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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).

Warriors Steve Kerr: LaVar Ball ‘the Kardashian of the NBA’

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Golden State coach Steve Kerr called LaVar Ball “the Kardashian of the NBA” on Monday night, and said he thinks the father of Lakers rookie Lonzo […]

Minnesota’s Wiggins, Butler stomp James and Cavs

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves, like so many lesser opponents over the years, have been largely unsuccessful in trying to best LeBron James. This time, they built a lead […]

A championship game filled with big moments

ATLANTA (AP) — Alabama’s walk-off touchdown for its latest championship win will certainly dominate much of college football’s offseason. It took several dramatic, potentially defining moments to set up what […]

WATCH: Dellavedova tries to take Beal’s head off, says he was trying “to hold him up.”

There’s nothing subtle about the way Milwaukee Bucks point guard Matthew Dellavedova gets into his opponent’s heads. He does so by physically trying to remove their heads. Take Saturday, for […]

LaVar Ball says Walton has lost Lakers; coaches react

Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle responded angrily Sunday after LaVar Ball’s claim that the Los Angeles Lakers no longer want to play for coach Luke Walton. Ball, the outspoken father […]

Ngakoue says Incognito used weak racist slurs during game

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Yannick Ngakoue says Buffalo Bills guard Richie Incognito used “weak racist slurs” during their playoff game Sunday. Ngakoue voiced his complaint on […]

Former UW-L player, coach now Packers GM

The Green Bay Packers new general manager has ties to La Crosse. Brian Gutekunst played football for two seasons at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, before a shoulder injury ended […]

The NFL needs a playoff committee

The NFL needs a playoff committee. I’ll just lob that out there. It’s a weird time to live in Wisconsin. In the sports world, anyway. It’s still cold as F. […]

Antetokounmpo leads NBA in all-star voting

If you had to guess who was the leading vote getter so far for the NBA all-star game, the answer would most likely be LeBron James or Steph Curry. Those […]

Could an NHL expansion team from Vegas win a Stanley Cup in first year?

The Vegas Golden Knights are off to the best start for an expansion team in NHL history After talking to Jason Pothier from SinBin.Vegas, a Las Vegas based website dedicated […]

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