sports
Team Player: Monika Jakutyte
For Monika Jakutyte, raising the bar is a way of life — literally.
Robert’s Rules
This former sprinter now trains pro basketball players — and has a track record for results.
Time Out with Coach Kelsey
The Badger women’s basketball coach has a game plan for building a contender.
Team Player: Jessie Gerry
In a sport known for its child prodigies, Jessie Gerry x’12 stands out for a different reason.
On Point
Picnic Point, that is.
Rules to Roll By
With the threat of Huntington’s disease hanging over her, Shana Martin lives life out on a limb – or at least a log.
We Love a Parade
Introducing Grand Marshall Abigail Conley.
Team Player: Daniel Lester
When Daniel Lester x’13 first jumped into a pool, he was just doing what the doctor ordered.
Badger Sports Ticker: Winter 2011
UW Athletic News in brief
We fall the extra mile
If you want to get a lumberjill to open up, you should be willing to tumble head-over-heels into her world.
Flaps Down—Don’t Want to Hear It
Welcome to the Big Ten ...
Brace Yourself
A UW trainer leads a first-of-its-kind study on the effectiveness of ankle support.
Bat Man
David Kretschmann is working to make baseball bats break safely.
Running Low
Suzy Favor Hamilton ’91 helps promote healthy bodies and healthy minds through UW–Madison’s Precollege OPTIONS program, Movin’ Minds.
From Press to Professor
Longtime sports journalist brings an authentic voice to his classroom.
Team Player: Janelle Gabrielsen
Meet UW’s senior setter Janelle Gabrielsen
Sometimes a bat is just a bat
Bud Selig's office decor opens a window onto its occupant's personality — or does it?
Sports and Society
Allan H. “Bud” Selig ’56 often talks about how history guides the decisions he makes as the commissioner of Major League Baseball.
Sconnies in Coastie Country
Badger fans tried their hardest to make their team feel at home at this year’s Rose Bowl.
A Conversation with The Commish
Bud Selig looks back on his career, and ahead to a return to Madison, considering it all through “the retrospect of history.”
Team Player: Andrew Howe
At 165 pounds in NCAA Division I wrestling this season, there’s Andrew Howe x’13 … and then there’s all the rest.
Free Fallin’
Before learning to fly, snowboarder Colin Tucker x’12 had to learn to fall.
What a Feeling!
Fans took to the field in celebration after Wisconsin defeated No. 1 Ohio State.
Head-On Collision
With every brain she dissects, neuropathologist Ann McKee ’75 discovers more about chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the disease that results from repeated brain injuries. Her studies are changing how sports — especially football — are played.
On Home Turf
Horticulture prof is in his element when working with sports venues around the world.