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Category: National Sports

SEE YA, Mr. SHARP/WKU’s Jamarion Sharp, a shot-blocking specialist, has entered the NCAA transfer portal

March 29, 2023
National Sports, WKU Sports

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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JIM MASHEK COLUMN/We’ve seen the future of WKU basketball, and his name is Steve Lutz …

March 21, 2023
National Sports, Potpourri, WKU Sports

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

March 12, 2023
National Sports, The SEC, WKU Sports

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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STANSBURY OUT AT WKU/Seventh-year men’s basketball coach couldn’t get Hilltoppers to promised land of NCAA Tournament

March 11, 2023
National Sports, The SEC, WKU Sports

SPECULATION ABOUT HIS SUCCESSOR FIGURES TO GO INTO OVERDRIVE … QUICKLY It certainly came as no surprise, but seventh-year Western […]

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JIM MASHEK COLUMN/Hilltoppers’ promising 2022-23 season arrives at an early crossroads

December 30, 2022
National Sports, The SEC, WKU Sports

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

December 22, 2022
National Sports, WKU Sports

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

December 22, 2022
National Sports, WKU Sports

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

December 21, 2022
National Sports, WKU Sports

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

November 4, 2022
National Sports, Potpourri

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

October 2, 2022
National Sports, WKU Sports

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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