Gary Waters made Kent State basketball into a household name among mid-major programs, and he is doing it again at Cleveland State, as evidenced by last week’s program-defining, back-to-back wins over twelfth-ranked Butler and perennial power Valparaiso. Despite its first Horizon League loss at Wisconsin-Green Bay on Thursday night, CSU is still alone at the top of the conferences standings, and Jesse Lamovsky pens about the opportunity in front of Waters in his latest.

Read more...

Jesse Lamovsky penned a piece last week about the 1986 Cleveland State Vikings, and checks back in today with another stroll down memory lane to remember the other great local Cinderella team of this era: the 2002 Kent State Golden Flashes. Led by Trevor Huffman, Andrew Mitchell, Demetric Shaw, and Antonio Gates ... the #10 seeded Flashes knocked off Oklahoma State, Alabama, and Pitt (in a memorable OT game) before falling just short of the Final Four against Indiana.

Read more...

With the Browns done, training camp still weeks away, and the Cavs in the middle of their season ... these are the dog days for Cleveland sports fans.  And luckily for us, the NFL playoff action has been fantastic this postseason.  In The Weekend Wrap, Brian hits on the Super Bowl matchup, as well as the resurgence of the Cavs and the emergence of Cleveland State.  Also, LeBron, a drama queen?  Brian also touches on the theatrics of King James in his Monday morning recurring piece.

Read more...

We've got a lot of love for the CSU Vikings here on TCF today, and staff contributor Cris Sykes was another one of the guys at The Wolstein last night for the Vikings goosebumpy win over nationally ranked Butler.  In a piece he told me "he just had to write", Sykes takes a look back at last nights win, what it means, and where he feels coach Gary Waters is leading this basketball team.

Read more...