Before Mark Johnson can take temporary leave of his job as Wisconsin Badgers women's hockey coach, he has a major hole to fill on his staff.

Dan Koch, a UW assistant and top recruiter since 2001, has accepted an offer to coach one of the girls programs at Shattuck St. Mary's (Minn.) High School.

"The hardest decision I've had to make,'' Koch said Tuesday.

Koch...

• Defenseman Ryan McDonagh has given Wisconsin Badgers men's hockey coach Mike Eaves strong assurances that he intends to return for his junior season, a tone that isn't expected to change even though McDonagh has a new NHL address.

 A first-round draft pick of Montreal in 2007, McDonagh was part of a multi-player trade with the New York...

The six newcomers to the Wisconsin Badgers men’s hockey team are already getting an important leg up on their exposure to UW.

The newbies — goaltender Brett Bennett, center Derek Lee, center Keegan Meuer, defenseman John Ramage, defenseman Justin Schultz and winger Craig Smith — are enrolled...

The Camp Randall Classic outdoor hockey game with Michigan Feb. 6 looks like it will fall far short of the world-record sellout some thought it would produce.

UW athletic director Barry Alvarez said earlier this month that ticket sales project to about 40,000, which is half of Camp Randall Stadium’s capacity and will be well under the world record for an outdoor hockey game,...

I just received a tweet from University of Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema -- yes, I've decided to join the ranks of Twitter, too -- regarding the death of legendary Iowa high school football coach Ed Thomas.

Thomas, a longtime coach at Aplington-Parkersburg, was shot to death --...

It's been a busy week for University of Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema and his staff.

The Badgers landed their third oral commitment of the week Wednesday afternoon when Berlin offensive lineman Dallas Lewallen accepted UW's scholarship offer.

Lewallen, like Waunakee...

 For the first time since Mike Eaves became coach of the Wisconsin Badgers men's hockey team in 2002, the program is not expected to have a player chosen in the first two rounds of the NHL Entry Draft.

 Four players with UW ties are included on the Central Scouting Bureau's latest ranking of the top prospects, but none appear to factor into the top...

Long before Boise State developed into a marquee college football program, the Broncos paid a visit to Camp Randall Stadium and nearly escaped with a monumental upset. Despite being a 36-point underdog, they held a 24-21 lead late in the fourth quarter against the stunned Badgers before Mike Samuel came to the rescue and rallied Bucky to a 28-24 win.

At the time (Sept. 6, 1997), Boise...

 It's not a great surprise that the University of Wisconsin Athletic Department has a strong revenue stream.

 According to Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal, UW Athletics ranked fifth nationally in revenue generated in 2007-08 at $93.5 million.

 Texas was first at $120.3 million with Ohio State next at $118 million.

 Two other...

 The opportunity to vote for the top male and female student-athletes in the Big Ten Conference is a big deal for me.

 Each school nominates a deserving male for the Jesse Owens Award and a female for the Suzy Favor Award. For the University of Wisconsin, that meant a first-ever sweep by hockey players: junior defenseman Jamie McBain for the men and senior...