Sports And Games

Escape winter with a look at some of Wisconsin’s favorite sports and games.

Last year, the Lady Thunderhawks varsity basketball team became the first team to win a regional championship in the history ...

Fencing for sport and combat as existed for thousands of years in many forms and in many cultures. Appleton police ...

George Poage moved to La Crosse as a young child in 1884. Locally, he was known as a scholar and ...

Every April, Stevens Point plays host to what its organizers bill as the world’s largest trivia contest. It’s a fundraiser ...

All of us have played games of one kind or another. But do games matter? Writer Patrick Rothfuss thinks so.

Since 1966, Lawrence University has hosted the Great Midwest Trivia Contest 50 consecutive hours of trivia played in teams. Greg ...

Sheepshead is a quintessential Wisconsin game, particularly in Milwaukee. While more Wisconsinites may play euchre, sheepshead has a unique hold ...

Maybe you've only heard of curling, or maybe you've seen people lunging down long sheets of ice, pushing stones on ...

Meat raffles are an age-old Wisconsin tavern tradition with obscure origins. Producer Aubrey Ralph set out to try his luck ...

Broomball is a lot like ice hockey, except players wear shoes and use a ball instead of a puck. The ...

Dungeons and Dragons is the single most famous role-playing game in the world. Writer Ethan Gilsdorf didn't grow up in ...

Nothing quite compares to the feeling of sun and wind in your face as you travel Wisconsin by motorcycle. Writer ...