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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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BREWERS

Braun willing to try 1B as Brewers shift focus to win in ’18

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ryan Braun willing to do whatever it takes to help the Milwaukee Brewers get back to the playoffs, even if it means learning a new position after […]
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NEWS

UPDATE: Ballfield approved on Isle La Plume

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A third field at Carroll Ball Park on lsle la Plume got the green light by a city committee in La Crosse on Monday. The city Board of Public Works […]
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BUCKS

Bucks’ Parker expects target date for return this week

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CHICAGO — Milwaukee Bucks forward Jabari Parker expects to know a target date this week for his return from the second major knee surgery of his young career. Parker played […]
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WOLVES

Took 21 3-pointers and a Durant triple-double to take down Minnesota

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Durant called himself a “jerk.” The Minnesota Timberwolves had a different description of the Golden State Warriors’ All-Star forward, calling him “the best scorer in […]
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NEWS

Parents of gymnasts feel guilt, wonder how they missed abuse

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Some parents thought they were misinterpreting the doctor’s techniques. Others assumed their children were lying or mistaken. But as more details emerged, the mothers and fathers […]
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NFL

It’s back? WWE’s McMahon resurrecting XFL

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STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — The XFL is no longer an ex-football league. The sexed-up, second-rate football league formed as the early 2000s brainchild of WWE ringleader Vince McMahon is set […]
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BREWERS

After Yelich trade, Brewers linked to flurry of moves, including biggest FA signing so far

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It isn’t often someone goes from Miami to Milwaukee and is happy about it. Enter, Christian Yelich. “Honestly, it was getting exhausting,” the 26-year-old Yelich told reporters of the circus […]
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NEWS

Michigan St. president resigns, as Nassar scandal smells of Penn St.

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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State President Lou Anna Simon submitted her resignation Wednesday amid an outcry over the school’s handling of allegations against Larry Nassar. The announcement that […]
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NBA

NBA: Sports leagues deserve a cut of sports betting revenue

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The NBA and other professional athletic leagues deserve a cut of the proceeds if legalized sports betting expands across the country, a league executive told New […]
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NEWS

Prosecutor praises newspaper that exposed doctor’s abuse

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former sports doctor Larry Nassar likely still would be sexually assaulting girls if not for the work of an Indiana newspaper that helped to expose the abuse, […]
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