When Western Michigan athletic director Kathy Beauregard made the decision to move on from longtime men’s basketball coach Steve Hawkins earlier in the month, plan “A” was clear.

Last Friday, the Western Herald revealed the "WMU football madness" bracket for the top 32 players in Western Michigan football history.

Like all the other sports in the NCAA, the Broncos hockey season came to an early abrupt end this month due to the threat of the COVID-19 virus. 

With the Division I men’s and women’s basketball tournaments and basically every other sport either canceled or suspended, sports fans have been itching for some kind of sporting event to root for.

While getting ready for practice on Thursday, March 12, WMU softball senior outfielder Mackenzie Swinehart was worried.

Michigan assistant basketball coach Saddi Washington will not be coming home to his alma mater, according to a report from Michigan insider Sam Webb from 247sports.

With the events that have unfolded during the middle of last week, all american sports at the college and pro level aside from UFC have either canceled or suspended its seasons due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Now former Western Michigan men’s basketball coach Steve Hawkins was relieved from his head coaching duties last Wednesday after 17 seasons with the program.

On Thursday, the Mid-American Conference announced the cancellation of all athletic competition for the remainder of the 2019-20 academic calendar year due to COVID-19 concerns.

Cleveland, Ohio- The Mid-American Conference has cancelled all regular season, championship and non-traditional season competition for the remainder of the 2019-20 academic year.

In an announcement on Thursday, the Mid-American Conference has decided to cancel its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments due to COVID-19 concerns.