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Kent graduate student Gus Goodell warms up before the games against Merrimack on Aug. 30, 2025.

Football trounced in blowout after home opening win

Gage Wellman, Reporter September 6, 2025

Following the Kent State football team’s first win in two seasons, the Flashes were blown out by the Texas Tech Red Raiders 62-14 in their road debut. The Flashes are now 1-1 (0-0) after the first...

Kent redshirt freshman Cade Wolford walks off the field after scoring a touchdown in the third quarter against Merrimack on Aug. 30, 2025. This made the score 14-3 with Kent in the lead.

Preview: Football looks to pull off huge upset after big weekend 

Gage Wellman, Reporter September 5, 2025

The Kent State football team (1-0, 0-0) will fly south to take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders (1-0,0-0) in Lubbock, Texas, Saturday at noon.  This is the first time the Flashes have an opportunity to...

Statements made and defenses shine: College Football Week 1 recap

Statements made and defenses shine: College Football Week 1 recap

Gage Wellman and Demetri Manousos September 3, 2025

I’m more than excited to bring back a tradition as old as time; the weekly recap of the top college football matches from the weekend. In this week’s case, the action extended all the way to Monday...

Kent State Football team rings the victory bell after their first win of the season against Merrimack on Aug. 30, 2025.

Flashes triumphant in football home opener, first win since 2023

Gage Wellman, Reporter August 31, 2025

The Kent State football team ended a nearly two-year-long winless streak in its 21-17 victory Saturday over Merrimack College. This marks the first win for the Flashes since September 2023 when KSU took...

Electric kickoff return guides football to first win in nearly two years

Gage Wellman and Evan Schofield August 30, 2025

For the first time in over 700 days, the Kent State football team emerged victorious from its contest, taking down Merrimack College 21-17. This marks the first win in the Mark Carney era for the Flashes. KSU...

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

Preview: ‘Everyone in the locker room is very hungry’: Football hopes to bounce back from winless 2024 campaign

Gage Wellman, Reporter August 28, 2025
The Kent State football program is coming off a two-year stretch in which the team won just one game in the 2023 season and finished with zero wins the following season.
Three 2025 MLB Trade Deadline moves that will have a big impact

Three 2025 MLB Trade Deadline moves that will have a big impact

Gage Wellman, Reporter August 4, 2025

When the clock struck 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 31, not only did every baseball fan’s phone receive a chance to breathe after the countless peeks at senior ESPN insider Jeff Passan’s X account, but...

A late-night fire Tuesday, April 22, 2025, charred the Flashes Grill in Eastway Center. The station is expected to remain closed for the remainder of the Spring semester.

Grease fire shuts down grill in Eastway 

Gage Wellman, Reporter April 25, 2025

Health officials confirmed the fire that broke out Tuesday night inside Eastway Center was a grease fire, according to the Kent City Health Department and Kent State University Culinary Services.  A...

Kent Fire Department responds to a reported fire at Eastway Dining Hall around 9:36 p.m. on April 22.

Late-night fire evacuates Eastway

Gage Wellman, Reporter April 23, 2025

Kent State Police and Kent Fire Department responded to a reported fire inside Eastway Dining Hall around 9:36 p.m. on Tuesday. The fire started after water and grease mixed on a grill inside one of...

Junior Zane Cattage competes in the high jump during the track and field meet against Akron Jan. 19, 2024.

Track and field takes home 10 event wins at Dave Labor Invitational

Gage Wellman, Reporter April 10, 2025

The Kent State track and field team headed east to Slippery Rock, Pa., over the past weekend to compete at the Dave Labor Invitational for the Flashes’ second outdoor track meet of 2025. For the majority...

Then-senior Kristian Kneffler clears 17'-3.50" in the track and field meet against Akron on Jan. 19, 2024.

Track and field opens outdoor season in Texas

Gage Wellman, Reporter April 2, 2025

The Kent State track and field team opened its 2025 outdoor season split across two field sites in the Lone Star state of Texas. Athletes were split up into two meets from Thursday to Saturday; the Clyde...

Kent Graduate Student Hayden Jatczak runs towards third base in the game against Mercyhurst on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. He rounded third and scored a run making the score three to seven in the bottom third.

Baseball takes two of three once more against Hofstra

Gage Wellman, Reporter March 19, 2025

The Kent State baseball team is just one game behind the .500 mark after winning two out of three in a three-game weekend set against the Hofstra Pride. The Flashes are 8-9 on the year and have won two...

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