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Super Bowl halftime shows bring power to football stadiums

Super Bowl halftime shows bring power to football stadiums

Nicholas Keller, Columnist February 10, 2025

Do you remember when Lady Gaga skydived off the stadium roof? Or when Rihanna revealed her baby bump mid-performance? How about The Weeknd’s backup dancers and their face bandages?  The Super Bowl...

Once a Flashes men’s basketball legend, now an NFL hall-of-famer

Once a Flashes men’s basketball legend, now an NFL hall-of-famer

Andrew Gold, Reporter February 7, 2025

Kent State’s very own Antonio Gates was one of four members selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame class this year. He is one of four members that had their name called. Gates was a 16-year tight...

Here are five all-time great free agent signings in NFL History

Here are five all-time great free agent signings in NFL History

Gage Wellman, Reporter January 31, 2025

The Philadelphia Eagles clinched their ticket to Super Bowl 59 this past Sunday with their 55-23 victory in the NFC Championship over the Washington Commanders, largely on the back of running back Saquon...

How each remaining NFL team can win Super Bowl LIX

How each remaining NFL team can win Super Bowl LIX

Gage Wellman, Reporter January 25, 2025

The temperatures are below freezing, and the roads are frozen, which can mean only one thing: the final four NFL teams will square off this weekend to determine what Super Bowl 59 will look like.  Even...

Why Ryan Day is owed an apology after Ohio State's National Championship win

Why Ryan Day is owed an apology after Ohio State’s National Championship win

Demetri Manousos, Reporter January 25, 2025

Ohio State football coach Ryan Day has been criticized since a week two loss against Oregon back in 2021. Things did not get any better for him when Ohio State lost to Michigan for the first time in a...

Bracing for NFL Championship Weekend: What we learned from the Divisional Round

Bracing for NFL Championship Weekend: What we learned from the Divisional Round

Gage Wellman, Reporter January 22, 2025

Just when you think you’ve started to get a grip on what is going to happen this season, reality slaps you right across the mouth. The NFL’s divisional round gave fans what they wanted and then some,...

Here is The Kent Stater sports department's predictions for the NFL Playoffs

Here is The Kent Stater sports department’s predictions for the NFL Playoffs

The Kent Stater Sports Department January 11, 2025

If there’s one thing this season of NFL Football hasn’t been, it’s predictable.  Teams like the Washington Commanders, Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Chargers have catapulted themselves from...

Hatred prevails and rivalries boil over: College Football Week 14 recap

Hatred prevails and rivalries boil over: College Football Week 14 recap

Gage Wellman, Reporter December 8, 2024

This is what college football is all about. Rivalry week -- when a team walks itself into a stadium composed of hallowed grounds to do battle with the most hated enemy of all, and this week was no different.  Michigan...

Who did the football team sign on National Signing Day?

Who did the football team sign on National Signing Day?

Demetri Manousos, Reporter December 4, 2024

Year three of the Kenni Burns era has begun with 23 commits and 156.15 points, which is good enough for fourth in the Mid-American Conference, according to 247Sports. The average point value for each recruit...

Wide receiver Chrishon McCray (2) tries to avoid getting tackled by Ball State players at the football game Oct. 12, 2024.

Transfer portal hits football hard with seven departures

Demetri Manousos, Reporter December 2, 2024

It has not taken long for multiple impact players on the Kent State football team to hit the transfer portal in search of greener grass. After the program’s first 0-12 season in history, the 2025 campaign...

Kent State Football team celebrating touchdown by Luke Floriea in the first quarter against Akron. Nov 19, 2024.

Football makes history in Buffalo, 0-12 for first time in program history

Demetri Manousos, Reporter November 28, 2024

A season to forget for the Kent State football team came to a conclusion against Buffalo (8-4, 6-2) with a 43-7 road loss, solidifying the program’s first 0-12 season in history and extending its losing...

Madness, field storming gaffes ensue after exciting week: College Football Week 13 recap

Madness, field storming gaffes ensue after exciting week: College Football Week 13 recap

Gage Wellman, Reporter November 27, 2024

What a season, what a time to be alive! This week of college football perfectly encapsulates the 2024 season as a whole. Dramatic upsets that seem impossible on paper, not one, but two field stormings...