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Recently, one topic of conversation among my coffee guys was blood types. Unfortunately, I had not been paying strict attention, so when Type A was mentioned I told them that was the capital of the …
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By Don Richards
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11/27/24
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RIVER FALLS – University of Wisconsin-River Falls dual-sport athlete Charlie Theis has had far from the typical college athletics experience.
Theis, who is entering his fifth season as an …
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11/20/24
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"We want to run on River Falls." Those were the words of Chris Janus, UW-La Crosse football coach, used in a pre-game interview Saturday, Oct. 26. And run they did. Running back Gabe Lynch knifed his …
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By Don Richards
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11/6/24
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RIVER FALLS — UWRF senior defensive back Aaron Borgerding, a Spring Valley native, is being recognized for on field and off field excellence through a semifinalist selection for the William V. …
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By Andrew Harrington
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10/23/24
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Here's something you probably didn't know: If a football player goes blind, there's still a future for him. He can become a referee! Sick joke, I know, but I was desperate. Desperation leads to …
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By Don Richards
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10/17/24
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Two geezers discussed the pluses and minuses of old age. "A good thing happens on a bus," one said. "Someone will get up and give you their seat." "But that doesn't work well in a toilet," the other …
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By Don Richards
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9/25/24
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If you are like me there are lots of things you don't know about soccer. For example, where would you go to buy a new soccer shirt? New Jersey, of course. And did you ever wonder why it seems to get …
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By Don Richards
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6/12/24
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In honor of the recent May 5 holiday commemorating Mexico's victory in an 1862 battle in its war with France, the following anecdote has oft been told: The Titanic, unknown to most, was a ship …
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By Don Richards
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5/22/24
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"Gather round me everybody/Gather round me while I preach some/ Feel a sermon comin' on me/The topic will be sin/And that's what I'm agin/If you wanna hear my story/Then settle back and just sit …
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By Don Richards
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4/24/24
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Who put the bop in the bop she bop she bop, and who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong? Two tough, unanswered questions philosophers have wrestled with for eons. Well, maybe only since 1961 when …
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By Don Richards
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3/27/24
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Steve Bartlein is from south of Milwaukee, a small community where he grew up with the game of baseball. After high school, he played for UW-Whitewater where he worked his way into a starting role …
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By Joe Peine
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3/20/24
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The UWRF women’s hockey team won the NCAA Championship on home ice this weekend after defeating the Adrian Bulldogs 2-1 on Friday and the Elmira Soaring Eagles 4-1 on Sunday.
The third …
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By Joe Peine
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3/19/24
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The University of Wisconsin-River Falls women’s ice hockey team competed in the NCAA Tournament in the quarterfinal round on Saturday in River Falls, defeating last year’s national …
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By Joe Peine
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3/13/24
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If you melt dry ice, and try to swim in it, do you get wet? That stunning question came from a comic named Stephen Wright. Scott Sekelsky, newly hired Falcon athletics fundraiser, may not be able to …
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By Don Richards
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3/6/24
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Consider John F. Kennedy's "Art is not freedom from discipline, but disciplined freedom." Okay, but what does art have to do with Falcon sports?
In the case of UWRF Hall of Fame member Paul …
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By Don Richards
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2/14/24
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The UW-River Falls Falcons women’s hockey team defeated the UW-Eau Claire Blugolds 4-3 in sudden death overtime on Wednesday night at Hunt Arena in River Falls.
It was the Falcons’ …
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By Joe Peine
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2/14/24
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Humorist Timothy Leary once said, "Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition." The subject of this column definitely does not lack ambition. Her coach, Andy Eggerth, Director of Cross …
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By Don Richards
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1/11/24
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Jay Wollan, who once scored 62 points (without benefit of the three-point shot) in a single game for RFHS (1966 vs. Glenwood City), but now is a "has been" basketball player, said to me recently, …
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By Don Richards
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12/20/23
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WACO, Texas - The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) announced its 2023 Division III Coaches' All-America Team on Monday, Dec. 11, with Alex Klecker representing …
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12/13/23
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Weldon Drew, former New Mexico State basketball coach, once wryly commented about his team's shooting: "We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played inside."
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By Don Richards
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12/7/23
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