MADISON, Wis. – What seemed like an ordinary chat with Chris McIntosh eventually took James White by surprise.

McIntosh, the University of Wisconsin athletic director, announced White among 11 other inductees for the UW Athletic Hall of Fame class of 2026 on Thursday. White played for the Badgers from 2010-13 and currently ranks sixth all-time in program history in career yards rushing (4,015), third in yards per carry (6.24, with a minimum of 300 attempts) and tied for fourth in career rushing touchdowns (45).

Up until Braelon Allen’s 96-yard touchdown run against Illinois State in 2022, White also held the school record for longest run – a 93-yard burst against Indiana in 2013.

“It’s a pretty surreal moment for me,” White said. “I still remember getting the phone call from Chris McIntosh, initially having a normal conversation with him, not expecting him to tell me that I’m gonna be inducted into the Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame.

“This place means a ton to me. It’s being far away from home, from South Florida, coming all the way out to Wisconsin. The best decision I ever made in my life, as far as not only football, but growing as a man, making friends for a lifetime, learning academics and everything that comes along with being a college student. It’s truly an honor.”

Watch and listen to White talk more with reporters Thursday about being inducted, if it’s weird being back in Madison now that he’s assistant running backs coach for Bret Bielema at Illinois, and if he talked to Wisconsin football coach Luke Fickell.

MADISON – The Wisconsin men’s basketball team will play at Fiserv Forum next season, but it won’t be against Marquette.

The Badgers announced May 29 that they will play an exhibition game against Oklahoma at Fiserv on Oct. 24. The start time and any broadcast information will be announced later.

The Sooners went 20-14 last season with a 6-12 mark in their inaugural season in the Southeastern Conference. Oklahoma coach Porter Moser was an assistant coach at UW-Milwaukee in 1995-96.

Tickets will go on sale June 2 through Ticketmaster.

The game was made possible by a proposal approved in January by the Division I Men’s Basketball Oversight Committee that allows teams to play up to two preseason exhibition games against any four-year school, including Division I programs. Dating to the Bo Ryan era, Wisconsin has used its one exhibition date to play a Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference program (Division III) at the Kohl Center.

Previously these exhibitions required a waiver to be played and the proceeds were to be donated to charity. Schools can now allocate the proceeds from the exhibition games however they see fit.

Division I college teams have faced each other during the preseason for years, but those matchups were considered scrimmages that were required to be played in private and without official scoring.

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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – More than 1,200 athletes from across the state will come together at UW-Whitewater for 2025 Special Olympics Wisconsin Summer Games.

It will take place Thursday, June 5- Sunday, June 7. This will be the third consecutive year that the summer games take place on the school’s campus.

Athletes, coaches and families will be welcomed into the games starting at 6:30 p.m. on June 5 with a parade and opening ceremony at Perkins Stadium.

On Friday morning, cornhole events will take place. Then on Saturday, competitions for powerlifting and tennis will start.

Competitions for soccer and track and field will also take place over both of those days.

For a full schedule of events, click here.

Special Olympics Wisconsin will also host a series of health-focused events while the games take place.

Organizers are looking for about 300 volunteers to help support the event. If you would like to volunteer, click here.

If you would like to learn more about the Summer Games and the Special Olympics Wisconsin, click here.

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