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  1. UW football: Do former Badgers have edge on recruiting trail? UW football: Do former Badgers have edge on recruiting trail?
    TOM MULHERN | Wisconsin State Journal | tmulhern@madison.com | 608-252-6169 | @TomMulhernWSJ
    New tight ends coach Eddie Faulkner believes being a former UW player will help in recruiting.
    Updated: Feb 08, 2012 | 7:30 am | Loading…
  2. Tom Oates: Bucks aren’t up to speed Tom Oates: Bucks aren’t up to speed
    TOM OATES | Wisconsin State Journal | toates@madison.com | 608-252-6172
    Lackluster play has marked Milwaukee’s season so far, and the Bucks must pick it up quickly in a shortened season.
    Updated: Feb 08, 2012 | 7:35 am | Loading…
  3. Ohio State president tells Bielema, other Meyer critics to 'get a life' Ohio State president tells Bielema, other Meyer critics to 'get a life'
    Madison.com sports
    That's the candid response from Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee to the University of Wisconsin football coach's recent suggestion that the Buckeyes, under new coach Urban Meyer, were employing unspecified "illegal" tactics on the recruiting trail.
    Updated: Feb 08, 2012 | 7:38 am | Loading…

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Tom Mulhern
UW football: Do former Badgers have edge on recruiting trail?
New tight ends coach Eddie Faulkner believes being a former UW player will help in recruiting.
Updated: Feb 08, 2012 | 7:30 am Loading…
Tom Oates
Tom Oates: Bucks aren’t up to speed
Lackluster play has marked Milwaukee’s season so far, and the Bucks must pick it up quickly in a shortened season.
Updated: Feb 08, 2012 | 7:35 am Loading…
Dennis Semrau
Prep boys basketball: Ward, Marshall make Cambridge pay for its mistakes
Sophomore point guard Cam Ward converted three turnovers late in the first quarter into fast-break layups to ignite Marshall to an 80-70 victory over Cambridge in a Southern Capitol Conference boys basketball game Tuesday night.
Feb 07, 2012 | 10:40 pm Loading…
  • Prep Profile: Kirsten Gunderson, Middleton
    A two-year starter at guard in basketball who is on track to be a four-year starter in soccer, Gunderson carries a 4.0 grade-point average, is a kick-butt expert-level player at Guitar Hero, and aims to become a pediatric oncologist or a zookeeper.
  • Prep Profile: Bryan Machmeier, Middleton
    A co-captain for the Cardinals' boys basketball team and a two-year starter at safety in football, Machmeier carries a 3.63 grade-point average, is a black belt in karate, loves to fish and hunt, and plans to major in chemical engineering in college.
  • Badger Conference wrestling: Dewey, Nelson win titles to rally Stoughton to team title
    Dillon Dewey (195 pounds) and Jessie Nelson (285) each won their first individual titles to rally Stoughton to 285-280 victory over the Red Hawks for the tournament title at Waunakee High School.
Jim Polzin
UW men's basketball: The Week Ahead
As I wrote for today's Wisconsin State Journal, the University of Wisconsin men's basketball team is in good shape in its quest for a 14th consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament. But the Badgers still have some work to do, and the interesting part about their seven-game closing stretch of …
Feb 07, 2012 | 11:57 am Loading…
Rob Hernandez
Prep Talk: Affordability as important as availability in WIAA's basketball home
To understand the depth of the issue that is where to play the WIAA state basketball tournaments, I share with you an email I received recently in response to the initial discussion that the WIAA's two signature tournament events might be leaving Madison. It came from a Madison man who worke…
Feb 07, 2012 | 9:35 am Loading…
Andy Baggot
UW men's hockey: Big Ten agrees to neutral site hockey playoffs
The move is a big step toward helping UW alleviate future scheduling difficulties with state high school tournaments at the Kohl Center, but there are other sticking points.
Feb 07, 2012 | 5:00 am Loading…
Dennis Punzel
UW women's basketball: Prahalis holds court as Buckeyes again top Badgers
Samantha Prahalis scored a career-high 34 points and No. 10 Ohio State made the most of an eight-day layoff to beat Wisconsin 72-58 on Monday night, the Buckeyes' 20th consecutive victory over the Badgers.
Feb 07, 2012 | 4:40 am Loading…
Bill Cooney
Golf: Texas man stabbed for playing through
Slow play can kill an otherwise enjoyable round of golf. It almost killed a 48-year-old Texas man -- literally -- who was attempting to play through a slow foursome in front of him late last month. Clay Carpenter was stabbed in the upper leg with a golf club shaft during a brawl after his th…
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  • NFL: Wacky Super Bowl bets a winning (or losing) proposition
    The Super Bowl isn't only about tasty party appetizers, $3.5 million commericials or the actual game itself. It's about wagering -- and billions of dollars worth. Like most sports, Super Bowl betters can gamble on the game's line (the Patriots are favored by 3 points) or the over/under for p…
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  • Bucks: Bogut exits early ... again
    Bogut, the No. 1 overall draft pick by the Milwaukee Bucks in 2005, left the Bucks' game early with an ankle injury. Yes, another injury. And it appears, at least according to the Racine Journal Times, that Bogut could miss a few games.
Adam Mertz
UW football: Chicago offensive line prospect picks Auburn
Jordan Diamond, a highly touted offensive lineman from Chicago who used his last official visit to check out the University of Wisconsin last weekend, has decided to play football at Auburn.
Feb 04, 2012 | 1:45 am Loading…

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