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Men’s Basketball nominated for Person of the Month

Stephen Means December 7, 2016

Cleveland.com has nominated the Kent State men's basketball team for its "Person of the Month." The team joins seven other individuals or groups who are be candidates for the honors. The nomination follows...

Kent State alum Travis Shaw traded from Red Sox to Brewers

Henry Palattella December 7, 2016

Former Kent State baseball standout Travis Shaw was traded from the Boston Red Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday morning, as first reported by FOX Sports.The Red Sox traded Shaw to the Brewers for set-up...

AP: LeBron James chosen Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of Year

Tom Withers, AP Sports Writer December 4, 2016

LeBron James delivered on a promise and ended decades of Cleveland sports misery in 2016.For leading the Cavaliers to an NBA title and ending the city's 52-year title drought, James was chosen Sports Illustrated's...

AP Playoff Pairs: Alabama-Washington and Ohio State-Clemson

In the end, true chaos never came to college football this season. Four teams that started near the top of the College Football Playoff rankings will play for the national championship.Alabama will face...

Freshman guard Mitch Peterson of the Kent State men's basketball team shoots a layup after collecting the offensive rebound against Grambling State University on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016 at the M.A.C. Center. Kent State won, 86-57.

Flashes rebound from rocky road trip, top Grambling State to begin home stand

Nick Buzzelli December 3, 2016

Freshman Mitch Peterson wasn’t feeling well during the Kent State men's basketball team’s four-game, nine-day road trip over Thanksgiving break that featured contests at opposite ends of the east coast.In...

Four Flashes named to All-MAC Team

Henry Palattella December 1, 2016

For the 11th straight season, at least three Kent State football players will receive All-Mid-American Conference postseason honors.Senior Terence Waugh and fifth-year senior Najee Murray were named to...

Junior forward Jordan Korinek drives to the basket during a game on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, in the M.A.C. Center.

Big first quarter leads Kent State over Fort Wayne

Henry Palattella December 1, 2016

Kent State senior Larissa Lurken of the women's basketball team continued her hot start to the season, as the senior guard scored 25 points to help lead the Flashes (4-4) over Indiana University – Purdue...

Kent State guard Larissa Lurken looks for an open pass to a teammate in Wednesday's game against Ohio University at the MAC Center. The Flashes lost 54-93. Jan. 20, 2016.

Kent State’s Lurken named MAC East Player of the Week

Henry Palattella November 29, 2016

Larissa Lurken put together a dominate performance over the extended Thanksgiving break—26 points per game over three games in the Florida Gulf Coast Showcase—earning her Mid-American Conference East...

Soccer looks to continue success into next season

Carly Evans November 29, 2016

Since the start of the Kent State women’s soccer season in the Mid-American Conference in 1997, five teams have been able to repeat as MAC Tournament champions.Kent State wants to be the sixth.“Obviously...

Freshman widereceiver Kavious Price is tacked by the University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide’s junior redshirt defensive back Anthony Averett during a play in a game at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. The Flashes lost 48-0.

Five defining plays of the Flashes football season

Henry Palattella November 29, 2016

Note: all records are those teams had when they faced offSaturday, Sept. 24: Kent State (1-2) vs. No.1 University of Alabama (3-0)Minkah Fitzpatrick and Brandon Kennedy sack Kent State quarterback Mylik...

Cleveland Browns head coach Hugh Jackson signs a autograph for a young fan before the game against the New York Giants on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio, at FirstEnergy Stadium.

AP: Browns coach Jackson emotional after 12th straight loss

Tom Withers, Associated Press November 27, 2016

Hue Jackson struggled to push out the words.A season he never fathomed reached another low point on Sunday, and as the Cleveland Brown's first-year coach wrestled to put it into perspective, Jackson paused...

Larissa Lurken, a junior nursing major and a guard on the Kent State women's basketball team on Tuesday, April 26, 2016.

Lurken sets records during Florida Gulf Coast Showcase

Henry Palattella November 27, 2016

The Kent State women’s basketball team’s time at the Florida Gulf Coast Showcase came to an end Sunday afternoon, as the Flashes (3-4) blew past Florida Gulf Coast University (2-5), 77-64, securing...

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