Badgers football conditioning coach Ben Herbert emphasizes healthy living
It's clear from spending even a few minutes with the University of Wisconsin football team's strength and conditioning coach, Ben Herbert, that while he's a prodigious talker, he also loves to...
View ArticleWhat's good about kids football
When my son decided to stop playing soccer in fourth grade in favor of football, I was disappointed. I grew up playing both sports and found the subtle approach of the Norwegian dad who oversaw our...
View ArticleMadison singer-songwriter Marques Bovre to undergo surgery for brain tumor
On his CaringBridge site, Bovre writes that he started feeling "under the weather" three weeks ago and noticed it was hard to find the right words, a stark development for a songwriter as sharp and...
View ArticleBrewers' countdown to victory
As of Wednesday afternoon, the Milwaukee Brewers' "magic number" stands at 11. The figure, lowest in the major leagues, represents the number of Brewers wins or St. Louis Cardinals losses needed to...
View ArticleWays to watch the Wisconsin vs. Northern Illinois football game
The news that the Wisconsin Badgers' visit to Chicago's Soldier Field to play Northern Illinois won't be televised has been met with a resounding shrug this week. Maybe that's because fans expecting an...
View ArticleRussell Wilson so far
At his weekly press conference, Wisconsin head football coach Bret Bielema reveals the team's most valuable players from the previous game for all the units. Senior transfer quarterback Russell Wilson...
View ArticleRucks and scrums: Wisconsin rugby squad looks to qualify for nationals
The UW-Madison rugby club plays its home matches on the western edge of the University Bay fields, prudently near UW Hospital. Its out-of-the-way location recalls an Oscar Wilde description of the...
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View ArticleThe best and the brightest
Auburn quarterback Cam Newton was easily the most exciting player in college football last year and was rewarded with the Heisman Trophy. But his stop at three colleges in four years -- along with...
View ArticlePrime-time pigskin
Last Saturday's sweater weather made it ideal for college football, so my son and I hopped in the car and headed up to UW-Oshkosh to see the Titans take on UW-Whitewater, a clash between the top two...
View ArticleWe go way back with Mark Block, Herman Cain's chief of staff and 'smoking guy'
We first became aware of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's chief of staff Mark Block as he emceed the Tax Day Tea Party rally on the Capitol Square in 2009. We then ran into Block at...
View ArticleEasiest Halloween costume ever: Make your own Paul Soglin mask
These easy-to-follow steps will have you looking like "Hizzoner Da Mare" in no time! Simply pair with a Hawaiian shirt and grumpy demeanor and your friends will wonder how Mayor Paul Soglin got an...
View ArticleLet's talk about a perfect Green Bay Packers season
A few weeks ago, pundits were wondering if it was too early to mention Wisconsin quarterback Russell Wilson and the Heisman Trophy in the same sentence, thereby doing exactly that. As it turns out, it...
View ArticleMadison officials, north side residents address gang violence in wake of...
"We've been through this once before," said Mayor Paul Soglin. "We won and we are going to win again... In 1990, we had a murder out here. A woman lost her life because she stood up for the...
View ArticlePat Richter, Trek's John Burke ask Madison to support Edgewater redevelopment...
Complete with quiet piano, swelling strings, a soft focus and UW football great Pat Richter, a heartstring-tugging video distributed Monday by the Hammes Company represents the latest attempt to push...
View Article"State Journal" columnist Chris Rickert has a Cieslewicz/"Isthmus" fixation
In the last five days, "Wisconsin State Journal" columnist Chris Rickert has gone out of his way to skewer "Isthmus" blogger and former Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz. Why?
View ArticleThe cult of Joe Paterno
When you walk the charming streets of State College, Pa., and the Penn State campus, it's clear that Nittany Lions football isn't just a pastime there, it's what drives the community and university...
View ArticleWalker recall volunteers bundle up to gather signatures at Eash Wash...
The wind chill factor -- 30, for the record -- is relevant for the first time this season Wednesday night as a group of eight volunteers waves signs and clipboards at eastbound drivers along East...
View ArticleKids sports and sexual abuse
A couple years ago, I was recruited to help coach my son's football team, which is sponsored by a Catholic church. Before the season started, my fellow coaches and I were required to complete a church...
View ArticleQuarterbacks Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers, by the numbers
ESPN has dubbed this the Year of the Quarterback, because apparently the most celebrated position in sports doesn't get enough time under the spotlight. When can we expect the Month of the Defensive...
View ArticleBucky's still in it
Wisconsin finished the 2008 college football season with a 7-6 record after being trounced by Florida State in something called the "Champs Sports Bowl." Since then, the Badgers' record is 31-7,...
View ArticleAnthony Lamarr updates 'We're Smelling Roses' for 2012, rhymes Abbrederis
Anthony Lamarr, along with Cascia Films, has released a 2012 version of his popular "We're Smelling Roses" hip-hop tribute just days after the Badgers beat Michigan State for the Big Ten title.
View ArticleThe Tebow effect
A couple weeks ago in this space, I discussed statistics for rating quarterbacks and how they justify the considerable hype heaped upon Aaron Rodgers. One might argue that the greatest appeal of pro...
View ArticleFive videos for Bon Iver fanatics and novices alike
The Grammy-nominated Eau Claire band, which appears at Madison's Orpheum Theater this weekend, appears in many weird and charming online videos. Here's a handful.
View ArticleThe UW-Whitewater way: Warhawks return to Stagg Bowl riding 44-game winning...
We arrived in Whitewater for last Saturday's NCAA Division III semifinal football game between the Warhawks and St. Paul's University of St. Thomas in a car bearing Minnesota license plates, so it...
View ArticleGive football fanatics what they want
Football fanatics of all stripes agree: The NFL's RedZone channel -- available to cable and satellite subscribers -- is a runaway success. Footage hops from game to game on Sundays in an attempt to...
View ArticleThe Rose Bowl pits pro-style Wisconsin against Oregon's evil spread-option...
The Rose Bowl is one of the great venues in sports. Those who have been fortunate to attend the annual college bowl game played there will describe the magical moment when the setting sun bathes the...
View ArticleWhy the Badgers will defeat the Ducks in the Rose Bowl
Wisconsin football fans who have hitched along for one or more of the team's five visits to the Rose Bowl since 1994 report that the red-clad boosters have left Pasadena-area bartenders impressed and a...
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