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That school down the road: A deep dive into the Kent State and Akron rivalry

That school down the road: A deep dive into the Kent State and Akron rivalry

John Engoglia, Reporter March 5, 2025

Ohio State and Michigan, Auburn and Alabama, Duke and North Carolina — these are just a few of the biggest and most heated college rivalries in American sports.  All of those rivalries have massive...

Wagon Wheel battle: Football goes for fourth-straight Akron victory

Jacob Hansen, Reporter October 20, 2022

Kent State’s football team will have held the Wagon Wheel trophy for 1,106 days going into Saturday’s Dix Stadium battle with the school down the road. “This one is important for all of northeast...

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OPINION: Rivalries are the heartbeat of sports

Tanner Castora February 9, 2019

With Kent State taking on Akron in basketball this past Friday, a question arose in my mind.What’s the greatest rivalry in all of sports?If competition was a massive oak tree, one of its longest and...

Kent State senior forward Jimmy Hall makes a move to the rim against Akron senior center Isaiah Johnson at the James A. Rhodes Arena on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. Kent State beat Akron, 70-67.

Viral videos depict fallout between Flash, Zippy

Quaylyn Hairston March 3, 2017

The long-time rivalry between Kent State and The University of Akron mounted in a viral marketing campaign launched in February. A collaboration between both universities, these videos depicted the origins...