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Best of Kent: Best Male Athlete

Cameron Hoover April 18, 2018

First place - Jaylin WalkerDespite a down year shooting, Jaylin Walker made the All-MAC Third Team after averaging 16.6 points per game on 38 percent shooting.Walker’s scoring output was good for seventh...

Best of Kent: Best Coach

Cameron Hoover April 17, 2018

First Place - Rob SenderoffKent State men’s basketball coach Rob Senderoff finished the 2017-18 season, his seventh with the program, with an overall record of 139-98. Senderoff has one NCAA Tournament...

Best of Kent: Best Men’s Team

Cameron Hoover April 17, 2018

First Place - BasketballThe Kent State men’s basketball team overcame one of its roughest starts in years to finish the season at a respectable 17-17 (9-9 Mid-American Conference) and was eliminated...

Want to watch some #MACtion? Pay for it.

Bruno Beidacki April 15, 2018

ESPN recently announced it is launching its own paid streaming service, a Netflix or Hulu of sports. Fans across the country were ecstatic. After all, it seems amazing that for only $4.99/month you get...

Senior Brad Hamilton heads toward first base after a base hit during the second game of Kent State's doubleheader against Northern Illinois on April 13, 2018. The Flashes won the game, 7-2. 

Gems from Murray and Kraus lead Flashes to home sweep over Northern Illinois

Ian Kreider April 14, 2018

Pitching has been the great mystery for the Kent State baseball team all season long.The Flashes have struggled to put together a string of quality pitching performances for most of the season. That was...

ESPN to launch own streaming service

Cameron Hoover April 4, 2018

Mid-American Conference fans who enjoyed watching events for free on ESPN3 are in for a rude awakening April 12.ESPN is launching its own direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service, called ESPN+,...

The Kent State baseball team convenes following a game at Arkansas' Baum Stadium. The Flashes lost the series, but picked up their first win against a top 10 team since 2012. 

Flashes drop series at No. 7 Arkansas, but pick up first top 10 win since 2012

Ian Kreider March 11, 2018

The Kent State baseball team jumped out to early leads in all three games against No. 7 Arkansas this weekend; however, the Razorbacks were able to respond in two of them.Kent State (7-5) faced perhaps...

Kent State pitcher Joey Murray throws a pitch during the Flashes' 3-1 win over Lipscomb on Feb. 24, 2018. Murray struck out seven in a no decision. 

Kent State bounces back with Tennessee sweep

Cameron Hoover February 25, 2018

After dropping a tough series at regional champs Sam Houston State on the season’s opening weekend, the Kent State (4-2) baseball team responded with a three-game sweep during the Southern Athletic Field...

Jack Kopanski

Opinion: Roy Halladay will be remembered as one of baseball’s best

Jack Kopanski November 8, 2017

Eight All-Star Game appearances, a two-time Cy Young Award winner and the author of both a perfect game and a postseason no-hitter.This is the stat line of Roy Halladay, one of the best pitchers in Major...

Tuscarawas prepares for Homecoming weekend with food, games

Devon Parker October 12, 2017

Kent State Tuscarawas celebrated its second annual Homecoming Tailgate Party on Wednesday evening in Founders Hall.The Tuscarawas campus filled with Flash pride as the homecoming king and queen received...

Jack Kopanski

Opinion: The 2017 Indians are on a date with destiny

Jack Kopanski September 13, 2017

Nothing can be taken away from the success of the 2016 Cleveland Indians.That was a squad that had some of the most fun I’ve ever seen a team have on a baseball field, and had they not run into a Cubs...

Karen Linder, former Kent State softball coach.

Dispute over public records is latest court action in softball player’s Title IX lawsuit

Matt Poe July 14, 2017

Two complaints related to an earlier lawsuit by former softball player Lauren Kesterson were filed against Kent State and the Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) in the Ohio Court of Claims in late...