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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).

Badgers host Sweet 16, get set to play Texas A&M on Friday afternoon

The road to the Final Four in women’s volleyball goes through Madison beginning Friday afternoon. The University of Wisconsin volleyball team (24-6) begins the Sweet 16 at 1 p.m. against […]

Bucks look for 17 in a row tonight at Memphis

The win streak is up to 16 games. Four more and the Milwaukee Bucks tie the franchise high, set back during the NBA championship season of 1970-71. Bucks-Grizzlies Friday on […]

La Crosse’s King scores 18 but Badgers lose to Rutgers

Kobe King scored 18 points but the University of Wisconsin fell to Rutgers, 72-65. The La Crosse native was 7-for-12 from the field and added three assists, three rebounds and […]

Caledonia ranked third in latest HS basketball poll

The Caledonia High School boys basketball team will be put to the test this weekend in a 2-versus-3 matchup. The Warriors are 3-0 on the season and ranked third in […]

NCAA tourney volleyball teams, including Badgers, to have open practice Thursday in Madison

The University of Wisconsin volleyball team is hosting the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA volleyball tournament this Friday and Saturday. Before those games, though, the fourth-seeded Badgers and the […]

Union exec Marvin Miller, Simmons — who played for Brewers — elected to Hall of Fame

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Marvin Miller, the union leader who revolutionized baseball by empowering players to negotiate multimillion-dollar contracts and to play for teams of their own choosing, was elected […]

Brewers find new catcher landing Narváez from Mariners

SEATTLE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers acquired catcher Omar Narváez from the Seattle Mariners on Thursday for minor league pitcher Adam Hill and a compensation round pick in next June’s […]

Badgers still cold, losing third consecutive game

RALEIGH, N.C. — Kobe King had 11 points on 4-of-11 shooting as the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team dropped its third consecutive game. Again, the Badgers shot horrendous from […]

Viterbo wins second match at NAIA tourney

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Maya Roberts had 20 kills in leading the Viterbo University volleyball team to another NAIA tournament win. The V-Hawks are now 2-0 in their four-team pool, […]

Fresh off undefeated state football championship, Caledonia boys basketball ranked 3rd in first poll

The Caledonia High School boys basketball team enters the season ranked No. 3 in Class 2A in the season’s first poll. Plus, the Warriors have the top two ranked teams […]

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