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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...

Kent State basketball strength coach critical to program’s success

Alex Cossin June 27, 2017

Music and voices echoed up a dim staircase in the M.A.C. Center. Down the stairs, in the basement, is the weight room.In this weight room, seven-year sports performance coach Rhen Vail trains last year’s...

Lucas Misera

Opinion: There are more than four sports

Lucas Misera June 8, 2017

The Super Bowl. The World Series. The Stanley Cup. The NBA Finals.The championship series in America’s “Big Four” of professional sports – football, basketball, hockey and basketball – tend to...

Flashes' junior LHP Eli Kraus winds up for a pitch during the first round game of the MAC Tournament on Wed., May 25, 2017.

Kraus pitches shutout in first round MAC tournament win

Will Kovach May 25, 2017

Although rainy, the day belonged to the Flashes Wednesday, as the baseball team won its first game of the Mid-American Conference Tournament with a 7-0 shutout against University of Toledo.When Kent State...

Kent State athletics finish respective seasons strong, multiple NCAA appearances

Jenna Kuczkowski May 15, 2017

Baseball team to play their final home game of the seasonThe Flashes (33-14) play their final home game of the season against Youngstown State University (15-36) Tuesday night at 6 p.m.Kent State is 67-21-1...

Kent State softball player Lauren Kesterson throws a ball to first base during a during a double header against University of Akron on Saturday, March 30, 2013. 

Keeping up with compliance

Karl Schneider May 3, 2017

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 mandates that public universities report sexual discrimination, assault and harassment on campus. When universities do not comply with these regulations and...

Sophomore catcher Pete Schuler bunts the ball on April 30, 2017 at Schoonover Stadium. Kent State won their game against Central Michigan 6-5.

Matthews’ single in 10th lifts Flashes to series win over CMU

Nick Buzzelli April 30, 2017

After Central Michigan right fielder Daniel Robinson dropped John Matthews' fly ball at the warning track in the bottom of the 10th inning Sunday afternoon, the Kent State dugout spilled onto the field...

Junior infielder Dylan Rosa is called safe at home plate to bring in another run  for the Golden Flashes against Central Michigan on Friday, April 28, 2017. Kent State won, 9-7.

Flashes move into first place in MAC with win over CMU

Nick Buzzelli April 28, 2017

In the series opener against Central Michigan University, the Kent State baseball team was trailing entering the bottom of the seventh inning Friday afternoon. But after that frame, the Flashes regained...

Kent State redshirt junior outfielder Nick Kanavas, slides into home plate to score the first run of the game against Bowling Green in the bottom of the 7th inning at Schoonover Stadium on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. 

Flashes blank Bowling Green behind strong outing from bullpen

Nick Buzzelli April 25, 2017

Kent State manager Jeff Duncan knew he was going to pull starting pitcher Joe Vranesic early in Tuesday’s game against Bowling Green.Though Vranesic, a redshirt freshman, cruised through the Falcons'...

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