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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).

Pitchers and catchers report for Brewers spring training

PHOENIX (AP) — Spring training has arrived for the Milwaukee Brewers. Pitchers and catchers have reported to the team’s spring complex in Phoenix, with the first workouts scheduled for Thursday. […]

Royals scout kicked out as unusual free-agent camp opens

As teams started spring training workouts across Florida and Arizona, the players’ association had a Kansas City Royals scout escorted out of the union’s opening training session for unsigned free […]

Radio host loses job after sexual comments on teen Olympian

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area radio station has fired one of its hosts for sexual comments he made about 17-year-old Olympic snowboarder Chloe Kim on another […]

WATCH: Central’s Johnny Davis with the alley-oop slam from Deandre Davis

Check out Johnny Davis with the alley-oop jam from Deandre Davis in last Friday’s 82-53 win by Central High School’s boys basketball team over Logan. Davis had 17 points, while […]

USA Gymnastics: There are no other non-disclosure agreements

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — USA Gymnastics told Congress it has not used non-disclosure agreements in investigations except in the case of Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney, one of more than […]

‘New generation of Nigerians’ marks Olympic bobsled debut

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Growing up in St. Paul, Minnesota, Akuoma Omeoga was raised on Nigerian food, language and culture. Next week, the 25-year-old will represent her parents’ homeland […]

Aquinas girls basketball still No. 1 in latest poll, still undefeated

Nothing changes when you’re undefeated and the top-ranked team in the state. Aquinas High School’s girls basketball team remained in the No. 1 spot in Division 4 in the latest […]

Central boys basketball moves up in poll, still a spot behind Onalaska

The Onalaska High School boys basketball team remains steady in polls as the season winds down. The Hilltoppers (18-1) are ranked third in Division 2, while Central (17-2) moved up […]

Olympic swimmer says she wants to save others from sex abuse

NEW YORK (AP) — Olympic swimmer Ariana Kukors said in an emotional interview Monday that her former coach “stole so much” from her in the decade she alleges he sexually […]

Trump has a tweet for everything, but none yet for Olympics

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has a tweet for just about everything, but he’s got nothing so far for Team USA a few days into the 2018 Olympic Games. […]

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