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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).

Women’s softball league, companion to Northwoods League, might have La Crosse franchise at Loggers Field

You could call it a modern version of “A League of Their Own.” The Northwoods Baseball League, which includes the La Crosse Loggers, is putting together a similar women’s softball […]

Antetokounmpo breaks Bucks’ assists mark, sprains wrist,

CHICAGO (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo stayed on the ground, grimacing in pain before heading to the locker room. A sprained wrist in the early going ended his night. Not before […]

La Crosse County Board to vote on $150,000 in funding for ORA 277-acre bluffland purchase

Not a lot in terms of agenda items for the La Crosse County Board at Thursday night’s meeting, but if you account for land mass, the meeting is huge. The […]

Top scorers face off in Milwaukee-Boston matchup

Boston Celtics (41-16, first in the Eastern Conference) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (39-17, second in the Eastern Conference) LISTEN: Celtics at Milwaukee on WKTY, beginning with pregame Tuesday at 6 p.m. […]

Logan celebrates life of Steve Hole, names fieldhouse after longtime educator and coach

A year after he died unexpectedly, longtime public educator Steve Hole had the fieldhouse at Logan High School named after him with a ceremony Thursday. Hole was at Logan for […]

Conley’s maturity, experience led T-wolves to Russell trade

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three years after the Minnesota Timberwolves acquired D’Angelo Russell for what then was their dream pairing with Karl-Anthony Towns, they traded him for a much older point […]

La Crosse’s Davis goes for 8 points, 5 boards in Badgers overtime win over Penn State

La Crosse native Jordan Davis had eight points, five rebounds off the bench, as the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team beat Penn State 79-74 in overtime Wednesday. Davis had […]

Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee visit Lakers, a day after LeBron sets all-time scoring record

Milwaukee Bucks (37-17, second in the Eastern Conference) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (25-30, 13th in the Western Conference) LISTEN: Bucks at Los Angeles on Thursday, beginning with pregame at 8:30 […]

La Crosse’s Davis scoreless, Badgers swept by Northwestern for 1st time in 27 years

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team lost to Northwestern 54-52 on Sunday, getting swept by the Wildcats for the first time since the 1995-96 season. […]

La Crosse’s Davis plays sparingly again, Badgers nearly blow it against Ohio State

La Crosse native Jordan Davis came off the bench Thursday, played six minutes and went scoreless, as the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team nearly blew it against Ohio State. […]

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