ZIPS HOME STREAK CONTINUES AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron men’s basketball team rallied for a come-from-behind 68-52 defeat of Toledo on Wednesday night at Rhodes Arena before a crowd of 3,882 fans. UA has now won 21-straight games at home – the fifth-longest streak of its kind in the nation. Steve McNees’ 16 [...]

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AKRON PULLS AHEAD LATE FROM THE FREE-THROW LINE Can this be correct? Has Hell frozen over? Has Cleveland won a world championship? Okay, maybe the last one is a bit far fetched. The Akron Zips, winning only by a score of 66-61 late in the second half, pulled away from Buffalo to chalk up their [...]

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AND IT WASN’T EVEN THAT CLOSE! “You heard the song, The Big Payback? Let’s hope that’s what it was. If not, Akron is pretty darn good.” That’s how Miami coach Charlie Coles summed up the game where his Red(skins)hawks had it handed to them last night by a score of 69-54. For those who don’t [...]

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AND THE WINNER IS….ZIPPY!!!! All of the hard work Zips fans put in to voting for Zippy as the CapitalOne Mascot of the year has paid off! CapitalOne Announced today that Zippy beat out Goldy Gopher of Minnesota to win the competition. Zippy won in unprecedented fashion, going undefeated for the entire competition. Congratulations Zippy [...]

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