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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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Royals scout kicked out as unusual free-agent camp opens

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As teams started spring training workouts across Florida and Arizona, the players’ association had a Kansas City Royals scout escorted out of the union’s opening training session for unsigned free […]
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Radio host loses job after sexual comments on teen Olympian

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area radio station has fired one of its hosts for sexual comments he made about 17-year-old Olympic snowboarder Chloe Kim on another […]
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WATCH: Central’s Johnny Davis with the alley-oop slam from Deandre Davis

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Check out Johnny Davis with the alley-oop jam from Deandre Davis in last Friday’s 82-53 win by Central High School’s boys basketball team over Logan. Davis had 17 points, while […]
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USA Gymnastics: There are no other non-disclosure agreements

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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — USA Gymnastics told Congress it has not used non-disclosure agreements in investigations except in the case of Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney, one of more than […]
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‘New generation of Nigerians’ marks Olympic bobsled debut

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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Growing up in St. Paul, Minnesota, Akuoma Omeoga was raised on Nigerian food, language and culture. Next week, the 25-year-old will represent her parents’ homeland […]
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Aquinas girls basketball still No. 1 in latest poll, still undefeated

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Nothing changes when you’re undefeated and the top-ranked team in the state. Aquinas High School’s girls basketball team remained in the No. 1 spot in Division 4 in the latest […]
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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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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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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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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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