CONTENTS
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Through high school heroics, a gold medal win with
Team USA and the sky-high expectations that followed him to UW, Sam Dekker just keeps playing.
�� PASSING THE
TORCH?
Jessica Flax helped
turn UW into a multi-events
powerhouse, and she doesn���t
plan on fading away quietly.
DEPARTMENTS
16 LUCAS AT LARGE
by Mike Lucas
18 BEHIND THE DESK
by Barry Alvarez
�� IT���S PRETTY
COOL TO BE
J.J. WATT
Even as his profile continues
to grow, the former Badger
isn���t all that different from the
kid who grew up in Pewaukee
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VOLUME 3, ISSUE 29
�� STILL THE SAME OL��� SAM
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FEBRUARY 21, 2013
20(MRS.) THE VOICE
by Linda Lepay
22 BY THE NUMBERS
Facts and figures on UW
24 5 THINGS TO WATCH
Where to catch the Badgers
on TV and the web
26 BADGERING
Person
48 INSIDE SPORTS
Basketball, Hockey,
Wrestling, Softball, Track
64 THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
Big Ten champions
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