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FOOTBALL
Barrett, in expanded quarterback role, returns to elite form
By Jack Baer | Oct. 29, 2015Ohio State has been a bit of a disappointment this year. Sure, they’re still undefeated and No. 1 in both rankings, but a worrying number of games in which they failed to pull away early has created a sense that they are this year’s Florida State, a defending champ sleepwalking through the regular season and waiting to get exposed by a plucky upstart in the College Football Playoff. The most visible reason for this iffy play is at quarterback, the position considered the Buckeyes’ greatest asset in preseason.
SPORTS
Amid an offense plagued by inconsistency, Stave is hardly the chief concern
By Jack Baer | Oct. 28, 2015It’s the sequence that some Wisconsin fans have visualized since the 2013 season: Joel Stave is forced out of the game, Bart Houston enters and the highly recruited quarterback from the Class of 2012 starts making it rain while the former walk-on stews on the bench. That’s what plenty of Wisconsin fans saw last Saturday against Illinois. It’s not really what happened, but it’s what people saw.
FOOTBALL
Column: Chryst was, and can be, a driver of success
By Jack Baer | Oct. 1, 2015Like him or not, Wisconsin was an excellent football program when Bret Bielema was at the helm. And it was like that for far longer than those who just want to give credit to Barry Alvarez’s program-building skills would like.
FOOTBALL
Rapid "preactions" to UW-Bama: Easing your elephant-sized woes
By Jack Baer and Sam Karp | Sep. 3, 2015Wisconsin and Alabama square off this Saturday. Here's the kind of reaction you can expect if the Badgers fall to the Crimson Tide.
SPORTS
Big Ten championships, individual accolades keep rolling in for annually dominant Badgers
By Jack Baer and Michael Johnson | Jun. 11, 2015The nature of massive, state school Division-I athletic departments means that beyond nation- ally competitive football and/or basketball teams, you’re probably going to have a few “minor” programs that rank among the perennially elite in the NCAA. Wisconsin’s men’s cross country is one of those programs.
BASKETBALL
How far we’ve come: UW’s last 25 years
By Jack Baer | May. 4, 2015As the Wisconsin basketball team celebrated earning the first NCAA Tournament 1-seed in program history, unaware of the thrills, laughs and, ultimately, tragedy they would encounter, they were unknowingly cheering another achievement. A far more enduring, and impressive, accomplishment.
COLUMNS
Big MLB contracts are not automatically disastrous
By Jack Baer | Apr. 30, 2015Obvious statement: the Angels regret giving Josh Hamilton $125 million. They paid a king’s ransom for three mediocre, injury-plagued seasons and a whole lot of (semi-deserved) bad press. Pro tip to Arte Moreno: Don’t “Mean Girls” a recovering drug addict while trying to use a contract clause that doesn’t exist to recoup money you freely gave to him knowing the risk associated. You’d think they’d teach that in billionaire class.
BASKETBALL
Sam Dekker declares for NBA Draft
By Jack Baer | Apr. 10, 2015Maybe it was only a matter of time once he sank that final shot against Arizona, but now, it’s official: Sam Dekker will not play his senior year at Wisconsin.
BASKETBALL
Looking ahead to next year: A way too early 2015-’16 Top 5
By Jack Baer | Apr. 8, 2015Sadly, Wisconsin is probably not returning to the Top 5 any time soon. Here are the five teams most likely to open next season at the top of the rankings.
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Traevon Jackson
By Jack Baer | Apr. 6, 2014Junior guard Traevon Jackson misses the first of three free-throw attempts at the end of Wisconsin's Final Four matchup against Kentucky, the only free throw missed by UW in 20 attempts.
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Traevon Jackson
By Jack Baer | Apr. 6, 2014Junior guard Traevon Jackson misses the first of three free-throw attempts at the end of Wisconsin's Final Four matchup against Kentucky, the only free throw missed by UW in 20 attempts.
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