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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).

Moss, Urlacher, Lewis among 15 NFL Hall of Fame finalists

Star linebackers Ray Lewis and Brian Urlacher are among four first-time eligible former players selected among the 15 modern-era finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018. […]

UW beats Hoosiers, who haven’t won in Wisconsin since 1998 … when Bob Knight was coach

MADISON, Wis. — Ethan Happ had 28 points in leading the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team to its fifth consecutive win. The 6-foot-10 senior was 11 of 17 from […]

Packers will go 9-7, as 2018 scheduled opponents released

The 2018 Green Bay Packers schedule of opponents has been released. Here’s the rundown: HOME: Arizona, San Francisco, Buffalo, Miami, Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota. ROAD: Los Angeles Rams, Seattle, New […]

Hopes high as Vikings take bye, franchise scars to playoffs

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Civic groups, businesses and local government employees in Minnesota are already preparing for the next census two years away. Minnesota State Demographer Susan Brower is […]

Stable Packers embark on offseason of change with GM search

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — One of the NFL’s model franchises for stability and success, the Green Bay Packers have embarked on an offseason of change after missing the playoffs […]

No. 6 Wisconsin looks to build on record 13-win season

MILWAUKEE (AP) — No. 6 Wisconsin was minutes removed from wrapping up the winningest season in school history when coach Paul Chryst started talking about the future. The first 13-win […]

DeRozan goes for 52 in OT win over Bucks

TORONTO — A smiling Jonas Valanciunas in a postgame press conference summed up DeMar DeRozan’s New Year’s Day. DeRozan scored a career-high and franchise-record 52 in a 131-127 Toronto Raptors […]

Packers cleaning house to ring in new year, firing Capers and replacing Thompson

The Green Bay Packers rang in the new year with a cleaning house of sorts. It’s funny what the team’s first sub-.500 record in nearly a decade will do. First, […]

Packers lock up Adams for 4 years, $58 million

The Green Bay Packers have locked up Davante Adams to a four-year extension that could be worth $58 million. Adams’ $14.5 million base salary will make him the fourth-highest paid […]

WATCH: Giannis dunks on Westbrook for the win. No he didn’t step out of bounds

OKLAHOMA CITY —  Giannis Antetokounmpo’s dunk with 1.3 seconds remaining won it for Milwaukee on Friday night. Though, maybe, just maybe, he stepped on the baseline. Giannis POSTERIZES Westbrook FOR […]

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