If 2020 was a normal year, Bronco Marching Band director Dr. Trey Harris may have been checking his voicemail on his phone on a Sunday morning to listen to a few complaints from Kalamazoo residents as to why the band was outside practicing at 5:30 a.m. the previous day.

On Thursday, the National Collegiate Hockey Conference released a statement announcing over a month delay to the scheduled start of the 2020-21 season.

Western Michigan announced on Thursday that all athletic activities have been suspended as nine student-athletes across four teams have tested positive for COVID-19.

Western Michigan athletics has developed the “We Must Unite” task force to discuss inclusion and diversity on and off campus.

Former Western Michigan guard Michael Flowers and the WMU basketball program are officially at odds over the events that have transpired since Flowers entered the NCAA’s Transfer Portal back in late March.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order clarifying the rules on face coverings for organized sports during training, practice and competition.   

The Northwoods League season is complete, with the Kalamazoo Mac Daddies winning the Michigan Pod championship.

Editor's note: This story was updated to include quotes from WMU athletic director Kathy Beauregard from her interview with the Western Herald in April.

Eight former Western Michigan football players are on NFL rosters in some variation heading in to the 2020 season.

Three undrafted NFL rookies from Western Michigan were unable to make their respective teams' 53-man rosters as organizations made its final cuts on Saturday.

The Mid-American Conference released its 2020-21 conference schedule for both men's and women's basketball on Thursday.