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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).

For NFL players, racial profiling often personal

A son who saw a police officer hold a gun to his father’s head. A husband whose wife was pulled over driving a Bentley. These unsettling scenes are among the […]

Rodgers wants to play as long as Brady

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers wants to take the same path as Tom Brady, still flinging footballs and chasing championships at age 40. He knows he might have […]

Mid-West Family Broadcasting’s Tony Schultz among thousands volunteering at Super Bowl

One of our Mid-West Family Broadcasting’s own is among Crew 52 on hand to help out with the crowds at the Super Bowl in Minneapolis. Today, Tony Schultz joins 10,000 […]

Snow volleyball will make case for Olympics in Pyeongchang

A snow volleyball exhibition is planned for Pyeongchang to help the sport’s international governing body make the case for it to be added to the Olympics. If successful, volleyball would […]

Goodell wants league to look deeply into catch rule

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Roger Goodell wants to see the mystery of the NFL’s catch rule solved, and he’s ensured that the process has begun. The commissioner said at his annual […]

Fox gets Thursday night football for 5 years, $3 billion

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Fox and the NFL have agreed to a five-year deal for Thursday night football games. Those games previously were televised by CBS and NBC, two of […]

Brett Favre headed back to Super Bowl, per request of Eagles coach and former teammate

Brett Favre is headed back to the Super Bowl. The Hall of Fame quarterback was asked by former Green Bay Packers teammate Doug Pederson to speak with his Philadelphia Eagles […]

Alex Smith headed to Washington in flurry of NFL news surrounding QB

A flurry of news has come out of the NFL surrounding quarterback Alex Smith. First, Washington sent a 2018 third-round pick and a, so far, unnamed player, to Kansas City […]

Feds Search for Fake Merchandise Ahead of SB LII

U.S. Custom and Border Protection agents are searching for counterfeit sports merchandise ahead of the Super Bowl in Minneapolis. Agents hope to seize fake jerseys, caps and other memorabilia violating […]

Column: Mediocre score, rousing success in Tiger’s return

SAN DIEGO (AP) — One year later, Tiger Woods looked five years younger. There are intangibles that are hard to measure, though at this stage in his return, they mean […]

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