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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).

No. 19 Badgers get Nebraska in Big 10 opener, after Huskers upset Maryland

CHICAGO — With his old high school back in the WIAA state tournament, Kobe King gets his first taste of the postseason in the NCAA. King and the Wisconsin Badgers […]

BOYS BASKETBALL: Wins tonight for Spring Grove, St. Charles will punch ticket to state tourney

The Spring Grove High School boys basketball team is a win from the Minnesota state tournament. At 6 p.m. today, the Lions (22-4) play Randolph (26-2) in the Section 1A […]

Caledonia wins 21st in row, coaches gets win No. 300 and it’s on to the state semis

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Caledonia High School girls basketball team got coach his 300th career win. Now they hope for 301 and 302. That’s what it will take to […]

Bangor, Central back at state again

We’re just a day away now from the WIAA high school boys basketball state tournament on Friday. Central is there for the fourth consecutive year, while Bangor is looking to […]

Central, Bangor one win away from getting back to state

Had the shot gone in, it would have been pandamonium. And overtime. Down three, in front of 1,600 fans, and as time expired, Tyrell Stuttley fired a three-quarter court shot […]

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP REMATCH: Aquinas, Melrose-Mindoro move on in semifinals

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The first half wasn’t pretty but the second sure was. The Aquinas High School girls basketball team is headed back to the state championship for the […]

WHAT: LeBron passes Jordan but former teammates not impressed

LeBron James scored 31 points and surpassed Michael Jordan’s 32,292 career points but his former teammates Channing Frye and Richard Jefferson were not impressed. Related posts: HUSTLE: Even LeBron does […]

Defending Iditarod champ remains self-proclaimed ‘goofball’

WILLOW, Alaska (AP) — Joar Leifseth Ulsom may not be flashy or brash, but he has sled cred. The quiet, unassuming 32-year-old defending champion of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog […]

Ray Allen’s 34 retired at Uconn

Related posts: Column: Is sports betting about to go mainstream? Bet on it Commission to unveil ideas to fix college basketball’s woes Column: NCAA needs real reform, not quick repair […]

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