Antonio Gates went from a Kent State University basketball standout to a star tight end with the NFL's Chargers to a legend who has attained football immortality in Canton. Gates, 44, is among ...

CANTON, Ohio (WJW) – Antonio Gates has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025, becoming the second Kent State alumnus to receive the honor. Gates was a basketball star ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. – Kent State Men's Basketball alumnus Antonio Gates has been named an inductee of the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class. The class was revealed during the NFL Honors Ceremony on ...

This time, the established basketball starter committed to Kent State, where he quickly became the star of the Golden Flashes. Gates never played a single down for the Golden Flashes’ football ...

With his unlikely story of transforming from being a Kent State basketball player into an All-Pro tight end, combined with his electric smile and time for seemingly everyone, few matched Gates ...

Los Angeles Chargers great Antonio Gates was officially enshrined as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s 2025 class at NFL Honors. Before that much-deserved reveal, though, Gates ...

Gates: It’s hard to know, but Kent did a couple of things for me. Even in eighth and ninth grade, he was thinking, OK, should we be ambassadors, generals, or CEOs? And I was like, what?

When creating a Mount Rushmore of the greatest Los Angeles Chargers of all time, the list can't be complete with tight end Antonio Gates. Thursday night at the NFL Honors, Gates was officially ...