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Rick Solem

Sports, news journalist since 2002. | Hometown: Greenville, Wis. | Avid noonball basketballer and sand volleyballer in La Crosse | Two-time Waupaca Boatride first-round playoff loser | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point graduate | Cut from UW-SP's basketball team in 2000 on Midnight Madness as a junior walk-on | Went on to become UW-SP intramural basketball champion | Then UW-SP club lacrosse defenseman with two career goals (on two shots).
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New normal: MLB adjusts to coronavirus uncertainty

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PHOENIX (AP) — Major league teams adjusted to their strange new normal, with more players returning to their hometowns as they realized baseball won’t be played for months. Arizona manager […]
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BREAKING: After state semifinals, WIAA cancels rest of boys and girls basketball seasons

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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Immediately following the WIAA high school girls basketball state semifinals on Thursday, the league announced it was cancelling the rest of the boys and girls basketball […]
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NBA says virus hiatus will likely last “at least” a month

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MIAMI (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday night that the league’s hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic will likely last at least a month, or roughly what would […]
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Bucks’ Antetokounmpo feared his injury was more serious

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo acknowledges he initially feared the knee sprain that has caused him to miss his last two games might be a much more […]
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Badgers root to share Big 10 title to get No. 1 seed, will play Friday against either Michigan or Rutgers

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It meant a three-way share of the regular season title, but the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team went into Sunday rooting for Maryland and Michigan State. Wins by both […]
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Weeks after taking Packers to NFC championship, Rodgers asked if worried about young QB taking his job

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Along with a lot of insight on the NFL’s collective bargaining negotiations, Green Bay Packers quarterback was also recently asked about his team’s future at the position. Packers general manager […]
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WILD WEEKEND: Bucks-Lakers tonight, Badgers play for Big 10 title Saturday

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The biggest basketball games of the season happen over the next two days for the Milwaukee Bucks and the Wisconsin Badgers. First, tonight, on WKTY, the Bucks travel to LeBron […]
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BADGERS

With Maryland loss, door is open for Badgers — and others — to win Big Ten title

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Maryland just left the door open for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team. Well, the door’s open for the Badgers, Michigan State and Illinois all to end up on […]
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BUCKS

Bucks face Brogdan’s Pacers tonight with Lakers looming Friday

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MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Coming off their two lowest point-scoring totals of the season, the Milwaukee Bucks head back home tonight to play the Indiana Pacers, with LeBron James and the […]
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An NCAA Tournament with empty arenas? It can’t be ruled out

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Imagine an NCAA Tournament with no fans in the arenas. What normally would be thought an impossibility isn’t so far-fetched as the United States and the rest of the world […]
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