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Weighing in at five pounds, the 98.1 KDD Screamer is a batting helmet filled with 21 scoops of ice cream atop a brownie base and topped with several standard sundae trimmings. (Ryan Loew / Signal Akron)

We tried the Akron RubberDucks’ most over-the-top foods

by Kelsei Scott April 1, 2026April 1, 2026

Concessions at Akron RubberDucks games this season are getting slow-smoked, cheesy and indulgent.

Ann'niyha Wilson, 17, a cousin of Jazmir Tucker's, demonstrates on South High Street near the Summit County Courthouse on Thursday, Oct. 2, after a grand jury determined Akron police officer Davon Fields will not face criminal charges for the November 2024 killing of 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker.

Here are Signal Akron’s most significant news stories of 2025

by Susan Zake January 2, 2026

Dean Yoder, left, Julianna Ly and Renata Gumkowska, right, remove a vacuum membrane and inspect "A Scientist Seated at a Desk by Candlelight" by Anna Dorothea Therbusch after lining with the new Beva-371 Akron formula. (Photo courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art)

Arts and Culture

Here are Signal Akron’s favorite culture and arts stories of 2025

by Signal Akron December 30, 2025

Akron RubberDucks staff members remove a field tarp at Canal Park as the team hosts a news conference on Thursday, Sept. 4, to announce that the ballpark will be renamed to 7 17 Credit Union Park after the conclusion of the 2025 season. (Ryan Loew / Signal Akron)

Akron RubberDucks a ‘crown jewel’ in minor league baseball, say new owners

by Arielle Kass December 10, 2025December 10, 2025

The Akron RubberDucks, the AA minor league affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians baseball team, have been sold. The new owners are Prospector Baseball Group. Co-founders John Abbamondi and Ben Boyer also purchased the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, an affiliate of the Miami Marlins and the other minor league baseball team owned by previous RubberDucks owner Ken Babby and his Fast Forward Sports Group.

Akron RubberDucks are sold to Prospector Baseball Group

by Arielle Kass December 9, 2025December 10, 2025

Signage at Canal Park in downtown Akron on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, showcases a naming rights deal which will transform the sports facility into 7 17 Credit Union Park

Batter up, Akron: Canal Park renamed 7 17 Credit Union Park in new deal

by Arielle Kass September 5, 2025September 8, 2025

A trailer promoting a co-branded credit card between the Akron RubberDucks and 7 17 Credit Union sits on South Main Street in front of Canal Park Thursday. The card is intended to help people manage personal debt, with a 90-day interest rate of 7.17% that could help people with credit card debt at much higher rates transfer balances and save on fees. Additionally, the credit union will donate 7.17 cents to a RubberDucks fund each time the card is swiped that the RubberDucks said in an email the team plans to use to fund an annual scholarship.

Credit union commits $50 million to Akron area to help nonprofits build affordable housing

by Arielle Kass July 31, 2025August 1, 2025

Akron native, former United States Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner Rita Dove

Rita Dove — Pulitzer Prize winner, U.S. Poet Laureate, Akron RubberDucks bobblehead

by Arielle Kass April 22, 2025

Fans during a past season receive free bobbleheads as they enter Canal Park for an Akron RubberDucks game.

How Akron RubberDucks score with bobbleheads, pillowcases and fireworks

by Arielle Kass April 7, 2025April 2, 2026