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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).

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 – […]

One last vent about Badgers – Obstructed View pod

No big deal, but this is probably our best podcast yet (click here). Every angle of the Wisconsin Badgers travesty against Duke in the NCAA championship is hit by Rick […]

One last vent about Badgers – Obstructed View pod

No big deal, but this is probably our best podcast yet (click here). Every angle of the Wisconsin Badgers travesty against Duke in the NCAA championship is hit by Rick […]

Recap: Duke win over Wisconsin in Dec.

The NCAA championship on Monday will be a rematch of Duke vs. Wisconsin. The first time around, the Bluedevils beat the Badgers in the Kohl Center, 80-70 on Dec. 3, […]

Recap: Duke win over Wisconsin in Dec.

Blue Devils first team to take down UW No related posts.

Who has more pressure, Wisconsin or Kentucky?

Kentucky beat UW at the buzzer last season, went on to lose the title It’s a case of polar opposites heading into the Kentucky-Wisconsin Final Four matchup. Wisconsin heads in […]

Who has more pressure, Wisconsin or Kentucky?

Kentucky beat UW at the buzzer last season, went on to lose the title It’s a case of polar opposites heading into the Kentucky-Wisconsin Final Four matchup. Wisconsin heads in […]

Obstructed View podcast: Wisconsin-Kentucky preview

It’s an all Wisconsin-Kentucky, Final Four preview in this episode of the Obstructed View podcast (click here) with 580 WKTY’s Rick Solem, former Wisconsin State Journal sports reporter Cory Jennerjohn […]

Obstructed View podcast: Wisconsin-Kentucky preview

It’s an all Wisconsin-Kentucky, Final Four preview in this episode of the Obstructed View podcast (click here) with 580 WKTY’s Rick Solem, former Wisconsin State Journal sports reporter Cory Jennerjohn […]

WIAA basketball state championships recap

Onalaska High School’s boys basketball team got a taste of one of the best players in the country in the Division 2 section semifinals. Henry Ellenson had 31 points, 19 […]

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