Badger State Games In 2007, American Family Insurance became the primary sponsor of the games, and both the winter and summer events were officially renamed the American Family Insurance Badger State Games for two years. After the 2008 summer games, the Wisconsin Sports Development Corporation announced that the event would leave Madison and move to the Fox Cities region for at least three years. The decision was made after the Fox Cities Sports Authority offered a grant of $180,000, which the Greater Madison Visitors and Convention Bureau refused to compete with. The games had been in decline for several years up to that
Save the Badger Badger Badger Save the Badger Badger Badger "Save the Badger Badger Badger" is a mashup of Jonti "Weebl" Picking's 2003 viral Flash animation "Badgers" and "Flash" by Queen. The song was released on 19 May 2013, in response to proposed badger culling in the United Kingdom. The song features vocals and guitar from Brian May and visuals reminiscent to the 1980 film "Flash Gordon", in addition to vocals from Weebl and Brian Blessed. Said May of the song: On 1 September 2013, the song charted at #79 on the UK Singles Chart, #39 on the UK iTunes chart and #1 on the