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Akron And South Carolina Will Play The Most Meaningless Game Of The College Football SeasonOn Wednesday, the University of South Carolina was compelled to issue a clarification regarding the tickets it was planning to give away for this Saturday’s home game against Akron at Williams-Brice Stadium. Yes, the upper level tickets were indeed free as reported but no, and this part was importan...

NCAA Lets University Of Akron Bully Former Softball Recruit Into Sitting This Year OutThe NCAA can’t be criticized enough. More proof comes with this week’s tale of an Ohio softball star who will have to sit out her freshman college season as punishment for changing her mind, while still in high school, about what university she wanted to attend. ...

Up 31 Points, Lane Kiffin Went For Two To Spite Akron Athletics OfficialThe storied history of the Boca Raton Bowl had never seen a blowout like this. It wasn’t quite the 1902 Rose Bowl, but it was a romp: Florida Atlantic beat Akron, 50-3 in the fourth edition of the Boca Bowl....

Zippy The ’Roo Is Missing!

Actually, multiple versions of Zippy the kangaroo are missing....

Report: Akron Football Player Shoots Teammate After Mistaking Him For A Burglar

Akron football player Scott Boyett shot his teammate Andrew Pratt on accident early this morning after mistaking him for a burglar, per a report from the Akron Beacon Journal. Apparently Pratt and Boyett are neighbors, and Pratt entered Boyett’s apartment without notice, so his friend shot him, mist...

Report: Akron Star Forward Accused Of Assaulting Women's Team Player

The University of Akron police are investigating whether Zips senior forward Demetrius Treadwell assaulted Sina King, a member of Akron's women's basketball team, early Saturday morning, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. Both Treadwell—who was suspended from the team indefinitely on Sunday—and ...

Contract? What contract? That's what the University of Akron told a Kent State journalist who asked for a copy of the TV contract between ESPN and the MAC. The contract reportedly is worth more than $100 million. [When Journalism Fails]...

Can Akron pull off the major upset at Michigan? Terry Bowden's trying to crank out a win....