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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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