An excerpt from The Opening Kickoff explores how UW legend Pat O'Dea "put the foot in football" and gained long-overdue respect for the Wisconsin team during the early days of intercollegiate athletics.
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Long before Badger football season gets underway ... certain lucky students make the equivalent of a touchdown pass by securing season-ticket packages.
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Although today Michael Lihrman x’15 holds the NCAA championship title for weight throw, his introduction to the sport didn’t come until his junior year at Rice Lake High School in northern Wisconsin.
Back then, the 6-foot-5 senior was looking for a way to…
This new center keeps a focus on the end game: getting a degree.
“My mindset is to go forward and go at people whenever I get the ball.”
Undergrads are glued to their television in Sellery Hall on the evening of April 5, as the Badger men’s basketball team plays Kentucky in the NCAA semifinal.
The UW had thirty-five athletes listed on the Academic All-Big Ten teams for their respective sports. To be eligible, student-athletes must be in their second year and carry a 3.0 or better grade point average. The leading UW squads were men’s hockey, women’s swimming and diving, and wrestling, each……
NCAA men’s basketball tournament semifinal, AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, April 5, 2014
“The key to a good coxswain is realizing that you can’t make the boat go faster. You just make it go as fast as it should.”
Carla MacLeod’s love of hockey helped her evolve from player to coach.
“When chaos happens, you’ve got to keep the team calm and lead them.”
Ed Nuttycombe’s unwavering focus made him the Big Ten’s winningest coach.
“It feels like just yesterday I was one of the young people in the [locker] room.”
When the time came to name their children, these couples decided that only once choice would do.
When it comes to community service, UW athletes are pros.
To call Patrick McBride MD’80 a collector of sports memorabilia doesn’t quite cut it.
Economist Andrew Zimbalist ’69 argues that big-time sports and big-time stadiums are not necessarily a boon for cities.
The sacrifice? Heading to practice long before the campus comes to life. The reward? Seeing the sun rise and knowing you’ve done your best.
I never think about my time at Wisconsin without thinking about rowing.
Basketball runs in the family for this Russian-born Badger