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Crystal Crowns

NFL is full of surprises this season
Columnist Crystal Crowns highlights players and teams in the NFL that are doing exceptionally well so far this season.

Brewers give Wisconsin fans hope
Columnist Crystal Crowns believes the Milwaukee Brewers have to ability to go far in the playoffs as long as they play up to their potential.

Long hair and the NFL do not mix
Columnist Crystal Crowns explains why shorter hair could prevent injuries in the NFL.

Firing Yost was the right move for Milwaukee
Columnist Crystal Crowns explains why former Brewers manager Ned Yost needed to be fired.

Underdogs claim U.S. Open titles
Columnist Crystal Crowns breaks down the final Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year and highlights the upsets that were worth watching.

Lottery system should never have left seniors empty-handed
Columnist Crystal Crowns discusses alternative ways the UW ticket office could have more efficiently distributed football season tickets to students.

Want to learn how to be a basketball coach? Play XBox
Columnist Crystal Crowns compares the digital recruiting process to the actual one

Conference Title up for grabs
Columnist Crystal Crowns weights Wisconsin's chances of capturing the Big Ten Championship

It's intramural basketball time
Crowns explains why intramural basketball is so much fun

First annual "Crownsy Awards" in Big Ten Conference
Crystal Crowns gives out awards for the best shooter, passer, and more.

NBA games lack entertainment
Lack of teamworks, hustle, and passion makes the NBA a dull league.

Lil’ Jordan: creating his own path
Michael Jordan's son Jeff tries to follow in his father's footsteps, but in his own way.

Grandpa Crowns knows best
Thoughts on current basketball rules about fouling and possible revisions to those rules in the last two minutes of games.

Why I hate basketball politics
Crystal reflects on her high school career, dealing with parents influencing coaches.

Stone pleased with early performances
Although women's basketball coach Lisa Stone mentioned ways in which her team could improve, she said she was happy with the effort and team chemistry.

Badgers fall to MU, aim to top Wyoming
The Wisconsin women's basketball team will look to beat the Cowgirls after struggling against Marquette.

Upsets: nightmares or miracles
Why inconsistency a problem for many highly ranked collegiate athletic teams this year?

Lady Badgers pose threats
The Wisconsin women's basketball team did not graduate any seniors at the end of last season, which gives them great potential this year.

Wisconsin cut out of Big Ten Tournament with loss
Badgers finish in bottom three of Big Ten.

Women's soccer set for Big Ten finale at Northwestern
The Badgers must win and get help to earn a spot in the Big Ten tournament

Women’s basketball to compete for Big Ten crown
Badgers expected to finish in top-three in Big Ten.

Wisconsin’s fate no longer in its hands
Loss to Minnesota leaves Badgers uncertain about Big Ten Playoffs.

Wisconsin looks to secure spot in Big Ten Tournament
The women's soccer team needs to get two victories at home this weekend.

Five to watch
GameDay's look at 5 things to watch for in this weekend's matchup against Indiana. Kickoff is at 11 AM at Camp Randall Stadium.

Women's soccer set for weekend in Michigan
Paula Wilkins' squad will take on both Michigan State and Michigan.

Head-to-Head
A comparison of the Huskies and Badgers. NIU’s defense should have trouble with the experience Wisconsin offense.

Firing blanks: Illini shutout Badgers, end UW's short streak
The UW women's soccer team could not build on their two-game winning streak as they fell to Illinois 3-0.

Lady Badgers blank Ramblers
Cold weather no problem for UW

Women's soccer prepares for battle versus Loyola
After defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes the Badgers go for two in a row at home.

Women’s soccer ready for Big Ten Conference schedule
Lady Badgers head to Purdue and then over to Indiana for a weekend road trip

A Rose Bowl for the ages, Wisconsin’s last shot at a national title
A historical piece on the Badgers' 1963 Rose Bowl appearance. The game is regarded as one of the best in college football history.

Nebraska transfer Klages, a keeper for women’s soccer
Jamie Klages has made a full transition to the UW, asserting herself as the starting goalkeeper.

Lady Badgers split road series
Wisconsin Women's Soccer split their western trip, beating Northern Arizona but losing to BYU. THe team is now 3-2-1and plays their next game against UW-Milwaukee.

Trio of Madison natives leading the way for young Wisconsin squad
The Badger's homegrown trio looks to carry their hometown team. The three girls have know each other for a long time through soccer and now will try to carry the team into a new era

Women’s soccer beats BU and UCSB in home tournament
Paula Wilkins’ badger women’s soccer team defended their home field downing Boston University and UC-Santa Barbra. Both Taylor Walsh and Shannon Terry scored two goals on the weekend.

