Zips sports news, features and notes
- Seven KSU baseball players earn All-MAC honors
- Marla Ridenour: From walk-on to champion: UA’s Alex McCune finds his niche
- KSU’s Jennifer Ha struggles to 79 in first round of NCAA Women’s Golf Championships
- Zips notebook: Quincy Diggs back in school; football player arrested
- College baseball/Kent State 4, Akron 1: Flashes top Zips, get help from Bowling Green to win MAC title, earn top seed in tournament
- On the Record — May 18
- College baseball/Kent State 4, Akron 3: Flashes muster enough energy to top Zips, stay alive for top seed in MAC Tournament
- Kent State golf in fifth after two rounds of NCAA Regional
- Kent State-Akron in-game updates: Kent State wins 4-3
- Kent State 5, Akron 4 in 17 innings: Diamond Classic turns into real gem
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Open your eyes
Football
A lot of you hardcore, well-intentioned Zips fans absolutely abhor the Akron Beacon Journal.
Over the years, you've seen the Buckeyes on the Sunday sports section, with just a small tribute to the Zips.
Today, Sept. 10, 2006, is the end of that. At the top right corner of A1, the Zips have a huge teaser. On the sports front page, Akron is the centerpiece and easily beats Ohio State in real estate.
Talking with Beacon Journal sports writers, I know this is part of a serious commitment. They want to focus almost exclusively on Summit County. It's no mistake on a day Ohio State won its biggest non-bowl game in many years that the Akron coverage trumped it.
And being completely objective, the Ohio State win is bigger news -- not only nationally, but also in the Akron community. I'm sorry to report the obvious, but the Buckeyes are No. 1, in the polls and in living rooms around Summit County.
This decision shows how the philosophy has changed. So next time you call the Beacon Journal the "leaking urinal," consider that the paper might be catering more to your sports needs than you think.
(In the interest of full disclosure, I formerly worked as a business writer for the ABJ.)
