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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).

La Crosse’s Davis goes for 9 points, 8 rebounds in Badgers win

MADISON, Wis. — It took all of 22 seconds for La Crosse native Jonathan Davis to score his first collegiate bucket. In the Wisconsin freshman’s second game, Davis scored nine […]

Fresh off 8 points in Badgers debut, La Crosse’s Davis set for Game 2 on Friday

Fresh off his collegiate debut, we’ll see what La Crosse native Jonathan Davis can do Friday. The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff (0-1) at 8 p.m. […]

La Crosse’s Davis scores 8 in debut for No. 7 Badgers

In his first collegiate game, La Crosse native Johnny Davis scored eight points off the bench as the No. 7 University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team defeated Eastern Illinois 77-67 […]

WATCH: La Crosse’s Jonathan Davis’ 1st bucket as a Badger

In his first collegiate game, La Crosse native Jonathan Davis scored eight points off the bench, as Wisconsin defeated Eastern Illinois 77-67 in the season-opener Wednesday. Davis scored seven minutes […]

Minnesota matchup helps No. 18 Badgers turn page after loss

No. 18 Wisconsin believes it still has plenty of incentive even though it no longer controls its destiny in the Big Ten title race. It helps that the Badgers (4-1) […]

UW-La Crosse, Viterbo, Western postpone, cancel sports seasons

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and Viterbo University have postponed the start of winter sports, while Western Tech has cancelled both winter and spring sports for the season, due to […]

No fans at Milwaukee Bucks arena for upcoming season

The Milwaukee Bucks announced today (Monday) that there will be no fans at the Fiserv Forum for the upcoming season, until further notice, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The team […]

Bogdanovic gets offer from Hawks, while Bucks add to bench with Forbes, Craig

Getting Bogdan Bogdanovic from the Sacramento Kings is officially over now for the Milwaukee Bucks. Sunday the Hawks offered the small forward a four-year, $72 million deal. The Kings will […]

Bogdanovic trade off, as Bucks draft, then trade Hampton at No. 24

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks selected guard R.J. Hampton with the 24th overall pick in the NBA draft Wednesday night, though they may not be keeping him for very […]

UPDATE: After Bucks trade for Jrue Holiday, it all comes together with Bogdanovic

The Milwaukee Bucks just went all-in on trying to prevent this from being Giannis Antetokounmpo’s last season with the team. About an hour after news broke that the Bucks sent […]

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