MEN’S SUMMER BASKETBALL PREIVEW Akron head basketball coach Keith Dambrot says the Zips will not only have the youngest team in the Mid-American Conference this season, but one of the youngest in the nation. That said, Dambrot still expects his Zips to win this year. GoZips.com Men’s Basketball 2008-09 Prospectus <<<>>> MAC FOOTBALL PREDICTIONS – [...]

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AKRON’S LAST-PLACE FINISH MEANS PRESSURE ON BROOKHART University of Akron head football coach J.D. Brookhart has plenty of bulletin board material to motivate his Zips after Tuesday’s MAC Media day at Ford Field in Detroit. Akron, coming off a difficult season, is picked to come in seventh — dead last in the East Division. My [...]

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THE ISSUE OF RESPECT REARS ITS UGLY HEAD…AGAIN! Boy, you just can’t win. Can Akron ever play a team from a major conference without the “respect” issue coming up? It has happened again. At the Big Ten (11) kickoff event, Wisconsin Head Coach Bret Bielema was put on the defense after a reporter questioned the [...]

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