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Let the Kids Have Fun: Why the Badgers Win Over Washington Deserved a Field Storm
by Will Tappa In the ever-present wintery mix, the Wisconsin Badgers’ 13-10 win over the Washington Huskies was a streak-breaker for the ages. Luke Fickell and company fought through injuries, public outcry, and the aforementioned weather to top the Huskies in a Big Ten West-esque battle in front of a few thousand of the Badgers’…
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What Your Big Ten Team Says About You
by Quinlan Parisi You can tell a lot about a person by the reason they’re screaming at their TV every Saturday. Forget Astrology, your real personality test is lying underneath your favorite football team in the Big Ten. So, what does your favorite Big Ten team say about you? Let’s find out. Wisconsin: You’re the…
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Love’s Leap: Why You Should Believe in Green Bay’s QB1
by Joey Bonadonna The Green Bay Packers have some lofty goals towards becoming a Super Bowl contender in 2025. Nearing the end of the regular season, they sit at 9-3-1, making a push for the best record in the NFC and home field advantage throughout the playoffs. While much of the narrative has been dominated…
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Goodbye the Age of Ivy League NCAA Hockey Champions…Or Maybe Not?
by Peyton Whittet In the landscape of Division 1 hockey you have your powerhouses like the Penn States and Michigans of the Big10, and then you have the ECAC: A League combined of half Ivy’s and half non Ivy’s. Half give scholarships, NIL and are NCAA champs, and half are your average poor little Ivy’s…
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A Celtics Fan’s Survival Guide to Watching Knicks Fans Celebrate Nothing
by Kian Price I have spent years trying to be a calm, logical sports fan. I tell myself not to let other teams bother me, to focus on the Celtics, and to accept that sports will always make me a little insane. But every season, the New York Knicks and their fans push that insanity…
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The “0” is the Most Overrated Thing in Sports
by Kaden Olson Boxers and MMA fighters compete in some of the most brutal sports on earth, yet nothing motivates them more than protecting that shiny little zero at the end of their record. Forget brain damage; the real trauma is a loss listed on Wikipedia. They’ll take punches straight to the dome, but heaven…
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Precision: What Other Sports Can Learn From Swimming
by Sarah Donohue If objectivity is what you want to see in a professional sport, look no further than swimming. No referees to decide who wins. No judgment calls that are debated for days. One winner is chosen by only one thing: the clock. The system is so exact that races can be decided by…
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Bigger Isn’t Better: The Case Against Expanding March Madness
by Jeremy Schneider March Madness captivates everyone — from diehard basketball junkies to people who don’t watch a minute of the sport all year. No tournament is perfect, but March Madness sits on a pedestal as one of the greatest events in sports. For all of its glory, there are folks around college basketball advocating…
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Defense No Longer Matters in the NBA
by Jack Behler MADISON ~ Watch an NBA game today, and you see a blur of possessions. Guards sprint into pull-up threes within seconds of crossing half-court. Big men float to the perimeter instead of battling in the paint. Scores climb past 120 points almost nightly. The pace is relentless, the spacing is wide, and…
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Opinion: The MLB Needs Both a Salary Cap and Floor for Competitive Balance
by Brett Huser The Los Angeles Dodgers didn’t just win the pennant this October; they won the payroll lottery again. Their $169 million luxury-tax bill alone tops the entire payroll of 16 Major League Baseball teams. That single stat captures why the sport’s competitive balance is broken, and why the only realistic fix is to…