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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).

No. 2 Viterbo looking to sweep pool Thursday, headed to Sweet 16

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The Viterbo University volleyball team is well on its way to winning its pool in the NAIA tournament. The No. 2-ranked V-Hawks swept 17th-ranked Georgetown (Ken.) […]

Clemson, Auburn, Oklahoma, Wisconsin are playoff top 4

Clemson, Auburn, Oklahoma and Wisconsin will enter championship weekend positioned to earn a playoff spot with just one more victory. But a potential Alabama-Ohio State controversy looms. Clemson moved up […]

No. 4 Wisconsin won’t dwell on its Big Ten title game past

MADISON, Wis. — A team that prides itself on not looking ahead, No. 3 Wisconsin must now avoid dwelling on its recent past at the Big Ten championship game. The […]

Surging Vikings avoiding any talk of NFC playoff picture

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have arrived at the final month of the season in control of a prime place in the playoffs, even putting themselves in […]

Even Rodgers’ return may not be enough for Packers

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The math is not in the Green Bay Packers’ favor when it comes to extending the team’s streak of eight consecutive playoff appearances. And a […]

Deer hunt figures show fewer kills, more mentored hunters in Wisconsin

The deer hunting numbers are just preliminary but overall it looks as though fewer deer were killed and more young hunters were out in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Dept. of Natural […]

Badgers fall to 3-4, after dismal shooting against No. 18 Virginia

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Another ranked opponent took down the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team Monday. No. 18 Virginia got 17 points from Kyle Guy in a 49-37 win at […]

After 41 consecutive wins and 3rd state championship, Caledonia meets real hero

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Forty-one consecutive wins and three state championships were all put into perspective on the bus ride home for the Caledonia High School football team. After winning the […]

Wisconsin can stop schedule skepticism by beating Ohio State

Wisconsin has been to the Big Ten championship game four times before over the first six editions of the event. Never have the Badgers been in a position like this […]

Tennessee no longer pursuing Schiano after protests stemming from Penn St. child sexual assault scandal

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is no longer pursuing Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano to be the school’s new head coach, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated […]

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