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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).

Yelich homers but Brewers swept by Padres. Milwaukee headed back to Miller Park after 2-6 road trip

SAN DIEGO — A three-game series against the San Diego Padres was no good for the Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee was shutout 2-0 in the opening game Monday. A rookie in […]

Brewers ace Woodruff faces rookie making first MLB appearance

SAN DIEGO — The Milwaukee Brewers send their best to the mound tonight to try and get one back from the San Deigo Padres. Coverage against the Padres begins at […]

New coach, Rodgers working out compromise in QB’s option to call audibles

Aaron Rodgers is in a position he hasn’t had to deal with in over a decade. After 14 seasons with Mike McCarthy as his coach, the 35-year-old quarterback now has […]

BREWERS vs. PADRES: MLB home run leaders go head-to-head in pitcher-friendly Petco Park

The Milwaukee Brewers begin the final stretch of their 8-game road trip tonight in San Diego and the home run leaders will be going head-to-head. Coverage on WKTY begins at […]

WALK WITH WARRIORS: Bringing vets together and helping raise awareness for mental health

It was a number that almost seemed impossible to believe — 22. Three veterans at the Onalaska YMCA saw that number and decided to bring more attention to it. The […]

WOODRUFF vs. VERLANDER: Brewers look to get one from MLB’s best tonight in Houston

One more chance, tonight, for the Milwaukee Brewers to take down the best team in baseball. It could be a pitchers’ duel, after the Houston Astros won 10-8 in a […]

UPDATE: Inspiring Minnesota runner, battling rare cancer, dies at 32 #BraveLikeGabe

MINNEAPOLIS — Gabriele “Gabe” Grunewald, once the country’s best runner, who inspired so many as she battled cancer and kept running, has died at the age of 32. Gabriele Grunewald’s […]

Brewers look to salvage win against Marlins at Miller Park tonight

The Milwaukee Brewers will look to salvage tonight what’s been a disasterous series with the bottom-feeding Miami Marlins. Tuesday, Miami won 16-nothing. Last night, the Marlins ruined Jimmy Nelson’s retun […]

Packers headed to Winnipeg to play Raiders in preseason but Rodgers itching to play overseas

The Oakland Raiders will take on the Green Bay Packers in an exhibition game in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It will be a Raiders home preseason game and takes place Aug. 22. […]

Aaron Rodgers on chugging beer: “Finally a talent where they can say they are better than me.”

Aaron Rodgers finally admitted he isn’t the greatest at everything. After failing to win a beer chugging contest during a Milwaukee Bucks game in the Eastern Conference Finals, Rodgers got […]

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