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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).

Unlikely sources lead Brewers to shutout win, sweep of Pirates; Milwaukee now heads to Atlanta

For the second time in the past three games, the Milwaukee Brewers shutout the Pittsburgh Pirates in blowout fashion. The sources of the 12-0 win, however, not quite who you’d […]

Rodgers Arrives In Green Bay For Start Of Training Camp

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers has made it to Green Bay on the eve of the Packers’ first training-camp workout. Rodgers was seen arriving at Lambeau Field on […]

Division leading Brewers hit the road to Pittsburgh for first of six away from Milwaukee

The first of a six-game road trip for the Milwaukee Brewers tonight. Brett Anderson takes the mound for the Brewers, up against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pregame for Pirates-Brewers on WKTY […]

Mike Kearns tribune on WKTY tonight

A tribute to the late, great WKTY legend Mike Kearns airs tonight on the station. Tune in at 6 p.m. to 96.7 FM / 580 AM or stream online here […]

Nearly 3 dozen athletes with Wisconsin ties in Tokyo games

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Besides Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday of the NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks, nearly three dozen athletes with Wisconsin connections will be going for the gold as […]

Iowa race track cuts ties with announcer after racist rant

ALGONA, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa race track said Thursday that it will cut ties with an announcer who went on a racist rant against Black fans and athletes who […]

Milwaukee Bucks’ fans celebrate NBA championship with parade

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Thousands of fans lined downtown Milwaukee streets on Thursday to catch a glimpse of their beloved Bucks in a parade to celebrate the city’s first NBA championship […]

Title rewards Antetokounmpo’s decision to commit to Bucks

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 […]

Giannis’ biggest fans watch, celebrate title a world away

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 […]

Bucks’ 50-year wait ends with a title behind 50 from Giannis

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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