Zips sports news, features and notes
- George M. Thomas: Finals ratings go up with stakes
- George Thomas: Magic Johnson prescribe’s Heat’s cure
- UA notebook: Keith Dambrot has Zips working for future
- On the record — Three former KSU golfers in U.S. Open
- Zips teams showing academic progress
- Q&A with Quincy Diggs, who returns to Zips basketball after suspension
- Former Zips point guard Abreu pleads guilty in drug case
- UA football: Defensive lineman gains sixth year of eligibility, set to transfer to UA from Florida State
- Reports: Zips football grab FSU defensive tackle
- KSU’s Dior Delophont second-team All-America in high jump
Tressel steps down, Fickell to head Bucks against Zips
Football
A few months ago, it would be unfathomable for a 1-11 team to travel to the stadium of the Big Ten champions and do anything but lose by a gazillion.
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Zips get very little love from top college football analyst
Football
Only two of the MAC's top 112 players are from Akron, according to analyst Phil Steele.
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Porter wishes departing players all the best
University of Akron men’s soccer coach Caleb Porter said the six players who recently left the program did so on good terms.
Ben Speas, Martin Ontiveros, McKauly Tulloch, Gabriel Genovesi, Richard Diaz Jr. and Diego Navarrete each decided to leave the program.
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Akron's men take track titles
Track
Akron's men won their third MAC Outdoor Championship in four years last weekend.
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UA men’s soccer roster continues to evolve
The University of Akron men’s soccer roster continues to evolve.
Ben Speas and Martin Ontiveros are the most recent players who have left UA. They join McKauly Tulloch, Gabriel Genovesi, Richard Diaz. Jr. and Diego Navarrete who also decided to leave the program.
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University throws party for Web site redesign
Miscellaneous
It's that time of the year again -- the time when you forget all about college sports. Either that, or you hang on every minuscule news nugget you can find.
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Tennis team to face off against Michigan in NCAAs
Tennis
Read Tom Gaffney's coverage of the women's tennis team. Click here for his story about the team's development through foreign athletes, and click here for his story about the team's bright future, and in particular, the addition of a "Russian phenom."
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Akron women win first MAC Championship
Tennis
Akron beat Miami 4-3 to win its first tennis championship. Click here to read the story. The team has been climbing the national and conference ranks for a few years now. Congrats to the women.
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