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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).

Packers legend Willie Davis dies at 85

Few players in Packers history, if not NFL history, have left a list of achievements and milestones as long and as illustrious as Willie Davis. Davis, 85, died today, in […]

Yelich sends letter to seniors at his almamater

With, not just sports, but the rest of the school year, cancelled in schools across the country, Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich sent seniors at his alma mater, Westlake High […]

The WKTY crew’s Top Players of All-Time in every sport

The lists go on. This time, the entire WKTY crew put together their favorite players in every sport. Who has the most ridiculous answer? Text Mornings with Dave and Skradie […]

Ultra-runner, Supreme Court nominee: Jill Karofsky, not just a role model for the girls

She’s a judge. A Wisconsin state Supreme Court nominee. A former Division I athlete at Duke University in track and cross country. A WIAA state tennis champion. She’s an ultra-marathoner […]

Caledonia’s King leaves SDSU for Winona State

Winona State University got a big transfer and it was no April Fools’ joke. Former Caledonia High School standout Owen King announced he was transferring from South Dakota State to […]

FIVE YEARS TO THE DAY: Relive Kaminsky, Koenig and Badgers’ Final Four upset over 38-0 Kentucky on WKTY

It will have happened exactly five years ago to the day this Saturday. The day the Bronson Koenig, Frank Kaminsky and the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team — SPOILER […]

Detroit signs ex-Packers WR Geronimo Allison

He was an undrafted free agent pickup by the Green Bay Packers in 2016. It’s hard to say Geronimo Allison never worked out for the Packers, given that fact. Now, […]

Central’s Johnny Davis named AP Player of Year

There was no ability for him to lead his team to a state title. Johnny Davis did help get Central High School’s boys basketball team to a win within qualifying […]

Aquinas father-daughter named AP Coach, Player of the Year

No third consecutive state title. Robbed amid the a global pandemic to fight COVID-19, the Aquinas High School girls basketball team had to settle for just getting to the state […]

OPENING DAY: Bob Uecker and Brewers baseball on WKTY today

Despite a virus ending sports, Opening Day for the Milwaukee Brewers will still go on today. OK, it won’t be the official Opening Day the Brewers were supposed to be […]

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