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Kent State graduate student Nico Bolden takes down Ball State's Carson Steele during the game Nov. 2.

Three former Flashes announce NFL signings as UDFA

Jacob Shondel, Reporter April 30, 2023

As the NFL draft ended, no player from Kent State’s football team heard their name called -- extending the program's streak to nine years without a player being drafted.  The last player to be selected...

Crawford Building

Crawford Building

Courtesy of Kent State University October 22, 2021

A rendering of Crawford Hall, what will be the new building for the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, formerly known as the College of Business Administration. The Kent State...

Women’s golf competes at Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship Tournament

Kathryn Rajnicek Reporter September 23, 2021

Kent State’s women’s golf team finished in 11th place out of 17 teams in its second tournament of the season on Monday and Tuesday.“I’ve been here three weeks, and it's been great to watch our...

Coach Sean Lewis posted this statement urging the MAC to reconsider the postponement of the fall football season to the spring, Sept. 17.

Kent State football players push for fall season

Nicholas Pedone Sports reporter September 19, 2020

When Kent State’s football team became one of the first Division I programs to cancel their spring practices out of precaution for the COVID-19 pandemic, uncertainty loomed around Dix Stadium.“The...

Kent State President Todd Diacon runs onto the field prior to the football home opener against Kennesaw State on September 7, 2019.

Kent State plans to invite new presidents to serve as grand marshal

Kent State intends to start a tradition of asking its new president to serve as grand marshal at their first homecoming, said Emily Vincent, director of university media relations. “We believe this...

Josh Cribbs

Former Flash Cribbs officially retires from NFL

Henry Palattella March 22, 2017

From 2001-2004, Josh Cribbs totaled 86 touchdowns as the Flashes' dual-threat quarterback. That still didn't get Cribbs an immediate spot on an NFL team as the 2005 NFL Draft came and went, Cribbs said.All...

Screenshot of Kent State graduate and three-NFL Pro Bowler Josh Cribbs announcing he will be the 2016 Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal set for Oct. 1 in a YouTube video posted by the Kent State University Alumni Association on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. 

Josh Cribbs to reign as parade Grand Marshal

Rachel Duthie September 28, 2016

This is Josh Cribbs' first homecoming.Despite the Kent State alum and three-time NFL Pro Bowler playing in Homecoming football games throughout his high school and college career, Cribbs has never felt...

Josh Cribbs

Josh Cribbs returns to Kent State

Ian Flickinger September 13, 2015

Former Kent State football standout Josh Cribbs returned to Kent this weekend to open the NFL season at Water Street Tavern and cheer on the Browns with the Kent Browns Backers, a non-profit organization...

Josh Cribbs led the Golden Flashes from 2001 to 2004. He graduated with a degree in communication in 2010.

Fourth annual Athletic Scholarship Auction to be hosted by Josh Cribbs

Stephen Means II January 15, 2015

Kent State will host the fourth annual Scholarship Auction in the M.A.C. Center on April 24 with NFL football player and former Flashes standout Josh Cribs as co-host. The auction celebrates the athletic,...

Cleveland Browns' Josh Cribbs scampers 19 yards to the Baltimore Ravens' four-yard line on a direct snap play in the third quarter at M&T Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, Sunday, September 26, 2010. The Ravens won, 24-17. (Doug Kapustin/MCT)

Josh Cribbs picked up by Colts

Richie Mulhall November 19, 2014

Former Cleveland Browns Pro Bowler Josh Cribbs signed a new contract with the Indianapolis Colts, Northeast Ohio Media Group confirmed Tuesday.Cribbs, a Kent State alumnus who played quarterback for the...