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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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Onalaska’s Matt Thomas scores 10, as Celtics blowout Raptors

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Blowouts are rarely enjoyable, especially if you’re rooting for the losing team. There are exceptions, however. Like when you’re rooting for that team solely for one of the reserve players, […]
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COLLEGE

College basketball floats idea of bubbles for safe season

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The NBA bubble has held. So has the NHL’s double bubble. The WNBA and MLS, no leaks. In this unprecedented landscape of sports in a pandemic world, one indisputable fact […]
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BUCKS

No Giannis, no problem: Bucks top Heat in OT, force Game 5

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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo was waiting in the locker room for his teammates Sunday, standing on his bad right ankle to greet every one of them. […]
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BREWERS

Hader gets 9th save, sets MLB record

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Josh Hader’s ninth inning save Wednesday got the Brewers a win and the closer an MLB record. Hader didn’t give up a hit in the 8-5 win last night to […]
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4 Democratic members of Congress question NFL on concussion payments

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Four members of Congress sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Wednesday questioning the league’s formula for making concussion settlement payments to Black former players. […]
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BREWERS

Yelich solo shot Brewers only run in Tigers blowout at Miller Park

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MILWAUKEE — Christian Yelich was 2-for-4, including a solo home run for the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday. Unfortunately, it was the only run for Milwaukee, in a 12-1 loss to […]
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BREWERS

Arcia’s pinch hit in 8th lifts Brewers over Pirates 6-5

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Orlando Arcia’s pinch-hit single with two outs in the eighth inning drove in the tiebreaking run as the Milwaukee Brewers slipped past the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 on […]
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BUCKS

WATCH: Milwaukee Bucks call for justice, demand lawmakers take action and officers be held accountable

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Hours after choosing to sit out Wednesday’s playoff game, the Milwaukee Bucks came out as a team, to give their reasons why. George Hill first addressed the media, followed by […]
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BREWERS

Brewers follow Bucks in general strike; Braun, Yelich, others speak of change amid Kenosha Police shooting

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The Milwaukee Bucks started it — a general strike in protest of Kenosha police shooting 26-year-old Jacob Blake in the back seven times. The NBA’s best team chose not to […]
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BREWERS

Nobody has hit Brewers closer Hader in over 9 innings this season, as he nears records

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It may not go down in the stat sheet as a no-hitter but, so far this season, that’s what Milwaukee Brewers closer Josh Hader has pitched. The 26-year-old lefty has […]
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