What about the best mascot? Or the best cheerleading team? Now’s your chance to make your opinion known. The 2024-25 Greater Akron-Canton High School Sports Awards is having contests in which ...

You get the hint. Why then is the University of Akron known as the Zips, and why would the school have the kangaroo Zippy as a mascot? The story hops around more than a pouched marsupial in Australia.