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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).

Just in time for trade deadline, Bucks PF Jabari Parker set to return from knee injury Friday, while Detroit lands Griffin

MILWAUKEE — Overshadowed by the Detroit Pistons landing Blake Griffin, things couldn’t look much rosier for the Milwaukee Bucks since they fired Jason Kidd. The Bucks beat the Philadelphia 76ers […]

Aquinas girls still undefeated, still No. 1 in latest AP poll

Undefeated and still No. 1 is where the Aquinas High School girls basketball team sits in the latest AP poll. The Blugolds (15-0) remain on top in Division 4, while […]

Onalaska boys remain No. 4, just ahead of rival Central, in latest AP poll

The Onalaska High School boys basketball team remains ranked fourth in the latest AP poll. The Hilltoppers (12-2) sit just one spot ahead of No. 5 Central (13-2) in Division […]

Michigan AG seeks university emails, texts in Nassar review

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette wants Michigan State University to turn over all emails and text messages related to disgraced campus sports doctor Larry Nassar that […]

Olympian Adam Rippon has ‘no interest’ in fight with Pence

Figure skater Adam Rippon insists he has no interest in “picking a fight” with Vice President Mike Pence, who has been chosen by the White House to lead the U.S. […]

Madden NFL 18 predicts Patriots win Super Bowl again

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Go ahead and take the New England Patriots to win their sixth Super Bowl title with Tom Brady to earn his fifth MVP award. Those are the […]

Cleveland Indians dropping Chief Wahoo logo from uniforms

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Indians announced Monday they are dropping the Chief Wahoo logo from their uniforms next year, bowing to decades of complaints that the grinning, red-faced caricature […]

Braun willing to try 1B as Brewers shift focus to win in ’18

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ryan Braun willing to do whatever it takes to help the Milwaukee Brewers get back to the playoffs, even if it means learning a new position after […]

UPDATE: Ballfield approved on Isle La Plume

A third field at Carroll Ball Park on lsle la Plume got the green light by a city committee in La Crosse on Monday. The city Board of Public Works […]

Bucks’ Parker expects target date for return this week

CHICAGO — Milwaukee Bucks forward Jabari Parker expects to know a target date this week for his return from the second major knee surgery of his young career. Parker played […]

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