Editing Madison, Wisconsin (section)

==Sports==
[[File:Camp Randall Stadium aerial (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Camp Randall Stadium]] is home to the [[Wisconsin Badgers football]] team.]]

Madison's most prominent athletics are centered on the University of Wisconsin–Madison, whose teams compete as the [[Wisconsin Badgers]] in [[NCAA Division I]]. The [[Wisconsin Badgers football]] team plays at [[Camp Randall Stadium]] where crowds of as many as 83,000 have attended games. The [[Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball]] and [[Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey]] teams play at the [[Kohl Center]], while the [[Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey]] team plays at LaBahn Arena. Some events are played at the county-owned [[Alliant Energy Center]] and the university-owned [[Wisconsin Field House]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baggot |first=Andy |title=Andy Baggot: Home ice advantage at new LaBahn Arena |url=https://madison.com/sports/college/hockey/andy-baggot-home-ice-advantage-at-new-labahn-arena/article_4cc904f8-0c11-11e2-bd78-0019bb2963f4.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423034648/https://madison.com/sports/college/hockey/andy-baggot-home-ice-advantage-at-new-labahn-arena/article_4cc904f8-0c11-11e2-bd78-0019bb2963f4.html |archive-date=April 23, 2019 |access-date=August 17, 2020 |website=madison.com |date=October 2, 2012 |publisher=Wisconsin State Journal}}</ref>

[[Forward Madison FC]] became Madison's first professional soccer team in 2018 and are members of [[USL League One]]. They play their home matches at [[Breese Stevens Field]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Joyce |first=Jason |title='Embrace the pink!' Forward Madison F.C. soccer team reveals name, logo, colors |url=https://madison.com/news/local/embrace-the-pink-forward-madison-f-c-soccer-team-reveals-name-logo-colors/article_84979950-b272-5f4b-b061-ecd10c96d882.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517160231/https://madison.com/news/local/embrace-the-pink-forward-madison-f-c-soccer-team-reveals-name-logo-colors/article_84979950-b272-5f4b-b061-ecd10c96d882.html |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |access-date=March 31, 2021 |website=madison.com|date=November 18, 2018 }}</ref> A professional women's soccer club will join the [[USL Super League]] in 2025.<ref>{{cite web|title=Madison Awarded Women's Pro Soccer Franchise in USL Super League |url=https://www.forwardmadisonfc.com/news/2023/05/15/madison-awarded-womens-pro-soccer-franchise-in-usl-super-league/ |access-date=February 27, 2025 |website=Forward Madison FC |language=en}}</ref> Other pro-level teams in the city include the [[Madison Radicals]], an [[ultimate frisbee]] club of the [[Ultimate Frisbee Association]] which debuted in 2013,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rob Thomas |title=Radical, dude: Pro ultimate Frisbee team debuts in Madison |url=http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/city-life/radical-dude-pro-ultimate-frisbee-team-debuts-in-madison/article_4ec88068-8d1a-5d06-8b01-091c18f0dc58.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506100212/http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/city-life/radical-dude-pro-ultimate-frisbee-team-debuts-in-madison/article_4ec88068-8d1a-5d06-8b01-091c18f0dc58.html |archive-date=May 6, 2013 |access-date=March 8, 2014 |website=madison.com|date=May 3, 2013 }}</ref> and [[LOVB Madison]], a member of [[League One Volleyball]].

The [[Madison Capitols]] of the junior-level [[United States Hockey League]] were revived in 2014 and play their home games at Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 9, 2014 |title=United States Hockey League - Madison Capitols Begin New Era in USHL |url=http://ushl.com/news.php?news_id=2148 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409054117/http://ushl.com/news.php?news_id=2148 |archive-date=April 9, 2014}}</ref> The [[Madison Mallards]] are a college wood-bat summer [[baseball]] league team in the [[Northwoods League]]. They play in [[Warner Park]] on the city's north side from June to August.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maniaci |first=John |title=Steve Schmitt, Madison Mallards |url=https://madison.com/steve-schmitt-madison-mallards/image_11508844-47ef-11df-83c3-001cc4c002e0.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029202844/https://madison.com/steve-schmitt-madison-mallards/image_11508844-47ef-11df-83c3-001cc4c002e0.html |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |access-date=August 17, 2020 |website=madison.com|date=April 14, 2010 }}</ref> The [[Madison Night Mares]] summer [[softball]] team competes in the same league.<ref>{{cite web|title=Northwoods League Softball Unveils Inaugural Season Schedule |url=https://northwoodsleague.com/blog/2024/01/08/northwoods-league-softball-unveils-inaugural-season-schedule/ |date=January 8, 2024 |access-date=May 9, 2024 |website=Northwoods League}}</ref>

