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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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Cousins, Hicks lead way as Vikings knock out Fields, beat Bears 19-13

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CHICAGO (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings took a cue from the Texas Rangers and decided to play a Creed song. They chose “Higher” and sent Chicago toward another low. Kirk […]
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Packers’ week off gives QB Jordan Love time to try to regain his early season form

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Nobody knew quite what to expect from Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love this year because he had started only one game while backing up Aaron Rodgers the past three […]
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Republicans tweak Brewers stadium repair plan, public would now pay $546 million; Assembly to vote Tuesday

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican legislators in Wisconsin announced Thursday that they have scaled back their plan to help fund repairs at the Milwaukee Brewers’ stadium down to $546 million […]
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HIGH SCHOOL

Small Division remains loaded with four ranked Coulee Region high school football teams

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Four area high school football teams remain in the Top 10 of one division poll, making the playoff outlook a little lopsided in the western part of the state. Coincidentally, […]
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Raiders haven’t beaten Green Bay since 1987, when Bo Jackson and Marcus Allen were in backfield

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It’s been quite awhile since the Raiders have beaten the Green Bay Packers. Pregame for Packers-Raiders tonight on WKTY begins at 5 p.m. Kickoff at 7:15 p.m. Tune in on […]
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COLLEGE

UW-La Crosse moves up eight spots to No. 6, after beating DIII powerhouse, UW-Whitewater on road

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The expectations now for the UW-La Crosse (4-1, 2-0) football team just skyrocketed after this past weekend. The Eagles snapped a 19-game losing streak to the perennial Division III powerhouse […]
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BREWERS

Wisco Sports Show host Grant Bilse bobblehead-umentary on par, right through Brewers flopping in playoffs

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You could call it a mock ESPN “30 For 30” that took the premise of the movie Major League. A cardboard cutout of the Cleveland Indians owner that rallied a […]
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Bob Uecker after Brewers loss, “We will be back next season, once again.”

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A ray of hope in a disappointing end of the Milwaukee Brewers season, swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL Wildcard playoffs. For those wondering if Hall of Fame […]
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Brewers’ owner says MLB committee on Athletics’ move will meet this week, declines to comment on progress

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mark Attanasio, who chairs the Major League Baseball committee regarding the Oakland Athletics’ move to Las Vegas, said Tuesday that the group met a couple of days […]
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UW-L coach Schwarz on former player Boushley making MLB debut for Brewers

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UW-La Crosse baseball coach Chris Schwarz joined La Crosse Talk PM on Tuesday, telling the story of his former player, Hortonville, Wis., native, Caleb Boushley, making his MLB debut for […]
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