Zips sports news, features and notes
- 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
- UA football: Defensive lineman gains sixth year of eligibility, set to transfer to UA from Florida State
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Trackwire's predictions
Track
Neither the Zips men or women are expected to be among the nation's highest scorers next weekend.
However, Trackwire.com says three Zips will place in the nation's top 10...
- Ashley Kaufman, third in javelin
- Tomasz Smialek, ninth in high jump
- John Russell, third in pole vault
The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, or USTFCCCA for short, named Kaufman the top field athlete in the Great Lakes District.
ESPN the Magazine named jumper Matt Yankie to its Academic All-District first team.
Baseball
GoZips.com has a season recap. If you like unabashedly optimistic puff pieces, I recommend it.
It has one good point: Akron will lose little after this season, and also little after next. In two years, the Zips should be in the MAC Tournament.
Football
Scout.com wrote quite a bit about Jordan Mabin, one of the Zips recruiting targets, who has offers from Pitt, Marshall, Indiana, Kent State, Akron and, gulp, Notre Dame.
The 5-foot-11 speedster from Macedonia plays running back in high school but projects to cornerback in college. Pitt looks to have the advantage, according to this article. Rivals.com says Ohio State and Cincinnati also have an edge early in the process.
As I promised, I will go over the rest of the Zips' targets as soon as I get a chunk of time.
