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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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Nick Kingham
BREWERS

TONIGHT: Brewers face rookie phenom, who was perfect through six in MLB debut last week

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Should be an interesting matchup tonight for the Milwaukee Brewers, facing a rookie who was headed for a perfect game in his first-ever start last week. Pittsburgh righty Nick Kingman […]
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Wisconsin forward Nigel Hayes (10) looks to pass as Boise State guard Chandler Hutchison (15) defends. PHOTO: Mary Langenfeld-USA TODAY
COLLEGE

Nigel Hayes says Badgers discussed boycotting game to protest NCAA compensation

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Nigel Hayes said recently that his 2016 Wisconsin men’s basketball team had considered boycotting an NCAA game, USA Today reported. The boycott was to be in protest of the NCAA […]
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Percy Harvin
NFL

NFL eliminating “running starts” at kickoffs

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Instead of eliminating kickoffs, the NFL looks to be changing the rules beginning in 2018. The league will likely eliminate running starts for the kicking team, along with only allowing […]
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Chill Celebration
NEWS

Coulee Region Chill sold, moving to Chippewa Falls

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The Coulee Region Chill have been sold and are moving to Chippewa Falls. The NAHL announced the news Monday. The Chill will be renamed the Chippewa Steel and begin playing […]
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Josh Hader
NEWS

WATCH: Brewers Hader sets MLB record with eight strikeout in 2⅔ innings

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Milwaukee Brewers reliever Josh Hader set a MLB record on Monday night against the Cincinnati Reds. The left-hander entered came in with one out in the seventh inning and a […]
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LeBron James
NBA

LeBron: “As a kid you always have those 3, 2, 1 moments”

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LeBron James on the game-winner: “As a kid you always have those 3, 2, 1 moments. Being able to have one of those moments. It felt like I was a […]
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Jaylen Brown, Giannis Antetokounmpo
BUCKS

Antetokounmpo pledges to be more aggressive offensively in Game 6

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BOSTON — The road team can’t seem to win and the Milwaukee Bucks couldn’t hit a shot in Game 5 Tuesday at the Boston Celtics. It was another terrible shooting […]
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Moto racing
NEWS

Motorcycle races at Center tonight with track sprayed in Dr. Pepper syrup? Yup.

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Hooligans taking over at the La Crosse Center tonight. Actually, the Open Hooligan class is just one of the 10 classes of motorcycles racing at 7 p.m. in the Center […]
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Marlins Brewers Baseball
BREWERS

Miami’s Brinson, key piece of Brewers’ Yelich trade, hits 2 HRs … against old team; Braun gets 1,000th RBI with pinch-hit HR

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The dude the Milwaukee Brewers traded for Christian Yelich hit the first two home runs of the season, and third and fourth of his young career Wednesday night … against […]
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Embiid bodies
NBA

EMBIID PLAYS, meaning only took 4 years for the Top 3 picks of 2014 draft to make playoffs

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So far, Joel Embiid’s the big winner of the Top 3 picks in the 2014 NBA draft. They all needed four years to make the playoffs but only Embiid has […]
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