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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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Trempealeau County hunting ranch quarantined, after two bucks test positive for Chronic Wasting Disease

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Two deer from a Trempealeau County ranch have tested positive for chronic wasting disease. That, according to the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP). All 505 animals on […]
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Guy who hopped on tractor, tried carving name into Miller Park field, caused $40k in damage

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He caused $40,000 worth of damage to Miller Park. His crime: Trying to carve his name into the playing field.   Kenyon A. Lambert allegedly got into Miller Park through […]
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AP Exclusive: Athletes wary about virus, testing upon return

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Chris Thompson is an NFL running back. He also is the father of a 4-month-old daughter, Kali. Guess which of those facts matters more to him when he ponders eventually […]
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MLB

AP sources: Players want more games, no more salary cuts

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NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball players appeared likely to propose more regular-season games this year while holding to their demand for full prorated salaries, people familiar with their deliberations told […]
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A look at the La Crosse Area YMCA’s preliminary plan to reopening June 1

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Wisconsin businesses can reopen but for some, it’s not quite that simple. The La Crosse Area YMCA is coordinating phased plan to getting members back in its facilities while taking […]
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Colts Darius Leonard AP
NEWS

High-tech devices help NFL teams keep players safe, in shape

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Darius Leonard works relentlessly at his rural South Carolina home to prepare for another football season. He’s also wary of pushing too hard, knowing a minor injury […]
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Loggers, Northwoods League Opening Day postponed “indefinitely”

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Opening Day for the La Crosse Loggers has been postponed, indefinitely, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The entire Northwood League schedule is being postponed, beginning with Opening Day, May 26. […]
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Packers fans “America’s most passionate” according to new Top 10

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No sports, but plenty of rankings. The newest one by Forbes has determined what professional sports team in the US has the most passionate fans, and that team is, of […]
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NEWS

Play ball: Korean baseball league begins in empty stadiums

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Cheerleaders danced beneath rows of empty seats and umpires wore protective masks as a new baseball season began in South Korea. After a weeks-long delay […]
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MLB

‘Field of Dreams’: Fathers & sons, phantoms and phenoms

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NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball and tears, the ones streaking down cheeks. Tears, the kind leaving rifts between fathers and sons. “Field of Dreams” is about phantoms and phenoms on […]
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