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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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HIGH SCHOOL

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

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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 […]
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NEWS

Olympic swimmer says she wants to save others from sex abuse

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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 […]
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NEWS

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

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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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NEWS

OLYMPICS: What would a South Korean ask a North Korean?

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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The Koreas share a border, a culture and a language. But 70 years after they were separated, North and South are about as divided as […]
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NEWS

Dogged: Badly wrecked, German shepherd shows at Westminster

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NEW YORK (AP) — Exactly what happened to the dog on that New Jersey highway, no one really knows. This much is true: Fanucci the young German shepherd was so […]
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Pyeongchang Olympics Canada
NEWS

North Korea won Pyeongchang political gold, but what’s next?

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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — North Korea won the political gold medal at Pyeongchang just by showing up. But what’s next? Kim Jong Un scored some badly needed publicity points […]
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NEWS

Ali at the center of any talk of activism by black athletes

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Muhammad Ali knew he didn’t have much time left. His career was at stake — but more importantly, so was his freedom — as he awaited the day he would […]
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Basketball
HIGH SCHOOL

Fresh off huge win, top-ranked Aquinas, of course, gets top seed in playoffs

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After a big win in Iowa against a team with a UConn recruit, undefeated and top-ranked Aquinas High School girls basketball team is now the No. 1 seed for the […]
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BREWERS

Brewers give Wisconsin residents 1st crack for tix vs. Cubs

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers are giving Wisconsin residents first crack at tickets for home games against the Chicago Cubs beginning at 9 a.m. today. The team wrote: Beginning […]
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BREWERS

Busy Brewers shift spring focus from rebuild to winning

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The rebuilding plan for the Milwaukee Brewers is a smashing success, so much so that they’re not really rebuilding anymore. Bold moves to trade for Christian Yelich […]
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