===Former teams===
The Madison Cardinals were an early football team that lost each of the three games they ever played, all coming in 1936. Two were in the [[Northwest Football League]] and the third was a 62-0 exhibition blowout to the [[Green Bay Packers]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=1936 Madison Cardinals (NWFL) - Pro Football Archives |url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/1936nwflmad.html |access-date=May 5, 2023 |website=www.profootballarchives.com |archive-date=May 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505064034/https://www.profootballarchives.com/1936nwflmad.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Cardinals failed to attract University of Wisconsin graduates as promised, and the La Crosse Old Style Lagers ran up the score in a 100-0 drubbing intending to push them out of the league. The Cardinals folded just days later.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gill |first=Bob |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70129209 |title=Outsiders : minor league and independent football, 1923-1950 |date=2006 |publisher=St. Johann Press |isbn=1-878282-45-X |location=Haworth, NJ |oclc=70129209}}</ref>

The [[Madison Muskies]], a Class-A [[Midwest League]] affiliate of the [[Oakland Athletics]], left town in 1993 after 11 seasons. The [[Madison Hatters]], another Class-A Midwest League team, played in Madison for only the 1994 season. The [[Madison Black Wolf]], an independent [[Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010)|Northern League]] franchise lasted five seasons (1996–2000) before decamping for [[Lincoln, Nebraska]].

===Amateur sports===
[[File:Sailboats on Lake Mendota.JPG|thumb|Sailboats approaching the south shore of [[Lake Mendota]] and northern downtown Madison]]

Madison is home to several endurance sports racing events, such as the [[Crazylegs Classic]], Paddle and Portage, the [[Mad City Marathon]], and [[Ironman triathlon|Ironman]] Wisconsin, which attracts over 45,000 spectators.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ironman Wisconsin |url=http://ironmanwisconsin.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121206204308/http://ironmanwisconsin.com/ |archive-date=December 6, 2012 |access-date=December 8, 2016 |website=Ironmanwisconsin.com}}</ref> The [[CrossFit Games]] were held at the [[Alliant Energy Center]] from 2017 to 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Games Move to Madison |url=http://games.crossfit.com/video/games-move-madison |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123065928/http://games.crossfit.com/video/games-move-madison |archive-date=November 23, 2016 |access-date=December 8, 2016 |website=Games.crossfit.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article279485459.html |title=Fort Worth lands another major sports event. This one features world's 'fittest athletes' |first=Harrison |last= Mantas |date=September 19, 2023 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram }}</ref> Madison has several active [[ultimate (sport)|ultimate]] disc leagues organized through the nonprofit Madison Ultimate Frisbee Association.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About MUFA |url=http://www.mufa.org/mufa/about/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026174609/http://www.mufa.org/mufa/about/ |archive-date=October 26, 2016 |publisher=The Madison Ultimate Frisbee Association}}</ref>

The Wisconsin Rugby Club, the 1998 and 2013 [[USA Rugby]] Division II National Champions, and the [[Wisconsin Women's Rugby Football Club]] are the state's only Division I women's rugby team. The Madison Curling Club was founded in 1921 and one of its teams won the 2014 Women's US National Championship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madison Curling Club |url=http://madisoncurlingclub.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704122547/http://madisoncurlingclub.com/ |archive-date=July 4, 2014 |access-date=July 22, 2014 |website=Madisoncurlingclub.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Madison Curling Club |url=http://madisoncurlingclub.com/2014/04/2014-womens-national-champs/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727050650/http://madisoncurlingclub.com/2014/04/2014-womens-national-champs/ |archive-date=July 27, 2014 |access-date=December 8, 2016}}</ref> Madison's Gaelic sports club hosts a [[hurling]] team organized as the [[Hurling Club of Madison]] and a Gaelic football club with men's and women's teams.

The roller derby league, [[Madison Roller Derby]], was formed in Madison in 2004 and is a member of the [[Women's Flat Track Derby Association]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Madison Roller Derby |url=https://www.madisonrollerderby.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301074641/https://www.madisonrollerderby.org/ |archive-date=March 1, 2019 |access-date=February 28, 2019 |website=Madisonrollerderby.org}}</ref> Madison is also home to [[Wisconsin United Roller Derby]], a member league of the [[Men's Roller Derby Association]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wisconsin United Roller Derby |url=https://mrda.org/team/wisconsin-united-roller-derby/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803175844/https://mrda.org/team/wisconsin-united-roller-derby/ |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=March 29, 2020 |website=MRDA.org}}</ref>

The Blackhawk Ski Club, formed in 1947, provides ski jumping, cross-country skiing and alpine skiing. The club's programs have produced several Olympic ski jumpers, two Olympic ski jumping coaches and one Olympic ski jumping director. The club had the first Nordic ski facility with lighted night jumping.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 1, 2021 |title=Blackhawk Ski Club |url=https://usanordic.org/club-directory/blackhawk-ski-club/ |access-date=August 18, 2022 |website=USA Nordic Sport |language=en-US}}</ref>