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A symbol of the Kent-Akron rivalry: the fabled Wagon Wheel

IN A FLASH: New Year, Old Rivalry

°µÍø½ûÇø's Golden Flashes meet the Akron Zips for the first time this season on Jan. 19. 

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Local elementary school students cheer on the Golden Flashes on School Field Trip Day

IN A FLASH: Young Golden Flash Fans Pack the MACC

On a special field trip day, more than 1,500 students from local elementary schools cheered °µÍø½ûÇø's women's basketball team to victory. 

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Members of the 2023 MAC Champion Golden Flashes Women's Golf Team

IN A FLASH: 24 Years In A Row!

°µÍø½ûÇø's Women's Golf team has won the Mid-American Conference Championship every year since it was first sponsored in 1999.

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President Diacon at the Freeze Out Game 2023

IN A FLASH: Flashes at the Freeze Out

°µÍø½ûÇø President Todd Diacon joined the Marching Golden Flashes and fans at Dix Stadium to cheer on our team at the annual Freeze Out Game. 

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°µÍø½ûÇø men's basketball team

A Family Affair on the Court

As °µÍø½ûÇø's men's basketball team prepares to tip off its 2023-2024 season on Monday, Nov. 6, against Malone University at home in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, the Golden Flashes look to some family connections to help propel this year’s team. 

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A Marching Golden Flash, Flash the Mascot and "Super Fan" at Dix Stadium during the Homecoming game

IN A FLASH: Homecoming Heroes

Everyone was at Dix Stadium to cheer for our Golden Flashes at °µÍø½ûÇø's Homecoming celebration last weekend.

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Students in 1985 creating the egg that Flash, the university's new mascot, would hatch of out at Homecoming.

IN A FLASH: Which Came First - Flash or the Egg?

On Flash the Mascot's 38th birthday, we ask the question: Which came first, Flash or the egg?

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Football players ringing the Victory Bell on September 16, 2023.

IN A FLASH: Ringing in a WIN!

The Golden Flashes football team celebrated a win over the Central Connecticut Blue Devils this weekend at Dix Stadium.

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Sunrise over Dix Stadium

IN A FLASH: Sunrise Over the Home Field

Dix Stadium is ready to host the first home game of the season for Golden Flashes football.

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