Wisconsin News and Sports
Time for New Year’s resolutions. You might want to loose a few pounds, quit smoking, attack your to-do list, or how about resolving to get your family prepared for an emergency?
Tod Pritchard of Wisconsin Emergency Management has a few suggestions for you. “Put a family emergency plan together, put emergency kits together for your home and for your car, and then just dedicate yourself to being informed about what emergencies we need to prepare for in Wisconsin.” [Read more...]
Montee Ball, James White and John Clay could be described as the straw that stirs the Wisconsin football drink. And they don’t mind
Badger fans get ready for Big game at Wisconsin tailgate party
sharing the running load either. All three will be on hand to try to help the Badgers beat TCU tomorrow in the 2011 Rose Bowl.
White is just a freshman, but led the trio in rushing this season with 1,029 yards and is second in rushing touchdowns with 14.
John Clay is second in yards with 936 and third in rushing touchdowns with 13.
Montee Ball had 17 rushing touchdowns and is third in yards with 864.
Together, the three make up the Wisconsin backfield and they push each other for playing time and simply to allow everyone to get better.
Of course, the Badgers huge offensive line is a big part of their success.
AUDIO: Montee Ball says the offensive line deserves a lot of credit. :09 [Read more...]
Wisconsinites will be dipping into icy waters but one polar bear club marks a special year. It began 25 years ago when 14-year-old Iowa native JR Jarosh lost a five-mile race with his father, “I remember at the time thinking he was an old man. He was 39. So now that I’m 39, it’s funny to think back.”
Among the conditions of defeat was taking a swim in late October. JR was curious whether he could swim every month of the year. While visiting [Read more...]
A company that makes solar panels is moving from California to Wisconsin. Governor Jim Doyle’s office said Thursday that the “W” Solar Group will move its headquarters and research facilities to the Madison area in the first half of next year. And manufacturing will begin there in 2012, with a total of up to 620 jobs in all. The company plans to spend over $300 million [Read more...]
The Wisconsin Badgers are smelling roses today as kickoff against TCU is set for Saturday afternoon at the Rose Bowl. Wisconsin is considered the “big boy” in the Grand Daddy of Them All this year. TCU at 12-0 is the “little guy” coming out of a non-BCS conference. Head coach Brett Bielema says that his team is not only playing for themselves on Saturday, but also the Big Ten and all the BCS schools when they get things going in Pasadena. UW is a 3 point underdog to the Horned Frogs in Las Vegas. TCU wants to find a way to win to show that they belong with the power conference schools. Coach Bielema told reporters at Thursday’s new conference that he thinks the key matchup will be the Badger offense vs. the TCU defense.
Kickoff from the Rose Bowl on Saturday is set for just after 4pm Wisconsin time.
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