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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).

Brewers’ Uecker cutting back

By RICK SOLEM ricks@mwfbroadcasting.com If there’s one thing I love about baseball, it’s listening to Bob Uecker talking about everything but baseball during a Milwaukee Brewers game. And maybe he […]

ISU’s Thomas, Wisconsin’s Koenig bounce back

By RICK SOLEMricks@mwfbroadcasting.com The last time the Iowa State University men’s basketball took on Kansas, Onalaska, Wis., native Matt Thomas didn’t start for the first time this season. The 6-foot-3 […]

ISU’s Thomas, Wisconsin’s Koenig bounce back

By RICK SOLEMricks@mwfbroadcasting.com The last time the Iowa State University men’s basketball took on Kansas, Onalaska, Wis., native Matt Thomas didn’t start for the first time this season. The 6-foot-3 […]

UW-La Crosse looks to upset No. 1 UW-SP

By RICK SOLEMricks@mwfbroadcasting.com The UW-La Crosse men’s basketball team upset No. 7 UW-Whitewater on Wednesday. At 3 p.m. Saturday, the Eagles get No. 1 and undefeated UW-Stevens Point (17-0, 8-0 […]

UW-La Crosse looks to upset No. 1 UW-SP

By RICK SOLEMricks@mwfbroadcasting.com The UW-La Crosse men’s basketball team upset No. 7 UW-Whitewater on Wednesday. At 3 p.m. Saturday, the Eagles get No. 1 and undefeated UW-Stevens Point (17-0, 8-0 […]

The dumbest thing in sports

Column: RICK SOLEMricks@mwfbroadcasting.com Sports are funny sometimes. Other times … A Super Bowl between the the only two states that legalized marijuana … A Pro Bowl that doesn’t feature those […]

The dumbest thing in sports

Column: RICK SOLEMricks@mwfbroadcasting.com Sports are funny sometimes. Other times … A Super Bowl between the the only two states that legalized marijuana … A Pro Bowl that doesn’t feature those […]

Not so fast Brewers, Garza deal snagged

By RICK SOLEM ricks@mwfbroadcasting.com It’s the week before the week before the Super Bowl. So, let’s talk Brewers baseball? Thursday, it was reported the Milwaukee Brewers signed 30-year-old right-hander, Matt […]

Not so fast Brewers, Garza deal snagged

By RICK SOLEM ricks@mwfbroadcasting.com It’s the week before the week before the Super Bowl. So, let’s talk Brewers baseball? Thursday, it was reported the Milwaukee Brewers signed 30-year-old right-hander, Matt […]

UW-L knocks off No. 7, gets No. 1 UW-SP on Saturday

One Top 10 team down this week, and the nation’s No. 1 to go. The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men’s basketball team bombed away from beyond the arc and put […]

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