Jeff Nations

Western Kentucky has been nearly unbeatable at Nick Denes Field this season. The Hilltoppers entered Saturday’s regular-season finale against Conference USA rival Jacksonville State sporting a stellar 30-2 record – the most home wins in program history – at Nick Denes Field. That’s close to perfect, but the Gamecocks evidently weren’t impressed as they spoiled […]

Western Kentucky has been nearly unbeatable at Nick Denes Field this season. The Hilltoppers entered Saturday’s regular-season finale against Conference USA rival Jacksonville State sporting a stellar 30-2 record – the most home wins in program history – at Nick Denes Field. That’s close to perfect, but the Gamecocks evidently weren’t impressed as they spoiled […]

Western Kentucky hopes carry the momentum built during a stellar run to the Conference USA Baseball Championship victory into this week’s NCAA Tournament. The Hilltoppers are in Oxford, Mississippi, to as the No. 3 seed in the four-team Oxford Regional. WKU takes on No. 2 seed Georgia Tech in the first game of the double-elimination […]

The summer sun continues to scorch during practice, but the area’s high school football programs are looking toward the fall season that is less than a month away. And while the general consensus among the area coaches and players who gathered for Sunday’s 10th annual Paul Gray Football Media Day at Bowling Green High School […]

For the second night in a row, the Bowling Green Hot Rods bullpen was unable to hold a lead with Winston-Salem rallying for a 6-4 win on Thursday at Bowling Green Ballpark. After a four-run rally to win in the ninth inning on Wednesday, Winston-Salem (41-62, 16-22 overall) scored six unanswered to erase a four-run […]

Maverick McIvor found his calling on an October night in Lubbock, Texas. McIvor, then just a high school sophomore, was in the stands at Jones AT&T Stadium on Oct. 22, 2016, to watch host Texas Tech take on Oklahoma in what would become a legendary Big 12 matchup – Texas Tech transfer Baker Mayfield returning […]

FRANKLIN — Having dominated the most lucrative races for 3-year-olds on dirt this year with Kentucky Derby winner Sovereignty, Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott and jockey Junior Alvarado now will try to win the richest turf race for 3-year-olds with Simulate in Saturday’s $3.5 million DK Horse Nashville Derby at Kentucky Downs. It would […]

BG Gold Cup runner-up Tawny Port running back in KY Turf Club

Western Kentucky hopes to catch lightning in a bottle – or the Glass Bowl, in this case – for the second straight season against Toledo on Saturday. A year ago, lightning literally helped the Hilltoppers’ cause when a lengthy weather delay of 75 minutes allowed the home team to regroup and reset for a 26-21 comeback […]

Warren Central junior quarterback LaTavyon Dunn showed what he could do with his legs in the first half of last Friday’s home game against Allen County-Scottsville. Dunn showed his arm is every bit as effective in the second half of the Dragons’ 34-13 win by delivering two long touchdown passes after running for one in […]