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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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Good thing fans are inside for coldest Super Bowl Sunday

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The coldest Super Bowl Sunday won’t be felt inside cozy U.S. Bank Stadium. The overnight temperature in Minneapolis reached minus-6 degrees and was up to 2 degrees […]
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Eagles have the right formula to upset Patriots

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — The best formula for success against the New England Patriots is to keep Tom Brady on the sideline and harass him when he’s on the field. […]
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Brady and numbers point to another Patriots Super Bowl win

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Even if numbers occasionally lie, most of them indicate the New England Patriots are in great position to hoist a sixth Lombardi Trophy. The reasons begin […]
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For NFL players, racial profiling often personal

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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 […]
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Rodgers wants to play as long as Brady

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

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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 […]
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Snow volleyball will make case for Olympics in Pyeongchang

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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 […]
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Goodell wants league to look deeply into catch rule

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

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

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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 […]
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