The Florida A&M baseball team failed to pick up their fifth win of the season as they fell to the Mercer University Bears 24-1.  The loss dropped the Rattlers to 4-6 on the season. FAMU struggled offensively as the team only managed to garner five hits compared to Mercer’s […]

On senior night, the Rattler seniors set out to have a memorable last home game. The memories made were not the ones they were hoping for. The South Carolina State Bulldogs beat the Rattlers 65-53 on Monday night at the Al Lawson Center. “As a senior, you don’t want to […]

Tamika Mckelton’s potential, game-sealing three-pointer was spoiled by missed free throws. Misses that led to a South Carolina State Bulldog 76-70 overtime victory. “Free throws is the reason we lost,” Mckelton said. “If we would have made our free throws in regulation, we would have been up by four.” Shekeira […]

Coming into Saturday’s matchup against the North Carolina Central Eagles, the Florida A&M men’s basketball team had won eight consecutive home games but left the Al Lawson Center with a 58-55 loss.      Leading the game 25-23 at halftime, fouls became the Achilles Heel for the […]

The Lady Rattlers softball team scored 15 runs as it swept Savannah State University in a doubleheader on Saturday and Sunday. The Rattlers had to come from behind in all three games to do so. “We had 3 wins this weekend and to sweep a team isn’t easy. It’s very […]

Roland and Richard Pitts share more than just a last name and wrestling. The twin brothers share the passion to make each other better. Richard, 20, a third-year sociology student at FSU and Roland, a third-year criminal justice student at Florida A&M, were born nine minutes apart. The brothers are […]

Hoping to keep their home court-winning streak intact on Saturday, the Rattlers fell short in a 58-55 loss to the North Carolina Central Eagles. NCCU Eagles gave the Rattlers their first loss at home since a Dec. 4 loss to Bethune-Cookman. “This is a team that beat us before at […]

Late free throws from Myeshia Simms sealed the victory against North Carolina-Central in the Al Lawson Center on Saturday. Simms was fouled with 24 seconds to go, and went to the free-throw line for two shots. She made both free throws to give Florida A&M a three-point lead. “I was […]

The up and coming Rattler wrestling team is looking to strike at the Regional Tournament this weekend. “Our goal is to qualify everybody we’ve got for nationals and to go and represent our university well,” wrestling coach Reginald Snowden said. Florida A&M’s fairly young wrestling team will be traveling this […]

The Florida A&M Lady Rattlers defeated in-state rivals, the Lady Knights of University of Central Florida Feb. 23, at The Lady Ratter Complex. The Lady Rattlers won five to four and improved their record to 5-5 on the season. The Lady Rattlers were led by their pitcher, Whitney Robinson, who […]