The NCAA announced its safety guidelines Friday, Sept. 25, for the ensuing college basketball season. According to the updated guidelines basketball was listed as a high contact risk sport with regard to COVID-19. 

Tyrell Pigrome’s first game as a Hilltopper wasn’t very eventful. In fact, he didn’t throw a pass until halfway through the first quarter for an incomplete pass to Jahcour Pearson due to miscommunication. 

On Sept. 7, WKU Athletics announced that the men’s and women’s cross-country teams would continue with an opening competition for the 2020 season. Originally the teams were slated to travel to Austin Peay State University on Sept. 18. 

Among fall sports on The Hill, the only program with a regular season is football, leaving uncertainty for sports like soccer and volleyball.After the NCAA and its President Mark Emmert announced on Aug. 13 that fall sports competitions and championships were being moved to the spring, a sho…

WKU Athletics announced Thursday the maximum amount of fans to be in the stands for the 2020 football season at 20%, which is roughly 4,422 seats out of the 20,113. 

There were mixed reactions coming from WKU’s volleyball team when the news of season postponement came to light.

Since returning back to the Hill July 6, the WKU women’s soccer program has been back in action in preparation for a season, now slated for the spring of 2021. 

T-minus 11 days until the Hilltoppers will take the field for the first time as they kick off their 2020 season at the University of Louisville.After a delayed start to camp and an unexpected canceled practice last Thursday, WKU has fought through the adversity and continued to make the most…

As a former football player and current fan, there’s nothing I would like more than for things to return to normal so we can enjoy the season like usual. But with that being said, having an abundance of fans in the stadium is not what’s best right now.

Patience is a virtue that WKU Athletics Director Todd Stewart has used in the past weeks leading up to the football season and other fall competitions on The Hill.

A renowned Twitter mascot rivalry from the early stages of COVID-19 has resurfaced following a schedule update from the WKU football program Friday. 

I get it. College football is back, at least for the time being, and everyone is excited, but football isn’t the only sport that participates in the fall. We can’t progress with one sport but not value the others.

After several changes in the past few weeks, WKU Football has finalized its 2020 Football schedule.

The WKU Football team announced Friday an additional game against Brigham Young University on Halloween. Kickoff time is still TBA. 

Monday marked the start of fall camp for the Hilltopper Football program after it was originally slated to begin August 5. 

The WKU Women’s soccer program has paused all activity for the next two weeks according to an email from athletics spokesman Zach Greenwell. 

Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly attributed a quote to WKU Associate Athletic Director for Communications and Media Relations Zach Greenwell when Greenwell wasn't actually interviewed for this piece. The story has been updated and the Herald regrets this error.

Editor’s note: This story originally ran online on Thursday, March 12, which was the day the Conference USA Tournament was canceled due to COVID-19. It has since been edited for clarity, and additional information that wasn’t initially available has been inserted.

Editor's note: A previous version of this column incorrectly said WKU is being sued over alleged Title IX violations when WKU is actually under investigation over alleged Title IX violations. The story has been updated and the Herald regrets this error.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly every aspect of everyday life in the United States, including sports at all levels of competition. WKU Athletics is no exception, and the department has been working overtime to deal with the punches the coronavirus has already thrown at it.

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WKU Athletics, Hilltopper Sports Properties and Mister B's Pizza and Wings are teaming up to provide the opportunity to help support local healthcare heroes who are on the front lines in the fight against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the university announced in a press release Friday afternoon.

Just two days after a 10-4 loss at in-state rival Kentucky on March 10 and a day prior to its Conference USA opener at Alabama-Birmingham on March 13, the WKU baseball team’s young 2020 season was brought to a screeching halt by the coronavirus pandemic on March 12.

After a miracle run through the SiriusXM Mascot Bracket, 16th-seeded Big Red wasn’t able to pull off an unblemished 7-0 Cinderella run in postseason play, instead finishing as the national runner-up in a high-scoring poll that was marred by formally investigated allegations of voter fraud.

After beginning the postseason as a notable snub in the Sirius XM Mascot Bracket, 16th-seeded Big Red has pulled off an unprecedented 6-0 Cinderella run in postseason play, one that has been matched only by its impending opposition in the national title contest — fellow No. 16 seed Brigham Y…

WKU Athletics will be taking a stroll down memory lane over the next eight weeks with the WKU Radio Rewind. Over the next eight weeks, the radio calls of classic victories from recent memory representing Hilltopper football, Hilltopper basketball and Lady Topper basketball will air at 7 p.m.…

Big Red’s Cinderella run is still intact, as the scrappy underdog is now 5-0 in postseason play.

Big Red is now 4-0 in postseason play.

Big Red has done it again.

The NCAA Division I men’s and women’s 2020 basketball tournaments, as well as all remaining winter and spring NCAA championships, were canceled by COVID-19 on March 12, but the College Sports on SiriusXM Twitter account has revived intercollegiate sports competition by initiating the Sirius …

The NCAA Division I Council voted Monday to allow member schools to provide spring-sport student-athletes a blanket extension of intercollegiate athletics eligibility, meaning those who lost a season due to the COVID-19 pandemic will gain an extra year of competition.

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All activity spaces, locker rooms and meeting rooms in the Raymond B. Preston Health and Activities Center will be closed Friday, March 13 through April 5, as a part of WKU’s response to the coronavirus.

WKU athletic director Todd Stewart addressed the media following the cancellation of the Conference USA Tournament and indefinite suspension of all the league’s spring sports Thursday, fielding questions about how the university's athletic department will handle the coronavirus outbreak movi…