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Kent State Junior Justin Miknis bats during the game against PITT on April 12, 2022.

Baseball drops three straight after opening Toledo series with a win against Toledo

Jacob Hansen, Reporter April 18, 2022

The Kent State men's baseball team won the first game of the weekend, but lost the last three after several comebacks from Toledo in the later innings. The Flashes are now 13-18 on the year and 8-10...

Participants of the Walk a Mile in Their Shoes event pass the M.A.C. Center Tuesday, April 11, 2017.

Athletic facilities named to honor important supporters of Kent State sports 

Isabella Schreck, Reporter April 14, 2022

Six athletic facilities have been named to honor impactful supporters of Kent State’s sports programs. The Golden Flashes Club, annual donors to Kent State athletics, announced the news in a press...

Kent State sophomore Kyle Jackson swings for the ball.

Baseball outmatched by explosive Pitt offense

Jacob Hansen, Reporter April 14, 2022

The Kent State baseball team’s offense couldn’t keep up with the explosive offense of the University of Pittsburgh and Kent fell 12-5 against the Panthers. KSU, which is in fourth in the Mid-American...

Golden Flashes Baseball play Central Michigan University's Chippewas on March 11, 2022. Sophomore Aidan Longwell is up to bat.

Kent State splits weekend series against Bowling Green

Jacob Hansen, Reporter April 11, 2022

Kent State’s baseball team shifts the momentum with back-to-back walk-off victories in the final two games to split the series with Bowling Green. Kent State is now 12-14 on the year and 7-7 in the...

A scuplture entitled "The Player" by George Lundeen stands outside the main entracne to Coors Field, home of Major League Baseball's Colorado Rockies, as the sidewalks stand empty on the league's scheduled opening day for the 2020 season with a statewide stay-at-home order taking effect to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus Thursday, March 26, 2020, in Denver. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

MLB All-Star Game will reportedly move to Denver

 (CNN) -- Coors Field in Denver -- home of Major League Baseball's Colorado Rockies -- is expected to be announced as the new host of this year's All-Star Game, according to multiple news outlets.The...

Virus Outbreak Colorado Ballparks

David Zalubowski April 6, 2021

A scuplture entitled "The Player" by George Lundeen stands outside the main entracne to Coors Field, home of Major League Baseball's Colorado Rockies, as the sidewalks stand empty on the league's scheduled...

Jude Killy is currently serving as the deputy director of athletics at the University of Miami (OH). He was one of three finalists selected for the role of director of athletics for Kent State. April 5, 2021.

Jude Killy presents his case to be Kent State’s next director of athletics

Owen MacMillan Sports Editor April 5, 2021

In the second of three presentations from the finalists for the Director of Athletics position at Kent State, the KSU community heard from Jude Killy, a man with a long history at Mid-American Conference...

BOSTON, MA - SEPTEMBER 20: A general view of the stadium before the game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Sunday, September 20, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

How Major League Baseball is tracking Covid-19 variants

By Keri Enriquez, CNN April 1, 2021

 (CNN) -- To play during the pandemic, Major League Baseball has stepped up to the plate.The league is using coronavirus tests in a new way that allows them to determine not only if a player has Covid-19...

Report: Coach, ex-manager Callaway pursued women in media

AP February 2, 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Angels pitching coach Mickey Callaway, former manager of the New York Mets, “aggressively pursued” several women who work in sports media and sent three of them inappropriate...

General view of the scoreboard from the upper level as the Cleveland Indians play a game against the Los Angeles Angels at Progressive Field on August 4, 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland won 6-2.

Cleveland MLB team to drop ‘Indians’ from its name

Amir Vera and Kevin Dotson, CNN December 14, 2020

(CNN) -- The Major League Baseball team in Cleveland, Ohio, will drop "Indians" from its name, according to a report from The New York Times and later confirmed by other news outlets.The team declined...

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

By BERNARD McGHEE Associated Press December 7, 2020

In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres.Many of their names hold a prominent place in...

Some 45 years after David Kopay's open disclosure, and 25 after Ian Roberts', both men are united in their disappointment that a higher proportion of gay athletes haven’t come out, and that homophobic language on the sporting fields is still rife.

Years after coming out, gay athletes upset by lack of change

By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer December 2, 2020

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — David Kopay and Ian Roberts live on different sides of the Pacific Ocean. Both took giant leaps of faith when they came out.And at a time when it had never been done in their...