While in the City of Angels for a week-long series, the Wisconsin squad found a way to support wildfire relief efforts.

What's happening in Los Angeles is another reminder of what life will be like, even in Wisconsin, under a changing climate.

John Tonje finished with 24 points and John Blackwell added 23 for the Badgers, who cut an eight-point deficit to one during the final 4 minutes.

Aday Mara scored a career-high 22 points and UCLA held off No. 18 Wisconsin 85-83 to snap the Badgers’ seven-game winning streak.

No. 18 Wisconsin brings a seven-game winning streak into Tuesday's second leg of a Los Angeles road swing when the Badgers visit new Big Ten Conference counterpart UCLA.

Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s, an Associated Press analysis shows. The Eaton and Palisades fires that erupted last week have collectively burned almost 4 square miles of highly dense parts of Los Angeles,

Wisconsin finished 1-1 on its California road trip. Following a win at USC, the Badgers fell to UCLA 85-83 on Tuesday night.

UCLA enters Tuesday ranked No. 31 in KenPom, making the contest a Quad 1 game for the Badgers. Wisconsin is 2-3 in such games this season — that record stood at 3-3 until Ohio State recently fell outside of the NET’s top 30. UCLA is 1-4 in its last five games, its latest result a blowout win over Iowa.

The Badgers will play two games this weekend on their West Coast visit — their first-ever Big Ten matchups against Southern Cal and UCLA.

The New England Patriots are hiring former Wisconsin football assistant Thomas Brown as their tight ends coach and pass game coordinator, according to NFL insider Tom Pelissero.

Although Milwaukee is more than 2,000 miles from Los Angeles, the fires should be a stark warning to Wisconsinites and other Midwesterners, said University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point assistant ...

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