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MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez has signed a contract extension through Jan. 31, 2021.The extension, which took effect Sept. 1, was announced by Wisconsin on Wednesday. The school said that he had a successful performance review with Chancellor Rebecca Blank.Financial terms of the extension were not immediately announced. Alvarezs salary was $1.125 million as of July 1.The 69-year-old Alvarez has been athletic director since 2004, serving in a dual role as football coach before retiring from the sideline after the 2005 season.Alvarez was the Badgers football coach for 16 seasons, building the program into a consistent Big Ten winner.Off the field, the school said Wisconsin athletes have achieved a cumulative 3.0 grade-point average consistently since 2009-10.Alvarez is coming off a busy few years with high-profile coaching hires in football (Paul Chryst) and mens hockey (Tony Granato). He also elevated Greg Gard from mens basketball assistant to head coach following the midseason retirement of Bo Ryan. Vans Sk8 Hi Clearance .com) - Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Roger Federer were easy first-round winners Tuesday at the Australian Open. Vans Old Skool Sale .Y. -- Leading 3-0 with only 11:25 left, the Colorado Avalanche committed a seemingly meaningless penalty to give the New York Islanders a power play. http://www.vanssalestore.com/ . The Croatian served 21 aces and hit 42 winners against Sijsling, who double-faulted to give Cilic a 4-3 lead in the deciding set. "All the players, they know me and they were really happy to see me and they were really happy that this is over for me," Cilic said. Vans Slip On Cheap . LOUIS -- Attorneys for the St. Cheap Vans SK8 . All of the scoring came in the final 20:04. Lucic scored on a power play at 15:46 of the third period, when he tipped a shot over Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen for a 3-1 lead. Garth Tander and Warren Luff have claimed a famous Sandown 500 win, holding steady to defy Shane van Gisbergen and a failing car to win the Supercars endurance race.The Holden Racing Team pair crossed the line ahead of the Red Bull Racing driver on a dramatic day in Melbourne.With 20 laps remaining, the mud guard in Tanders car blew out, barely clinging to the Commodore through the races final stages.Race officials decided against penalising the former series winner for an unsafe car, but Tander still needed to fend off a rampant van Gisbergen.He did so by less than a third of a second - the second-closest margin in the races history.An exuberant Tander jumped on the car to celebrate.The car was really nice until the guard fell of it. Then it was really hard work, he said.I wanted this one on the CV, I didnt have it yet.Van Gisbergen, who competed with Alex Premat, suggested there would be no appeal from Red Bull after the race.Im glad they let it run ... it wouldnt have been right to win that way, he said.Will Davison and Jonathan Webb claimed third.From the first lap to the last, the Enduro Cup opener was spectacular.James Goldings lap one crash brought the first red flag and restart in the 500-kilometre classics history.On his first Supercars start, the 20-year-old hit the tyre wall at 149km//h in his Volvo but walked away unhurt.dddddddddddd.The remaining 25 cars fought out a battle royale with such carnage, the track and cars resembled a scene from Mad Max.Degraded tyres and muck from many trips into the grass showed the tough conditions.Occasional rain gave team bosses headaches all afternoon, messing with the best-made strategies and throwing cars from the track.While van Gisbergen, who overcame an early double stack and might have wished for a few more laps to close the gap, the result puts him on top of the championship standings.Jamie Whincups unfortunate day ended with him finishing 13th, giving his teammate a seven-point series lead.Whincup and Paul Dumbrell were poised to challenge for their third Sandown crown together until the changeover of drivers.Dumbrell slipped his arm out early from his seatbelt and was served a drive-through penalty.Mark Winterbottoms title fight was also hit by a mistake by co-driver Dean Canto, who produced an otherwise sterling drive.Canto started 22nd but surged to fourth place by refusing wet tyres in the drizzle, only to slip off the track one lap before he was due to hand over to Winterbottom, who finished 24th. ' ' '