JIM MASHEK COLUMN/Hilltoppers’ promising 2022-23 season arrives at an early crossroads
RICE USES DISCIPLINE, 3-POINT SHOOTING TO SLIP PAST WKU 81-78 Western Kentucky’s Dayvion McKnight was mixing it up, underneath the […]
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BOURBON STREET BASHING/Austin Reed’s arm, Hilltoppers’ stingy defense send WKU past South Alabama, 44-23, in New Orleans Bowl
WESTERN FINISHES SEASON AT 9-5, TURNS FOCUS TO 2023 SEASON NEW ORLEANS — Western Kentucky was sporting a 14-0 lead. […]
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QUICK HITTER STORY/Western Kentucky thrashes South Alabama with 44-23 victory in New Orleans Bowl
HILLTOPPERS QB AUSTIN REED IS UNANIMOUS CHOICE FOR MVP NEW ORLEANS — They came, they saw, they threw it all […]
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JIM MASHEK COLUMN/Reed’s impending return gives Western Kentucky major lift for bowl game
WKU (8-5) SQUARES OFF WITH SOUTH ALABAMA (10-2) IN NEW ORLEANS BOWL NEW ORLEANS — Western Kentucky’s football team has […]
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REST IN PEACE, RAY GUY/Southern Miss star athlete gave the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders a dimension seldom seen, before or since
HALL OF FAME PUNTER WAS A TRAILBLAZER HIS ENTIRE CAREER The Oakland Raiders took a lot of grief in 1973, […]
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MEN OF TROY CONQUER WKU/Hilltoppers fade in second half of 34-27 loss to former Sun Belt rival
WESTERN IS ON THE ROAD SATURDAY AT TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO Three quarterbacks were pretty much the story Saturday night at Western […]
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REST IN PEACE, GUY MORRISS/Former UK, Baylor head coach, who played 15 years in the NFL, dies at 71
LONGTIME NFL OFFENSIVE LINEMAN WAS AN EVERYMAN, AND A GOOD MAN, TOO He was a decent man, an earnest man. […]
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REST IN PEACE, LEN DAWSON/Kansas City Chiefs quarterback was a facilitator, a trailblazer and ultimately, an NFL goodwill ambassador
QUARTERBACK GUIDED CHIEFS TO MAJOR UPSET OF VIKINGS IN SUPER BOWL IV It was January 10, 1970, on an unusually […]
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Jim Mashek column: The late, great Corky Palmer should be immortalized in Hollywood
COLORFUL COACH TOOK SOUTHERN MISS TO 2009 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Baseball’s place in Americana has faded over the last two […]
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Jim Mashek column: Rest In Peace, Bill Russell, a champion in every sense of the word
FORMER CELTICS LEGEND DIES AT 88 The man came of age in the infancy of the NBA, but he was […]
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