Rice Lake sprinter Kenny Bednarek confident going into his second Olympic Games
Sprinter Kenny Bednarek can outrun the fastest athletes in the world. But before the track and field star won a silver medal in ...
Wisconsin Badger, 2-time Olympian Phoebe Bacon says happy swimmers are fast swimmers
Phoebe Bacon has been swimming since she was 2 years old, spending summer days at the pool with her family. ...
‘Feeling of freedom’: Wisconsin sailor Stephanie Roble to make second Olympic appearance
Two-time Olympian Stephanie Roble talks about the joys of sailing as well as her roots on Wisconsin's Lake Beulah. The ...
Raising a gold medalist: A parent’s playbook for the unplanned Olympian
The world’s best athletes will soon be descending upon the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Watching thousands of runners, ...
100 years of ski jumping: Celebrating Westby’s Snowflake Ski Club
It's a windy night in Westby, Wisconsin as volunteers with the Snowflake Ski Club groom the hills below the five ...
Olympic curler Matt Hamilton surprises Sun Prairie boy on backyard rink
There's something kind of magical about watching the Olympics — the competition, the diversity, the sportsmanship and camaraderie. Four years ...
Pulaski native Deedra Irwin makes Olympic debut in biathlon
If you’re competing in the biathlon at the Olympics, you have to be really good at not just one, but ...
Madison The Mecca For German Wheel Gymnastics
Just over a decade ago, a niche sport rolled into Madison. In Europe and specifically Germany, it has become a ...
Rice Lake Man Throws Everything Into Achieving Olympic Dreams
“It's kind of funny because my mom is 5'5'', my dad's 5'7''. My brother is 5'9'' and I'm 6'5''. I ...
Milwaukee High School Student Considered One Of The Top Young Gymnasts
Marvin Kimble travels as an elite gymnast and current member of the United States National Team have taken him far ...
George Poage: The First African-American Olympic Medalist
George Poage moved to La Crosse as a young child in 1884. Locally, he was known as a scholar and ...
My Olympics
Washington Post journalist David Maraniss spends his summers in Wisconsin — he grew up in Madison. Like many of us, ...