Women’s soccer hopes home field advantage results in wins
Badgers return home to host the Wisconsin Invitational Tournament in their first regular season games against UC-Santa Barbara and Boston University.

Women kickers ready for fresh start with Wilkins
With a new coach the Wisconsin women's soccer team has a new attitude in 2007.

Wisconsin men’s soccer awarded runner-up this weekend


Softball’s season ends with loss
The split the UW softball team earned this past weekend with Minnesota was not enough to make the Big Ten Tournament and the lack of a sweep finished their season.

Badgers fighting to keep postseason hopes alive
Wisconsin must defeat rival Minnesota to have any hopes of playing in the Big Ten Tournament.

Once a walk-on, Polito finishing star career
Not many people are able to say that they walked onto a Division I college softball team, started every single game of their college career and set two program records. However, Wisconsin’s senior center fielder Samantha Polito most certainly can.

UW goes 0-for-4 on weekend road trip to state of Michigan
It was a rough weekend for the Wisconsin softball team as it dropped four conference games on the road at Michigan State and No. 9 Michigan.

Softball hits crucial part of season with trip to Michigan
The Wisconsin softball team travels to Michigan this weekend to face both Michigan State and No. 9 Michigan.

Rain can’t stop UW in sweep of Phoenix
Wisconsin swept passed UW-GB on a rainy day in Green Bay.

Badger Softball travels to UWGB for doubleheader
UW Softball looks to finish the season strong, starting with a doubleheader today in Green Bay.

Softball ends home season with a pair of losses to NU
The Wisconsin softball team (5-7 Big Ten, 24-15 overall) came up short in both games against No. 8 Northwestern (10-3 Big Ten, 35-10 overall) this weekend, losing 2-1 Friday night and 6-2 Saturday afternoon at Goodman Diamond.

Badgers look to tame Wildcats
Wisconsin will try to close out its regular season at the Goodman Field with two victories over Northwestern.

Robben’s walk-off double puts out the Flames
The Badgers got another win in their last at bat Tuesday with a walk-off double.

Badgers ready for Hoosier-state rivals
The Wisconsin softball team has doubleheaders on Sunday and Monday.

Wisconsin softball takes on ND State in doubleheader
ND State heads to Madison for a Tuesday doubleheader.

Cowgirls lasso Badgers to win WNIT
The Wisconsin Women's Baketball team lost the WNIT title game to Wyoming 72-56

Wild West: UW set for title showdown with Cowgirls
The Badgers will take on Wyoming for the WNIT championship Saturday.

Badgers advance to WNIT final round
Junior guards Jolene Anderson and Janese Banks combined for 49 points to lead the Wisconsin women’s basketball team past Western Kentucky Wednesday evening at the Kohl Center, 79-72.

No cavalry for Virginia as UW rides on
The WIsconsin Badgers women's basketball team beat Virginia to advance to the semifinals of the WNIT Sunday.

Badgers advance to WNIT quarters
The Wisconsin women’s basketball team moved on to the Elite Eight of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament after holding off Kentucky Thursday evening at the Kohl Center 67-61.

Badgers begin WNIT with win
After a 16-day break and a first-round bye, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team kept its WNIT championship hopes alive by defeating Arkansas State in the second round Sunday night at the Kohl Center 77-45.

Women’s basketball awaits WNIT opponent
Arkansas State and Murray State meet Thursday to decide who the Badgers will face Sunday at the Kohl Center in the WNIT.

Purdue ends UW’s bid for conference tournament win
For the second time in a month, Purdue’s senior guard Katie Gearlds proved to be too much for the Wisconsin women’s basketball team to handle, as she led the Boilermakers with 26 points to knock the Badgers out of the Big Ten Conference tourna

UW tops Michigan to advance in Indy
The UW women's basketball team got a big win in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament Thursday in Indianapolis.

Women’s basketball loses shootout in Iowa
The Wisconsin women’s basketball team fell short at Iowa Sunday afternoon, losing their final game of the regular season and Big Ten play 103-93.

Wisconsin loses final home game to Purdue
Even though the Wisconsin women’s basketball team got off to an explosive start, senior All-American candidate Katie Gearlds of No. 15 Purdue carried her team by scoring a career-high 41 points, as the Boilermakers triumphed at the Kohl Center Sunda

No. 4 Ohio State too much for Badgers as upset bid fails
Ohio State, the No. 4 team in the country, continued its dominating season by upending the Badgers Thursday in Columbus, Ohio.

Badgers look to upset OSU
The UW women's basketball team will have its work cut out for it when it visits Columbus, Ohio Thursday to take on the No. 4 Buckeyes.

