Big Red, Western Kentucky University's athletic mascot, was born in the fall of 1979 and celebrates its birthday on December 1st. Big Red can be best described as the Spirit of Western!

When the 2019-20 academic year ended early, WKU couldn’t hold its normal Big Red tryout process, which happens in April or May. Higgins said they’re looking at conducting remote interviews, ...

It has become more than a mascot. Big Red, Western Kentucky University’s amorphous, ambiguous, asexual and always lovable representative of the school’s athletics, has spent more than 30 years ...