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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).

Football, basketball camps among functions leading to COVID-19 outbreak in Winona County

A couple football and basketball camps, among other things, has health services in Winona County concerned about COVID-19 virus spread. Outbreak in Winona and Lewiston, Minn., through contract tracing was […]

Yelich hits inside-the-park homer, Brewers beat White Sox

CHICAGO (AP) — Christian Yelich hit his first career inside-the-park homer and walked four times, helping the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago White Sox 8-3 on Thursday night. Jedd Gyorko […]

Will Miller Park cure Yelich slump? Bob Uecker, Brewers at 1 p.m. Friday on WKTY

A rocky start for Christian Yelich and the Milwaukee Brewers, but maybe Miller Park can change things — even without fans. Bob Uecker on the call for Cardinals at BrewersTune […]

Giannis, Bucks back tonight against Celtics on WKTY

The NBA’s player and the league’s best team are back tonight after 4.5 months off. Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks kick off their NBA restart from the Florida bubble […]

MLB suspends Marlins’ season through weekend amid outbreak

MIAMI (AP) — Major League Baseball suspended the Miami Marlins’ season through Sunday, and the Philadelphia Phillies will remain idled by the coronavirus pandemic until Friday, while the rest of […]

Trump says can’t throw out first pitch at NYY game over scheduling, “economy and much else,” but golfs with Favre

Sunday, Donald Trump tweeted he wouldn’t be able to throw out the first pitch at the New York Yankees game on Aug. 15 for a smattering of reasons, that included […]

To NBA coaches, racial equality is a priority of the restart

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Dallas’ Rick Carlisle now starts every interview session by reading from a calendar that highlights something that happened on that day in the country’s […]

MLB players taking visible stance on social justice

PHOENIX (AP) — Major League Baseball hasn’t always been at the forefront of the social justice movement in recent years, with leagues like the NBA and NFL usually taking center […]

Column: Houff crash renews debate on NASCAR’s standards

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch was hit with a wave of backlash when he griped about drivers who lack the experience to race at NASCAR’s top level. This was […]

Bucks’ Bledsoe, Pacers’ Brogdon have COVID-19

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Eric Bledsoe tested positive for COVID-19. The guard hasn’t joined the Milwaukee Bucks for the NBA restart. “I am asymptomatic and feeling fine,” Bledsoe said […]

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