IU stuffed this time around
The UW women's basketball team got its revenge on Indiana Thursday night with a seven-point victory.

Women’s basketball gears up for rematch with Indiana
The UW women's basketball team gets an opportunity to avenge last week's loss to Indiana.

Women’s basketball cannot stop Tyra Grant as they fall to Penn State in University Park
Freshman guard Tyra Grant led Penn State with a game-high 28 points as it surged past the Wisconsin women’s basketball team Sunday afternoon at the Bryce Jordan Center 70-61.

IU’s 19-0 run dooms Badgers
The UW women's basketball team suffered an unsettling loss Thursday night at Indiana after falling behind 19-0 early.

Women’s basketball gets big home victory
Wisconsin head coach Lisa Stone had two things to celebrate Sunday afternoon as the Wisconsin women’s basketball team (5-4 Big Ten, 16-6 overall) defeated Minnesota 70-57 at the Kohl Center in front of a crowd of 15,269 people.

UW finishes UM sweep
The UW women's basketball team got their second win of the season over Michigan Thursday night.

Women’s basketball prepares for Michigan
Wisconsin may have momentum and confidence from Sunday's win against Northwestern, but they cannot look past a reeling Michigan team.

Badgers defeat Northwestern
Junior sensation Jolene Anderson led Wisconsin (3-4 Big Ten, 14-6 overall) through a tough loss to No. 5 Ohio State (6-0, 17-1) 74-51 at the Kohl Center Thursday evening and a road victory versus Northwestern (0-7, 6-14) Sunday afternoon 74-50, while also

Wisconsin stumbles in conference openers
Although its non-conference schedule ended on a high note, the Badger women's basketball team has not started the Big Ten schedule the way it wanted to.

UW women’s basketball gets test against Harvard Friday
The Wisconsin women’s basketball team (10-2) will host Harvard (1-7) Friday at the Kohl Center with hopes of finishing off their non-conference schedule undefeated at home.

Badgers fall to UW-Green Bay
After UW-Green Bay (6-3) pulled ahead late in the first half, Wisconsin (10-2) was not able to narrow the Phoenix lead until it was too late. The Badgers fell Wednesday night at the Resch Center by the score of 70-66.

UW heads to Green Bay eyeing 12th win
The UW women's basketball team hits the road to take on UW-Green Bay Wednesday night.

UW stretches record to 10-1
With Big Ten Conference play only a few weeks away, the Wisconsin women’s basketball team continues to expand on their record-breaking season, defeating Albany 75-46 Sunday at the Kohl Center.

Young bench giving Badgers added depth
The UW women's basketball team hits the Kohl Center floor Thursday night to take on the UIC Flames.

Badgers bounce back with two home victories
The Wisconsin women’s basketball team stepped off its home court Sunday afternoon with nothing to hang its head about, as it handily won both weekend home games.

Big man does the little things for UW
Senior center Jason Chappell gives the Badgers hard work and experience on the inside.

UW returns home after first loss of season
The UW women's basketball team will look to rebound with a two home games this weekend against Southern Miss and Kansas.

UW shocked by Highlanders
The Wisconsin women's basketball team ended its six-game winning streak Tuesday with a 52-50 loss to UC-Riverside.

Badgers beat UW-Milwaukee
The UW women's basketball team did not allow a point from UW-Milwaukee for around the first 10 minutes of their Monday game and ended up winning 78-45.

Badgers win third straight
The Wisconsin women’s basketball team (3-0 overall) made winning look easy as they toppled Central Connecticut State University 75-45 at the Kohl Center Friday evening.

Badgers look to topple in-state foe
The UW-Green Bay Phoenix should challenge the Badgers Wednesday at the Kohl Center.

UW survives stern test from Broncos
The UW women's basketball team notched their second win of the season Tuesday, defeating Western Illinois at the Kohl Center.

Women’s basketball opens season with rout over Air Force
The Wisconsin women’s basketball team soared high above Air Force Friday night with a final score of 91-58, giving the Badgers their first regular season win of 2006-‘07.

Women’s basketball defeats UW-Stevens Point
The Wisconsin women’s basketball team won its second and final exhibition game by defeating Division II Winona State at the Kohl Center Sunday afternoon 87-37.

Badgers head to Ohio with Big 10 title goal
The men's soccer team heads to the Big Ten tournament with a legitimate chance at winning the conference title.

Two leads not enough for UW
The UW men's soccer team fell to UW-Green Bay 3-2 Tuesday night.

Woltman takes first overall, team takes fifth
The men's golf team failed to extend their winning streak Tuesday, but sophomore Dan Woltman still finished first overall.

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