AKRON, Ohio - The Akron Rubber Bowl is one step closer to its demise. On Monday, Akron City Council approved a measure to transfer title for the Rubber Bowl from the Summit County Land Bank to the ...

Akron was falling down on its war job. The town last week had become a No. 1 trouble spot in the U.S. Grimy, rubber-smelling Akron is counted on to produce two-thirds of all the heavy tires needed ...

6, 1975, at the Rubber Bowl. The season-opening crowd of 27,949 was probably the biggest I had ever seen as a kid. The University of Akron played Marshall that evening, and it began as a joyful ...

“It is my whole life.” Fifty years ago, the famous daredevil crossed the Akron Rubber Bowl on a 600-foot wire above 37,484 fans at the 20th annual Acme-Zip Game. Acme grocery stores, the ...