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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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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: 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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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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Green Bay Packers bring back Philbin to run offense

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A familiar face on offense and a fresh voice on defense headline the changes to Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy’s revamped staff in the […]
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Antetokounmpo says Kidd helped him grow into dominant player

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo grew from a reed-thin, inexperienced teenager into one of the NBA’s dominant players under the tutelage of coach Jason Kidd, whom the Milwaukee Bucks fired […]
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NFL establishes owner-player committee on social justice

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NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has established a player-owner committee focusing on social and racial justice initiatives that Commissioner Roger Goodell cautions is just a start, with lots of […]
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Column: Bonds, Clemens deserve to be in Cooperstown

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Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens will probably have to wait a little longer to get their plaques in the Baseball Hall of Fame. But that day is coming. As it […]
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NFL rejects veterans group’s ad for Super Bowl program

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL has denied advertising space in the Super Bowl program for a veterans group that declined to alter language about standing for the national anthem. NFL […]
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NEWS

‘Enjoy hell:’ Doctor’s sentence next for assaulting gymnasts

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — After listening to the riveting pleas of more than 150 victims, a judge is set to sentence a Michigan doctor who parlayed his reputation and personal […]
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Antetokounmpo ‘devastated’ about Kidd firing, tried to save Bucks coach’s job

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An interesting nugget surfaced after the Bucks announced they had fired Jason Kidd on Monday. Kidd hadn’t been officially notified when the news leaked, and that Giannis Antetokounmpo was apparently […]
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