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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).

Optimistic Bucks guy

A win tonight, and Chicago gets nervous heading back to Milwaukee I’m rarely optimistic. Especially when it comes to our homer teams. But, here we go. If the Bucks pull off a […]

Game 4: Bucks-Bulls

Bucks already proved they’re on right track What appears to be the final game of the Milwaukee Bucks season takes place in a few hours. No related posts.

Game 4: Bucks-Bulls

Bucks already proved they’re on right track What appears to be the final game of the Milwaukee Bucks season takes place in a few hours. No related posts.

Obstructed View pod: Bucks playoffs and future

Here’s the latest Obstructed View podcast (click here). The Bucks take to the home court Thursday in Game 3 with Chicago, down 2-0. We talk about their chances, the odds […]

Obstructed View pod: Bucks playoffs and future

Here’s the latest Obstructed View podcast (click here). The Bucks take to the home court Thursday in Game 3 with Chicago, down 2-0. We talk about their chances, the odds […]

NBA playoff preview capsules

By RICK SOLEM @RickSolem Here are my predictions for the first round of the NBA playoffs. Skipping ahead to the NBA Finals, I think the Warriors beat the Cavs in […]

NBA playoff preview capsules

By RICK SOLEM @RickSolem Here are my predictions for the first round of the NBA playoffs. Skipping ahead to the NBA Finals, I think the Warriors beat the Cavs in […]

Derrick Rose could help Bucks more than Bulls

Derrick Rose looks like the scariest name the Milwaukee Bucks will have to face heading into the first round of the playoffs. But the return of the injury-plagued point guard […]

Derrick Rose could help Bucks more than Bulls

Jimmy Bulter needs to be go-to guy for Bulls No related posts.

Swept or not, Bucks need to be in playoffs

RICK SOLEM @ricksolem A year ago, the Milwaukee Bucks were a dead franchise. They’re a year or two, and a player, away from becoming a powerhouse in the East – […]

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