Zips sports news, features and notes
- On the record: Greater Akron Baseball Hall of Fame announces inductees, including ABJ’s Sheldon Ocker
- UA football: Zips lift quarterback prospect Chandler Kincade from Pitt’s backyard
- Mid-American Conference announces kickoff times for some UA and KSU football games
- 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
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An interesting story
Men's basketball
Last night, my rec league team took a devastating defeat in the playoffs, 75-35. On the opposing team was a super-athletic guard, who appeared to be about 6-foot-4. He hit several 3 pointers from far beyond even NBA-range. His lateral quickness was outstanding. He rebounded and defended very well.
He was wearing a Zips practice jersey with the No. 15 on it. I didn't think anything of it at the time. Maybe he tried to walk on at one point, I thought.
I was wrong. After checking out No. 15 on GoZips.com, I realized he was Jimmy Conyers, Akron's star recruit who is not playing this season due to a transcript error. I suppose it could've been another No. 15, who happened to be an amazing player with the same height as Conyers. He also looked just like him.
That's not likely. Now I don't feel so bad about being crushed in a rec league game.
