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Football getting back to the basics

Ty Sugick April 13, 2016

As practice wrapped up on Tuesday morning, head coach Paul Haynes and his staff presented awards to mark the approaching end of spring football.Early enrollee running back Justin Rankin out of Oberlin,...

Matt Poe

Opinion: Time to give up on Johnny Football

Matt Poe February 9, 2016

Throughout the state, and especially here in Northeast Ohio, it won’t take you long to find someone wearing Johnny Manziel gear: stroll through just about any campus for 15 minutes and you’ll eventually...

“Granny,” 77, hands out licorice sticks to members of the Kent football team as they leave the field after practice on Oct. 7, 2015.

Pull, Peel, Play: ‘Licorice Lady’ inspires Flashes football team

Ian Flickinger December 8, 2015

College football is teeming with traditions that supposedly add to a team’s good fortune.  Folkloric rituals like Clemson’s run down “The Hill”; Ohio State’s recently-axed Mirror Lake jump;...

Guest column: The power of a football strike

Chicago Tribune November 29, 2015

That's amazing, what just happened at the University of Missouri.Tim Wolfe, president of the University of Missouri system, resigned Monday. From a distance, he looks like a leader who had lost his last...

Football team faces CMU on Senior Night

Stephen Means II November 17, 2015

Kent State (3-7, 2-4 Mid-American Conference) will host its final home game of the year against Central Michigan University (5-5, 4-2 MAC) on Senior Night.“(They’re a) tough, hard-nosed football team,”...

Our View: Missouri football players in the right

KS Editors November 8, 2015

Due to an influx of racially-charged incidents at the University of Missouri, 30 black football players publicly backed the resignation of University President Tim Wolfe, citing his inaction to stop these...

Antwan Dixon runs for a 47-yard touchdown on the Flashes’ opening drive of the Kent State vs Marshall game on Sept. 26, 2015. Kent State lost in double overtime, 36-29.

Kent State football battles No. 24 ranked Toledo

Stephen Means October 7, 2015

Coming off its second-straight homecoming victory over Miami (OH), Kent State (2-3, 1-0 MAC) will be on the road this week to take on Toledo (4-0, 1-0 MAC).“(Toledo is a) very tough football team that’s...

Antwan Dixon runs for a 47-yard touchdown on the Flashes’ opening drive of the Kent State vs Marshall game on Sept. 26, 2015. Kent State lost in double overtime, 36-29.

Flashes football prepare for Homecoming weekend

Stephen Means II September 30, 2015

This is an important week for the Kent State football team. Along with it being Homecoming Weekend, which will be hosted by grand marshal and former Flashes star Julian Edelman, it is also the opening...

Kent State junior and wide receiver, Josh Boyle, misses the catch in a last minute play against The University of Massachusetts on Oct. 11, 2014. The Flashes lost 40- 17

Flashes football to face Marshall on home-turf

Stephen Means II September 23, 2015

Kent State (1-2) is coming off a weekend where they lost to Minnesota (2-1,) but they were able to take a lot of positives with them for the rest of the season.For the second week in a row the defense...

April Goss sits down with Stephen Means, of the Kent Stater, to talk about being the second female to score in college football, on Wednesday Sept 16, 2015 at Dix Stadium.

A Dream Finally Realized: April Goss makes football history

Stephen Means II September 22, 2015

On August 30, 2003, Katie Hnida opened a door. When Hnida kicked an extra point at the University of New Mexico, she became the first female to score a point in college football. It fulfilled a dream...

Kent State football defeats Delaware State in home opener

Stephen Means II September 12, 2015

After suffering a huge loss last weekend to Illinois, Kent State (1-1) responded with a blowout win over Delaware State (0-2) 45-13.“Any time you can bounce back and there’s a lot of things that you...

Kent State University's tight end Casey Pierce breaks through a Bowling Green tackle for a first down during the MAC game at Doyt Stadium on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. The Flashes lost the game, 30-20, bringing their record to 1-9 and 0-6 in the MAC.

Flashes looks ahead to upcoming football season

Stephen Means II September 8, 2015

Coming into the season, the Kent State Football team (0-1) has nowhere to go but up.After last season’s disappointing 2-9 (1-6 Mid-American Conference) results, the Flashes feel optimistic heading into...

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