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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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Max Scherzer
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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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Tony Evers headed to Oktoberfest
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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Brewers celebrate 2019 AP
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WATCH: Uecker, Brewers celebrate postseason berth

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Related posts: With sweep of Cardinals, Brewers clinch playoff spot ‘Mad Max’ carries playoff skid into Brew-Nats wild-card game Former La Crosse Logger, Scherzer, to face Brewers in wildcard playoff […]
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Brewers Ryan Braun granny AP
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Playoffs inevitable for Brewers, but where still up in air

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There are six games left in the season for the Milwaukee Brewers and the playoffs are almost inevitable. Where, however, is entirely up in the air. The St. Louis Cardinals […]
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UWL Joey Stuzman
COLLEGE

Time runs out on UW-L comeback

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DICKINSON, N.D. — No overtime win this week for the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse football team. The 16th-ranked Eagles, who won their first two games of the season in OT, […]
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Kendric Pryor, Patrick Macon
BADGERS

No. 13 Wisconsin to host No. 11 Michigan in Big Ten clash

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No. 11 Michigan (2-0) at No. 13 Wisconsin (2-0), Saturday at 12 p.m. EDT (Fox). Line: Wisconsin by 3 1/2. Series record: Michigan leads 51-15-1. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Though Michigan […]
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All Star Game Baseball
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Brewers get surprise, Woodruff returns tonight

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A nice surprise for the Milwaukee Brewers tonight, in a matchup against the San Diego Padres tonight Listen to Bob Uecker and the Crew at Miller Park tonight.Coverage begins at […]
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UWL Memorial Field football
NEWS

UW-L’s D wins it in OT against No. 14 Illinois Wesleyan

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It was about as unconventional ways to win an overtime collegiate football game as there can be. Rusty Murphy recovered a fumble and took it 86 yards for the score […]
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Lisa Leslie, Kristi Harrower, Noelle Quinn
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Basketball legend Lisa Leslie to speak in La Crosse

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She was the first woman to ever dunk in the WNBA. Next month, Lisa Leslie could — maybe — be dunking on some area high school athletes. What the 6-foot-5 […]
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Kerwin Danley, Jorge Alfaro, Christian Yelich
NEWS

Yelich out six weeks, doesn’t need surgery; Braun wearing his jersey

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Christian Yelich will be out six weeks with a fractured kneecap, but the 27-year-old won’t need surgery, The Athletic’s Jim Bowden tweeted. The Milwaukee Brewers outfielder suffered the injury fouling […]
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