, 15-5).
A week ago, shocking news broke that football players from Northwestern University were attempting to unionize with the National College Players Association (NCPA).
Football
A coach in my Under-10 soccer days once gave me some valuable advice: “The goalie is an obstacle, not a target.”
Sharing the wealth proved to be an effective strategy for the Badgers (3-6 Big Ten, 10-11 overall) this afternoon at the Kohl Center, as four Wisconsin players finished in double figures in an 82-71 win over Ohio State (4-5, 14-11).
The influence of former Wisconsin football players was undeniable in this year’s Super Bowl.
A highlight-reel goal and Wisconsin’s first completed penalty shot since 1996 weren’t enough to propel the Badgers past the Wolverines in Ann Arbor this weekend.