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Mike Lucas: A star at UW, Brandon Williams is still fighting to stick in the NFL
Brandon Williams looked around the room and saw nothing but NFL success. There was Jim Leonhard, who signed a three-year deal with the New York Jets (believed to be worth around $2 million a year). There was Owen Daniels, who signed a one-year, $2.7 million tender with the Houston Texans. There was Joe Thomas, who signed a six-year deal with the Cleveland Browns (with over $23 million, reportedly, guaranteed). read story
Wisconsin Badgers football: Sept. 12 and 19 game times, TV set
Kickoff times and TV coverage for the University of Wisconsin's Sept. 12 and 19 non-conference football games have been set, the UW Athletic Department announced Wednesday. read story
Lucas: Count Bielema among burgeoning ranks of Twitter users
FWIW: UW FB coach BB njoys Twitter b/c he can control IM 2 fan base. Moving fwd, itz a GR8 way, IHHO, to update pple abt da Badgers, 4 sure. read story
Wisconsin Badgers football: Undergrad tickets sell out in record time, despite snags
The allotment of roughly 11,800 seats for continuing students, transfers and incoming freshmen sold out in record time -- approximately 2 hours, 35 minutes after the 8:30 a.m. start of the first-come, first-served sale at the athletic department website, uwbadgers.com. read story
Ex-Badgers Bollinger and Bryant selected in United Football League draft
Former Wisconsin quarterback Brooks Bollinger has been selected by the Orlando franchise in the first United Football League draft. read story
Lucas: Reichardt's big bonus prompted MLB draft
Seeking to trigger a lively debate among University of Wisconsin sports loyalists and zealots? Just pose this question: Who's the greatest male athlete to have ever competed for the Badgers? read story
Wisconsin Badgers football: Another 11 a.m. start for Homecoming
For the fourth straight year -- and sixth in the last eight -- the Wisconsin Badgers football team will have an 11 a.m. kickoff for its Homecoming game. read story
WIAA track and field regionals: Appendix removal sidelines UW football recruit Groy
Ryan Groy had a prime seat for the shot put competition Tuesday night at Breitenbach Stadium for the WIAA Division 1 Middleton track and field regional. The problem, though, was that the 6-foot-5, 300-pound University of Wisconsin football recruit would rather have been perched on the competitor's bench, a few feet away, awaiting his three throws in the shot put prelims. read story
Wisconsin Badgers football: UW in talks with Notre Dame
The University of Wisconsin is in discussions with Notre Dame about scheduling a non-conference football series, athletic director Barry Alvarez said today in an interview on WTSO-AM/1070. Alvarez told host Mike Heller that his talks with Fighting Irish officials have focused on a four-year window from 2012 to 2015. read story
Lucas: Big Ten expansion off table for now, Alvarez says
Conference expansion can make for bruised egos, hurt feelings and strange bedfellows. Football coach Joe Paterno recently broached the topic at a Penn State booster meeting in New York City. As you might expect, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany quickly dismissed the idea of expansion taking place any time soon in the conference. That was confirmed Monday by University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez. read story
