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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).
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BREWERS

Brewers’ Burnes shows Cy Young form for 5 innings vs Giants

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PHOENIX (AP) — Somewhere in the second inning on Monday, Corbin Burnes found his cutter that he’d been looking for throughout spring training. Bad news for National League batters if […]
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Wisconsin Iowa State Basketball
BADGERS

La Crosse’s Davis, Badgers fall in second round of NCAA

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It could have been the last game of his college career for La Crosse native Johnny Davis. The sophomore scored 17 on 4-of-16 shooting, going 0-for-7 from beyond the arc […]
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Colgate Wisconsin Basketball
BADGERS

WATCH: La Crosse native Johnny Davis on breakaway dunk — or he was cherry picking

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La Crosse native Johnny Davis scored the final 14 points for the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team in leading the Badgers to a 67-60 come-from-behind win over Colgate in […]
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Central semis
HIGH SCHOOL

WATCH: Fielding nails 3 to send Central to D2 state championship

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With his team down two under 30 seconds to play in the state semifinals, a 3-pointer by Devon Fielding ended up being the winner. Central came back from 10 down […]
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Basketball generic
HIGH SCHOOL

Top-ranked Central heads into state semifinals Friday with 24-game win streak

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The top-ranked Central High School boys basketball team is back in familiar territory Friday — the Division 2 state tournament. The tourney kicked off Thursday, back at the Kohl Center […]
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Basketball generic
HIGH SCHOOL

Koepnick scores 18 of 26 points in 2nd half in leading West Salem to first-ever state championship berth

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Carson Koepnick nailed three 3-pointers and scored 26 points in leading the West Salem High School boys basketball team to the state championship. The top-ranked Panthers, making their first-ever state […]
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Marquette Wisconsin Basketball
BADGERS

La Crosse’s Johnny Davis goes from sixth man to 1st team All-American for Badgers

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From sixth man to first team All-American, and ready to lead the third-seeded University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team in the NCAA tournament. It’s been quite a ride for Johnny […]
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Packers Bye Football
NEWS

Cap concerns limit Packers’ options heading into free agency

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — GREEN BAY PACKERS (13-5) UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS: P Corey Bojorquez, LB Oren Burks, LB De’Vondre Campbell, CB Rasul Douglas, DT Jack Heflin, OT Dennis Kelly, […]
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Badgers Davis dunk Iowa AP
BADGERS

Time for La Crosse’s Davis to introduce himself to the nation?

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If it hasn’t happened already, this could be the coming out party for La Crosse native Johnny Davis. Davis and the University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team opens the NCAA […]
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Johnny Davis, Max Christie
BADGERS

La Crosse’s Johnny Davis mixed results in two games vs. Michigan St., which plays Wisconsin tonight in Big Ten tourney

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The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team gets a challenging opening game for its Big Ten Tournament opener. The second-seeded, 12th-ranked Badgers will play Michigan State at 5:30 p.m. Friday […]
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