TOPPERS TURNING THE TABLES/First-year WKU baseball coach Marc Rardin has put the wheels in motion
HILLTOPPERS PLAY HOST TO EKU TONIGHT; WESTERN RETURNING TO CONFERENCE USA TOURNAMENT He’s been on the move, pretty much non-stop, […]
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JIM MASHEK COLUMN/Rest in peace, Vida Blue, the Louisiana flamethrower and Oakland Athletics legend
HARD-THROWING LEFT-HANDER, 73, WAS CRITICAL PART OF A’s 1970s DOMINANCE It was the summer of 1971. My introduction to Vida […]
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POISED WITH PROMISE/Reed’s right arm, Helton’s track record gives Hilltoppers football reason for optimism in 2023
WKU OPENS THE SEASON AT HOME AGAINST SOUTH FLORIDA ON SEPTEMBER 2 Austin Reed took his turn on the field […]
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McKNIGHT OFF TO XAVIER/Hilltoppers’ star guard will play in the Big East next season
FORMER ‘MR. BASKETBALL’ FROM SHELBYVILLE CHOSE TO LEAVE AFTER STANSBURY’s DISMISSAL It’s Xavier University for former Western Kentucky basketball star […]
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JIM MASHEK COLUMN/Conference USA, in full bloom this men’s basketball season, is going down a 1-way backroad to obscurity
THE LEAGUE’s “ORIGINAL TEN” ARE ALL LONG GONE, IN THE REAR-VIEW OR HEADED ELSEWHERE Take a bow, Conference USA. A […]
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GRAY’s GRANNY FOILS HILLTOPPERS/Former WKU outfielder’s seventh-inning grand slam propels No. 16 Kentucky to 10-8 victory
TOPS CAN’T HOLD 4-0 LEAD AFTER SIX INNINGS; RARDIN’s SQUAD TURNS FOCUS TO ROAD TRIP TO SAN ANTONIO First-year Western […]
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SEE YA, Mr. SHARP/WKU’s Jamarion Sharp, a shot-blocking specialist, has entered the NCAA transfer portal
SEVERAL KEY PLAYERS FROM 2022-23 TOPS ARE EXPECTED TO DEPART Western Kentucky’s shot-blocking specialist, 7-foot-5 senior Jamarion Sharp, has entered […]
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QUICK HITTER STORY/Terbrak stifles Louisiana Tech as Hilltoppers prevail, 5-2, avoiding Conference USA sweep
WESTERN WILL PLAY HOST TO SURGING UK SQUAD ON TUESDAY EVENING First-year Western Kentucky University baseball coach Marc Rardin had […]
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JIM MASHEK COLUMN/We’ve seen the future of WKU basketball, and his name is Steve Lutz …
FORMER TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI COACH BALANCES EXPERIENCE WITH WORK ETHIC, AMBITION The place was packed. The timing was right. And, […]
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JIM MASHEK COLUMN/Stansbury understood it was time to push his chips onto the table
WKU STILL LOOKING FOR FIRST NCAA TOURNAMENT BERTH SINCE 2013 It was December 29, 2022, at WKU’s E.A. Diddle Arena. […]
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