Akron defeated Kent State 75-68 in the Mid-American Conference Tournament semifinal. Kent State rallied from a 16-point deficit to get within one point in the second half but could not take the lead.

The Toledo Rocket ’s men’s basketball team were playing for their first MAC tournament finals victory since 1980 on Saturday night. Unfortunately, the Akron Zips had other ideas, eventually defeating the Rockets 79-76.

Ken Blaze / Imagn Images In the final days before Selection Sunday, 31 of the 68 spots in the 2026 men’s NCAA Tournament will be clinched by teams winning their conference’s automatic bids. Championship week is a smorgasbord of nonstop basketball.

Instead of panicking when Kent State rallied, Akron basketball regrouped in a MAC tournament semifinal. Shammah Scott epitomized the Zips' response.

Despite bringing the go-ahead run to the plate in each of Saturday's games, the Ball State softball team could not complete rallies in a pair of losses to

Fifth-grader Levi Buxman of Wooster has amassed more than 4,000 beads signifying various aspects of treatment for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

The Massachusetts baseball team opened its three-game Mid-American Conference series against Akron with a 12-2 loss. The Zips (8-9, 2-2 MAC) had four multi-hit batters, consistently stringing together strong at-bats against the Minutemen (4-6,