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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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NEWS

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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NFL

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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NFL

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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PACKERS

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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NFL

Alex Smith headed to Washington in flurry of NFL news surrounding QB

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A flurry of news has come out of the NFL surrounding quarterback Alex Smith. First, Washington sent a 2018 third-round pick and a, so far, unnamed player, to Kansas City […]
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NFL

Feds Search for Fake Merchandise Ahead of SB LII

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U.S. Custom and Border Protection agents are searching for counterfeit sports merchandise ahead of the Super Bowl in Minneapolis. Agents hope to seize fake jerseys, caps and other memorabilia violating […]
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Tiger Woods AP
NEWS

Column: Mediocre score, rousing success in Tiger’s return

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SAN DIEGO (AP) — One year later, Tiger Woods looked five years younger. There are intangibles that are hard to measure, though at this stage in his return, they mean […]
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Cleveland Indians
MLB

Native Americans: Benching Wahoo step in right direction

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Cleveland native Josh Hunt is not a fan of baseball. But he’s showed up at Progressive Field where the Indians play for the past couple of years to protest the […]
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MLB

PROPOSAL: MLB spring training start 10th with runner on 2nd, All-Star Game do same in 11th

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NEW YORK (AP) — A runner would be put on second base at the start of the 11th inning of the All-Star Game and each additional inning, according to the […]
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NEWS

Legislation prompted by sports doctor scandal heads to Trump

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has responded to the sex abuse scandal involving sports doctor Larry Nassar by sending President Donald Trump legislation that requires governing bodies for amateur athletics to […]
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