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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).

In honor of the Olympics Opening Ceremony

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USA Gymnastics sets up fund for athletes abused by Nasser

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — USA Gymnastics has established a fund it says it designed to assist gymnasts who were victims of former sports doctor Larry Nassar. The organization’s president, Kerry Perry, […]

Norovirus at Olympics has officials scrambling, worried

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Signs posted around the Olympic venues urge extreme caution. Nine hundred troops stream into the area to help. Worried organizers sequester 1,200 people in their […]

LeBron at the buzzer does in Timberwolves

CLEVELAND (AP) — One second. One shot. One player. For one night, LeBron James made all of Cleveland’s problems disappear. James dropped in a fade-away jumper over Jimmy Butler’s outstretched […]

Eagles fan to pay for stadium chair stolen after Super Bowl

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who stole a seat from U.S. Bank Stadium after the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl has agreed to pay […]

Nowitzki cherishes 20 seasons, content to help Mavs rebuild

DALLAS (AP) — Dirk Nowitzki made peace years ago with the reality that spending his entire career with the Dallas Mavericks would likely mean little or no chance to win […]

Baseball union head says rebuilding teams threaten integrity

NEW YORK (AP) — Players’ union head Tony Clark claims the number of rebuilding teams and unsigned free agents in a historically slow market threatens the sport’s integrity, an assertion […]

LeBron says he’s staying put, as Cavs blow huge lead in loss to Magic

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — After another embarrassing defeat and two days before the trade deadline, LeBron James let it be known he’s not going anywhere, at least for now. “I’m […]

DUNK OF THE YEAR: Giannis leaps over Hardaway Jr. on lob from Middleton

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 23 points, 11 rebounds, six assists, two blocks, a steal and this basic dunk from Khris Middleton. And, keeping with the sarcasm, Giannis of course had to […]

Patriots’ Butler denies off-field misconduct before benching

BOSTON (AP) — Patriots cornerback Malcolm Butler says he didn’t miss a curfew or do anything off the field that would have hurt New England’s chances of winning the Super […]

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