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Coming in Wisconsin this week:

“Reagan has accelerated the moral disarmament of the West by elevating wishful thinking to the status of political philosophy.” — George F. Will, 1987, on the United States’ nuclear weapons ne…

WASHINGTON — For a variety of reasons, I gave up alcohol Jan. 4.

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — Who is this Scott Walker, and why has he taken off like a house afire in the race for next year’s Republican presidential nomination even before it’s really begun?

INDIANAPOLIS — Way back in October, they started telling anyone who would listen what they were going to do.

MILWAUKEE — It’s an easy assumption, considering one was traded to make room for the other, but as spring training opened, Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke wanted to make something abund…

INDIANAPOLIS — It was all about second chances Saturday night for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Chicago Cubs

Freddy and Charlie Gerard combined for three goals in the game’s first 25 minutes, and the Madison Capitols made the lead hold up in a 4-2 U.S. Hockey League victory over the Des Moines Buccan…

A disastrous fourth inning erased the University of Wisconsin softball team’s slim lead and powered Penn State past the Badgers 15-5 on Saturday at Goodman Diamond.

Led by junior Perrin Hagge’s victory in the 800-meter run, the Middleton boys track and field team finished third at the Madison West Relays on Saturday at the Camp Randall Memorial Sports Center.

Vitto Brown and Riley Dearring both see the jump the Badgers center made after his sophomore year and think they can follow his example.

Duke is the only thing standing between the Badgers and a national championship.

WHITEWATER — Charlie Kutschenreuter knew the experience of going against some of the best runners in Wisconsin early in the prep track and field season would provide him a feel for where he ra…

They could have had a better view and more comfortable seats, a bathroom to themselves and cheaper beer.

Brands are finicky things. If you don’t believe so, ask the red-faced politicians in Indiana.

Tidbits from the site of UW's second straight Final Four appearance, including a who's who of Badgers fans roaming around the premises.

What for thousands of festive Badgers fans was a gigantic “Final Four Tailgate and Pep Rally,” doubled as an ultimate family reunion for dozens of former University of Wisconsin basketball pla…

Millions of people all over the world sincerely believe we are living in perilous times with much uncertainty.