Jim Polzin is announced as the Lee Sports Wisconsin Columnist, where he will write stories covering all levels of sports throughout the state.
There was plenty happening in the Madison sports world Feb. 7, 1997.
University of Wisconsin men’s soccer coach Jim Launder had been fired — remember that saga? — and that was the obvious top story of the day. UW men’s hockey goalie Kirk Daubenspeck became the program’s career leader in saves after making 37 of them in a 5-2 home win over Colorado College that night. The Badgers women’s basketball team also was in action, dropping a game to Indiana at the UW Field House.