Sports
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When (& why) the Packers started riding kids’ bikes to training camp
It’s one of the most wholesome traditions in the NFL: Packers players riding to and from training camp every summer with thousands of kids, sometimes even on THEIR bicycles!
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6 Milwaukee Brewers (+ one fan) to watch for this season
The Brewers are off to a hot start this season. Here are the players you should get familiar with.
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How Eau Claire became the Kubb Capital of North America
What is Kubb? How do you play? And why Eau Claire? We’ll answer all of the above, and more!
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3 of Wisconsin’s winningest women athletes
After more than 500 All-Americans, 95 Big Ten Championships, 9 National Championships, and 50 years–women’s athletic programs at the UW have proven to be the apex of national athletic achievement. Here are three of the greatest female Badgers to ever wear the red and white.
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3 things you don’t know about old Milwaukee County Stadium
The old Milwaukee County Stadium was built in 1950 with dreams of bringing professional baseball to Milwaukee. However, the venue quickly evolved into a multi-sport, entertainment complex that drew people to southeastern Wisconsin for five decades.
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How women’s hockey became a Wisconsin dynasty
Many people don’t that women’s hockey is still a relatively new official college sport. So how did the Badgers get so good, so quickly? It comes down to three things…
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Why Packers running back AJ Dillon wrote a children’s book
“I wanted to have a different moral of the story,” Dillon said. “In the children’s books that I’ve read over the years, the character tries new things and then everybody finds the one thing they’re good at and that’s the end of the story.”
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Former Wisconsin basketball player Walt McGrory dies at 24 after battling bone cancer
Walt McGrory, a guard for the Wisconsin men’s basketball team from 2017-21, has died after a battle with bone cancer. He was 24.
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How Shaka Smart turned Marquette into a basketball powerhouse in two short years
Head Coach Shaka Smart is about to begin his third season leading Marquette and 15th overall, and the 44-year-old Madison native has already netted an impressive scorecard of his own. Smart owns an overall record of 291-155 (.652) and has guided nine teams to the NCAA tournament. At VCU, he posted a record of 163-56…
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The Reason Behind Wisconsin’s Referee Shortage? Unruly Spectators.
Games are being rescheduled, postponed, and even canceled because there aren’t enough officials available, and the WIAA is pointing to parents as the problem. On a typical Thursday or Friday night, Matt Atkinson of Eau Claire can be found on a football field or basketball court. Now starting his 24th year as an official for…
