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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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BUCKS

Bucks improve to 4-0 with preseason win over Wizards

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The Milwaukee Bucks moved to 4-0 in the preseason with a 115-108 win over the Washington Wizards on Sunday. Giannis Antetokounmpo didn’t play because of an illness. Khris Middleton and […]
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COLLEGE

Lewandowski, Spieker lead UW-La Crosse to blowout win over UW-Stout

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Evan Lewandowski had 360 yards and four touchdowns through the air in leading the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse football team to a 40-22 win over UW-Stout. The win snaps a […]
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BUCKS

Giannis leads Bucks in blowout against Jazz

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After a 10-point win in the preseason opener with just one starter in the lineup, the Milwaukee Bucks were at full force Wednesday. The outcome, a 133-99 win at home […]
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BUCKS

Lopez brothers lead way in Bucks preseason opener

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No Giannis but there was an Antetokounmpo in the Milwaukee Bucks preseason opener. Thanasis Antetokounmpo scored nine points and had 10 rebounds off the bench, as the Bucks beat the […]
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NEWS

UW-Platteville goes on 31-0 run in defeating No. 16 UW-La Crosse

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The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse football team watched a two-score lead evaporate into a 31-0 run, as it lost to UW-Platteville on Saturday. The 16th-ranked Eagles were up 20-7 midway […]
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NEWS

Not quite enough to pay the fine, but guy in Oktoberfest-La Crosse video shared to Bar Stool doesn’t regret ticket

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La Crosse police issued 146 underage drinking citations over the Oktoberfest weekend. Sean Wood’s might be the most famous. A video of the Milwaukee native getting written, what he said […]
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WKTY AUCTION: Bid to win NBA’s and Onalaska’s Matt Thomas signed Valencia jersey

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WKTY is auctioning off an autographed Matt Thomas jersey from his time with Valencia. Thomas, who signed with the Toronto Raptors this offseason to a three-year, $4.2 million contract, donated […]
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BREWERS

A hit-by-pitch, a bloop and an error ends Brewers’ season

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A hit-by-pitch “foul,” a broken bat bloop and a misplay in right. The Milwaukee Brewers season is over. The irony is, many believed it was over heading into September, when […]
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BREWERS

Former La Crosse Logger, Scherzer, to face Brewers in wildcard playoff

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It’s been 15 years since Max Scherzer played in La Crosse. He was 19 years old then, heading into his sophomore season at Missouri when he spent a summer playing […]
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NEWS

Gov. Evers kicks off Oktoberfest in La Crosse, then talks beer and sports on WIZM

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He made a quick stop to La Crosse’s Oktoberfest, then he called into a news talk station to talk … sports? Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers helped kick off Oktoberfest in […]
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