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Nigel Hayes awoke in the offseason to the booming voice of motivational speaker Eric Thomas.

The main priority won't be stopping quarterback Aaron Rodgers, as many would expect — it'll be stopping the running game.

The Badgers play the Hawkeyes at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Iowa City, Iowa.

State Journal reporter Jim Polzin breaks down the matchups in Saturday's game.

Brady Grayvold knows that from here on out, every game has the potential to be the last of his collegiate career.

The Vikings have been vastly improved on defense this season under coach Mike Zimmer, but they were vulnerable again last week in a 21-13 loss at Chicago.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — An opportunity for the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team to ease its early-season misery seemed to present itself Friday night.

TORONTO — The Milwaukee Bucks were quickly brought back down to earth Friday night.

Daniel Willett scored the lone shootout goal as the Madison Capitols edged the Green Bay Gamblers 5-4 in a United States Hockey League game Friday at the Dane County Coliseum.

The host DeForest girls basketball team, last season’s WIAA Division 2 state runner-up, opened its season with a 67-35 victory over Madison La Follette on Friday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The University of Wisconsin volleyball team moved a step closer to its first Big Ten Conference championship since 2001 with a sweep of Ohio State on Friday night, extending t…

A man with a handgun robbed a Klinke Cleaners on Odana Road on Friday night, police said.

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — The No. 3 University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team wasted little time dispensing with the drama.

Track owner Terry Kunes is mulling at least four offers to sell Madison International Speedway.

A man was killed in a farming accident at an Amish farm in Elk Grove Township Friday. 

For years, I’ve been watching the sold-out student section at Camp Randall take until the end of the first half to fill up. It doesn’t matter if the opponent is Nebraska, Ohio State or Delawar…

Leaf man, leaf man,

The Wisconsin Badgers are fantastic entertainment. Last Saturday's football game was no exception. Wow!

One man was charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide and another faces a first-degree reckless endangerment charge for a shooting last week on Madison's West Side during an app…

Spectrom takes first prize in the Collegiate Inventors Competition.