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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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UWL mens track WIAC title indoor 2018
NEWS

UW-L men win 17th consecutive WIAC championship, women win 6th

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STEVENS POINT, Wis. – For the 17th consecutive season, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men’s track and field team won the WIAC indoor championship. Not to be outdone, the UW-L […]
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Angels Ohtani AP
BREWERS

WATCH: Brewers Brett Phillips candid interview in facing Angels Ohtani

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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani didn’t quite dazzle in his spring pitching debut with the Los Angeles Angels. Maybe things will change when he swings the bat for the […]
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Badgers Ethan Happ Michigan St AP
BADGERS

No. 2 Michigan State beats Wisconsin, wraps up Big Ten title

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — No. 2 Michigan State arrived at Wisconsin feeling a little discombobulated with so many off-court issues swirling around the program. The Spartans are returning to East […]
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Olympics Chloe AP
NEWS

Column: Americans over-promise, under-deliver in SKorea

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By PAUL NEWBERRY, AP GANGNEUNG, South Korea — They had their moments, without a doubt. From a nerve-wracking victory in women’s hockey to the fun-loving guys over at the curling […]
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Pyeongchang Olympics Canada
NEWS

The day after: Pyeongchang breathes, bids Olympics farewell

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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — From volunteers to support staff to the joint Korea women’s hockey team, people from many cultures bid farewell to each other and to the 2018 […]
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Landen Lucas, Diamond Stone
NEWS

Report: FBI probe docs list range of payments to top players

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New details of payments to athletes in a federal investigation that has lurked in the shadows since first rocking college basketball last fall mark the latest threat to the sport’s […]
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Mark Cuban
NBA

NBA setting up hotline to report misconduct, work concerns

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NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA is establishing a confidential hotline for league and team employees to report concerns about misconduct in their workplace. The move comes after a Sports […]
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Joe Mauer
TWINS

Healthy, productive Mauer aims to play ‘as long as I can’

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FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — The final season of the franchise-record contract the Minnesota Twins gave Joe Mauer has begun, bringing with it the inevitable questions about his future. For […]
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North Korea kid AP
NEWS

First Person: How Pyeongchang might feel to a North Korean

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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — What’s it like to wake up in North Korea one day and South Korea the next? The differences are pretty jarring. The similarities can be, […]
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Texas transgender wrestler back to defend state title

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Mack Beggs is back. He’s still wrestling, still competing for a state championship and still undefeated. And he’s still wrestling against the girls. It’s just been […]
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