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The Kent State Flashes playing the Bucks in 2019.

Women’s basketball dominated in Columbus

Kathryn Rajnicek Sports reporter December 2, 2020

Kent State’s women’s basketball team (0-1) lost on the road against No. 19 The Ohio State University (2-0) by a final score of 103-47 Wednesday afternoon.Kent just came out of a 10-day pause due to...

Community Art Project Seeks to Remember "Better Days"

Community Art Project Seeks to Remember “Better Days”

Chris Abreu, TV2 Reporter September 14, 2020

The streets of downtown Kent may have seemed extra empty over the last few months, with the coronavirus pandemic causing many to stay in their homes to mitigate the virus’s spread. To combat the feelings...

Junior Sam Hurt slides into home following redshirt junior Luke Burch in the third inning of the game against The Ohio State University on Tuesday, April 5, 2016.

Wollersheim dazzles against OSU

Zach Harley April 5, 2016

Scoring runs plus great starting pitching is a great formula for winning most baseball teams around the nation and that was no different Tuesday for the Kent State Flashes.In their first of five home games...

Maurice Clarett holds a press conference prior to his speech in the Kent State Ballroom on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. The former Ohio State football player spoke about his troubled past, run-in with the law, and how students should avoid making his mistakes.

Youngstown Boy’s second chances ‘build better student athletes’

Richie Mulhall February 25, 2015

Former Ohio State football standout Maurice Clarett visits Kent State to share his story and steer students down the right path.You see it in the news all the time.Incredibly talented college football...

AP: Police chief: Crowd control of Ohio State fans appropriate

COLUMBUS (AP) — Columbus' police chief says officers repeatedly advised crowds to clear the streets following Ohio State's football championship victory, and used tear gas and pepper spray when the revelers...

Buckeye fans Jay Love and Devlin Charlton celebrate as they watch Ohio State score a touchdown in the third quarter of the 2015 National Championship game against Oregon on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. The Buckeyes won the game 42-20.

Buckeyes dominate fourth quarter to secure championship

Jimmy Miller January 13, 2015

Adversity has been the definition of the Ohio State Buckeyes’ season.Ohio State has dealt with it, thrived in it and, on Monday night during the national championship versus the University of Oregon,...

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Bucks, Ducks and Flashes: How Kent State fared against a national finalist

Jimmy Miller January 12, 2015

When Kent State’s football team traveled to Columbus to play the Ohio State Buckeyes in September, nobody expected the Flashes were playing a national finalist.Nobody could have predicted that after...

AP: Coroner: Exam will look at brain of Ohio State player

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A neuropathologist will look for signs of traumatic brain injury in an Ohio State athlete who was found dead in a trash bin of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and had a reported...

Kent State defensive linemen tackle University of South Alabama's Jay Jones at the football game September 6, 2014. The Flashes will take on The University of Virginia on Saturday.

Flashes aim to earn first win at Virginia

Taylor Rosen September 24, 2014

The last time we saw the Kent State football team in action, there were not many positives to take away from the game, as they fell to the Ohio State Buckeyes, 66-0.Five weeks into the campaign and the...

Sophomore linebacker Darius Redmond misses a near tackle at the Kent State vs Ohio State game Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. The Flashes fell to the Buckeyes with a final score of 66-0.

How the Buckeyes dismantled the Flashes

Richie Mulhall and Taylor Rosen September 14, 2014

There were not many flashes of greatness to take away from Saturday’s football contest against the Ohio State Buckeyes. In front of a healthy mix of Ohio State and Kent State fans, Ohio State handed...

Colin Reardon, Kent State's quarterback, is sacked by an Ohio State defensive player at the Kent State vs Ohio State game Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. Reardon was sacked three times throughout the game and the Flashes fell to the Buckeyes with a final score of 66-0.

Flashes fall behind early, take a Buckeye beating

Taylor Rosen September 13, 2014

Box ScoreOn Saturday afternoon in Columbus, 104,404 fans in attendance at The Horseshoe witnessed the difference in level of talent between the Mid-American Conference and the Big 10.The Kent State football...

OSU's Guiton, Fields get time in spotlight

OSU’s Guiton, Fields get time in spotlight

ADAM CAIRNS October 25, 2012

Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Braxton Miller (5) has his jersey ripped as he tries to escape the tackle by Purdue Boilermakers safety Max Charlot (34) during the third quarter of an NCAA football game...