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Polzin: Why it's no longer prudent to preach patience with Luke Fickell (copy)

Sat, 10/25/2025 - 12:00am
Giving the Wisconsin football coach time to build seemed like a reasonable take when the season began. But the program's continued regression makes it hard to defend that stance.

Polzin: Wisconsin men's basketball talking points from exhibition loss to Oklahoma (copy)

Sat, 10/25/2025 - 12:00am
Based on their performance Friday night, the Badgers have plenty of them to address. Here's which issues stood out at Fiserv Forum.

3 things that stood out from Wisconsin men's basketball's exhibition loss to Oklahoma (copy)

Sat, 10/25/2025 - 12:00am
The Badgers could not come back from a difficult start, falling to the Sooners in an exhibition game.

Wisconsin hockey superfan known for leading crowd in cheers dies (copy)

Sat, 10/25/2025 - 12:00am
Phil Dzick, "a fan in the truest meaning of the word," was known to Badgers hockey fans for organizing the "we want more" cheers after goals.

3 things that stood out in Wisconsin volleyball's rebound win at Washington

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 11:31pm
Mimi Colyer did a lot of the heavy lifting in the Badgers' four-set win at Washington.

Waunakee rallies to top Chippewa Falls in overtime of football playoff opener

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 10:23pm
McCoy Smith's heroics carried No. 1 seed Waunakee to an overtime victory against No. 8 seed Chippewa Falls in the first round of the WIAA football playoffs.

3 things that stood out from Wisconsin men's hockey's win over Alaska

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 9:40pm
The Badgers opened a three-goal lead, then had to hold off the Nanooks in the opener of a nonconference series at the Kohl Center.

3 things that stood out from Wisconsin men's basketball's exhibition loss to Oklahoma

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 9:37pm
The Badgers could not come back from a difficult start, falling to the Sooners in an exhibition game.

Polzin: Wisconsin men's basketball talking points from exhibition loss to Oklahoma

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 9:33pm
Based on their performance Friday night, the Badgers have plenty of them to address. Here's which issues stood out at Fiserv Forum.

Giannis Antetokounmpo continues hot start as Bucks bury Raptors

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 8:37pm
Antetokounmpo, who scored 37 points in Milwaukee’s opener at home, gave the Raptors fits, using his combination of strength and speed to bully the defense in the paint.

Live scoreboard: High school football first-round playoff scores

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 5:55pm
The high school football playoffs get under way, so stay up to date with all the scores.

Lotteries Fri for Sat

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 4:41pm
All or Nothing:

BOOK SALE WINDS UP SATURDAY

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 4:31pm
Above: From left, Joan Armbrecht, of Madison, and Kathy Sosnouski, of Fitchburg, shop for books during an outing Friday with their book club, called “Books and Birds,” to the Friends of Madison Public Library’s Fall Book Sale at the Central…

US sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military firepower (copy)

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 3:30pm
The U.S. military will send an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, the Pentagon announced Friday.

St. Vinny’s drop-off locations to reopen within a week

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 3:00pm
Donation centers at each of its seven stores, including those in Madison, have been closed for a little more than a week.

Ah, rats! Researchers say some other critter likely created Chicago's 'rat hole' sidewalk landmark

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 2:36pm
Researchers think they have debunked the origin of Chicago’s so-called “rat hole,” one of the Windy City’s weirdest local landmarks, a full-body impression of an unlucky critter that got trapped in wet sidewalk cement in the city’s Roscoe Village neighborhood…

Person found dead in Lake Monona is identified as 56-year-old Madison man

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 1:44pm
The 56-year-old Madison man was declared dead at the scene after sheriff’s deputies recovered his body.

9 places for Halloween fun that aren’t a haunted house

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 1:30pm
Time is running out for Halloween thrill-seekers. From hike-and-treat at the Horicon Marsh to scary karaoke, here’s how to get your spook on between now and Nov. 1.

Person hospitalized after a building collapse at Far East Side construction site

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 1:00pm
The site was in early stages of construction and unoccupied at the time of collapse, fire department officials said.

Trump administration denies Wisconsin’s FEMA request after August flooding

Fri, 10/24/2025 - 12:25pm
FEMA Acting Associate Administrator Keith Turi said damage assessments didn’t warrant federal aid.

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