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Antonio Gates and James Harrison, two Golden Flashes alumni who took drastically different paths to professional football stardom, now find themselves a step closer to football immortality as semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025.
On Nov. 18, Â鶹´«Ã½ President Todd Diacon and other campus members got their first look at the newly renovated Kent State Ice Arena, which now houses a state-of-the-art space for the Marching Golden Flashes.
Â鶹´«Ã½ graduate Quintin Cooks has been named the grand prize winner of the GO TEACH Dr Pepper Giveaway.
The Golden Flashes Field Hockey team rang in the second of two wins last week in Athens, against the Ohio University Bobcats. They had previously defeated the visiting Central Michigan Chippewas a few days earlier.
Â鶹´«Ã½ made a splash in professional golf last weekend, with three alumni – Corey Conners, Mackenzie Hughes, and Taylor Pendrith – representing the International team at the recent Presidents Cup in Montreal.
Meet Addison Sharrow and Essence Holloway, the Kent State cheer team co-captains, combining their love of sport with their academics.
The scent of freshly brewed coffee fills the air while voices from the NFL Network play on the televisions in the background. Sports memorabilia and artwork cover every wall. This is State Champs Coffee, downtown Kent’s new alumna-founded sports coffee shop and streetwear brand.
A Kent State staffer and her dog helped add excitement to the Golden Flashes football home opener with a fuzzy, fantastic halftime show.
After spending time on an athletics service trip to Rwanda in January, recent Â鶹´«Ã½ graduate and women’s soccer team member Callie Jean Cunningham felt compelled to act.
When Corey Conners teed off at the 2024 Paris Olympics, he represented more than just his home country of Canada. The professional golfer also carried the pride of Â鶹´«Ã½.
When Corey Conners tees off at the 2024 Paris Olympics, he'll represent more than just his home country of Canada. The professional golfer will also be carrying the pride of Â鶹´«Ã½.
In May, student-athlete Gabby Bailey completed her master's degree at Kent State while also pursuing her dream of competing in the Olympics with support from her coach and Kent State Athletics.
Kent State's international student-athletes make an extraordinary commitment to leave their countries to study and train so far away from home.
Â鶹´«Ã½ alumni , and will compete on the world stage at the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics
A faculty member in Kent State's College of Architecture and Environmental Design and his teammates earned a silver medal in the 2024 Pan-American Master Games.
Â鶹´«Ã½ and Cleveland Clinic have announced a multiyear partnership in which Cleveland Clinic becomes the official healthcare provider for Kent State Athletics. Cleveland Clinic will serve as the medical services provider to support Kent State student-athlete health and wellness.
Former Â鶹´«Ã½ men's golf standout will need to update his resume to read "two-time Olympian", as the Listowel, Ontario native has been nominated to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
A spectacular season led the Golden Flashes women's basketball team to a MAC Championship win and a trip to NCAA March Madness.
Â鶹´«Ã½ Athletics is no stranger to a deep run in the NCAA Tournament.  According to a bracket by Inside Higher Education, the student-athletes on the 2023-24 women’s team are championship caliber. The publication’s , which pits NCAA Tournament basketball teams against each other based on academic success, shows why Kent State is a powerhouse on and off the court.  
All eyes have been on Northeast Ohio the past several weeks as the Â鶹´«Ã½ and The University of Akron’s men’s and women’s basketball teams battled it out for the MAC championship title. It wasn’t always such a bitter rivalry between these two Northeast Ohio legends, however. Just look at this old footage we found of Flash and Zippy bonding back in the day.