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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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Title rewards Antetokounmpo’s decision to commit to Bucks

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — This could have been the offseason in which Giannis Antetokounmpo entered the free-agent market and perhaps teamed up with another superstar to try winning multiple NBA titles […]
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Giannis’ biggest fans watch, celebrate title a world away

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SEPOLIA, Greece (AP) — With less than a minute remaining in the game, Yiannis Tzikas was already setting out plastic cups to fill with champagne. “It’s over. No one can […]
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Bucks’ 50-year wait ends with a title behind 50 from Giannis

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had the Larry O’Brien Trophy in one arm, the NBA Finals MVP trophy in the other and there was a cigar on the table in […]
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For first time in MLB history, an all-women sportscasting team

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A first ever for women in sports Tuesday night. It’ll happen during the Baltimore Orioles-Tampa Rays game, which begins at 5:30 p.m. on Youtube. The sportscasting team will be comprised […]
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COLLEGE

Minnesota native, US Olympian Gable Steveson chases gold, pro wrestling dreams

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Gable Steveson loves to put on a show — during and after his biggest matches. Moments after he won at the U.S. Olympic trials at 125 kilograms to qualify for […]
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BUCKS

Twitter reacts to that Giannis block; “Great hustle play,” Antetokounmpo says

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Well, we didn’t get a replay of, perhaps, the greatest play in Game 4 — or these Finals — on Wednesday, but there’s always Twitter. Here’s Giannis Antetokounmpo’s block on […]
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BUCKS

WATCH: Why did Giannis leave so early in 1st? He tells us, very “politely”

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Was Giannis Antetokounmpo tired when he went out early in the first quarter Wednesday in Game 4 of the NBA Finals? NOPE: TOP PHOTO: Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) […]
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BREWERS

Three new Brewers ticket packages to Am-Fam Field now available

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WKTY has three new Milwaukee Brewers ticket packages available to American Family Field. Sunday, July 25 against the Chicago White Sox (1:10 p.m.) Sunday, Aug. 22 against the Washington Nationals […]
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Giannis who? Bucks foursome scores all but 17 points in Game 5 victory over Hawks

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Even without two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Milwaukee Bucks figured out a way to end their recent habit of slow starts. Now they’re just one win away […]
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HIGH SCHOOL

Malecek, Peterson win state titles for Onalaska, which placed 4th overall

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Three individual Division 1 state championships for the Onalaska High School track and field team Saturday. Two of those titles belong, at least partially, to senior Lydia Malecek, who won […]
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