The Olympic marathon has ended for bleary-eyed fans who tried to navigate through hundreds of TV hours. The Observers' viewing was more of a middle-distance jaunt, but that doesn't mean they've run short on commentary...

Fake outrage is a little like pornography—hard to narrowly define, but you know it when you see it...

Here it comes, starting Friday night...

At Wednesday's Badger Men's Basketball game they honored the four Badger women who were on the US Women's Olympic hockey team that won the silver medal. ...

Saw this this weekend and thought it was worth passing along. There’s a constant debate about which path players should take to the pros and these stats give good credence to taking the college path. They’re also Wisconsin heavy, which I think is just as telling. All three of UW’s representatives on Team USA are mentioned. From USCHO.com via College Hockey, Inc. College players in the Olympi...

In this article, Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports makes the assertion that women�s hockey is so lopsided that the sport be given eight more years to fix the disparity or be dropped from the Olympics.Of course, he doesn�t actually give any suggestions for how to fix the gap that exists between Canada and the United States and the rest of the world.Instead of a productive use of his column inches, Passan...

I'll be liveblogging the US Women's Hockey game against Russia tomorrow at 4:30 pm over on UW Hockey Blog Sixty Minutes. No Alibis. No Regrets. I'll be using Cover It Live, which is the program we used when we liveblogged the All-Star Game for Ladies... so you should be familiar with the program.I believe this link will take you to the live blog when it goes live at about 4:15 pm tomorrow, but I'l...

What? You have no plans?Then head to the Kohl Center in Madison to see the defending National Champion Badgers take on the U.S. Olympic Hockey team. Seriously, how cool does that sound? Tickets are just $5 ($1 for military, police, et al as they are honoring service folk/heroes) You will not find better entertainment for your dollar and you’ll be watching world class athletes on both sides of...

As the Olympic torch treks across Canada en route to Vancouver for the 21st Winter Games in February 2010, it’s only appropriate to look at Wisconsin’s contribution to the monumental sporting event. Milwaukee’s own Pettit National Ice Center is one of...