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Sylvester delivers in Classic performance

Senior running back Philip Sylvester and the Florida A&M football team defeated the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 38-27 by scoring 24 unanswered points in the second half of the Florida Classic. Sylvester earned MVP honors in the 31st installment of the Classic in Orlando. Sylvester said the coaching staff insisted on running […]

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A Classic championship: Live blog

*Please update this page frequently. All updates will come with time stamps. 2:40 The Florida Classic between the Florida A&M Rattlers and Bethune-Cookman Wildcats is underway. The Rattlers kicked to the Wildcats to begin the game, and the Wildcats have the ball on the 14-yard line. (13:38, 1st) 2:43 The […]

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Ferrell leaves Ole Miss, returns home

Florida A&M linebacker Willie Ferrell transferred from a major Division I program to tend to his ailing mother, Georgia Mills-Ferrell, who almost had a heart attack last year. The Tallahassee native attended Ole Miss University in Oxford, Miss., but he immediately transferred to FAMU to be with is mother.  […]

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Live Blog: Time to Ball

7:10 pm  6 minutes have gone by and the Rattlers have yet to score a basket, Ouch! Rattlers 4 Tigers 4 14:00 left in the First Quarter. 7:16 pm Number 22, Amin Stevens, limps off the court with what appears to be an ankle injury. 7:19 pm I’m shocked at […]

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Rattlers try to tame Wildcats

The Florida A&M football season will come down to one game. This weekend the Rattlers travel to Orlando to take on the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats in a game that has Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship implications.  The Rattlers (6-1 in the MEAC) will need a win over the undefeated Wildcats to keep […]

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Volleyball team set for MEAC tournament

The Lady Rattlers begin their quest for a 10th consecutive Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Championship Friday at Coppin State University against the Morgan State Bears. Florida A&M and the University Maryland Eastern Shore Lady Hawks earned top seeds in the tournament.  The Lady Rattlers finished 7-1, while the Lady Hawks were […]

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Rattlers grab win for the seniors

Florida A&M defeated the Norfolk State Spartans in their last Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference game of the season on senior night in four sets (25-21 L, 25-13, 25-19, 25-17) Sunday at the Al Lawson Center. The Lady Rattlers improve to 11-13 and 7-1 in the MEAC and won the regular-season southern […]

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Football team ready for Classic

The Florida A&M defense allowed 362 yards of total offense in a 17-12 victory against the Hampton University Pirates Saturday at Bragg Memorial Stadium. The Rattlers’ secondary allowed 299 yards passing, which is the highest total allowed through the air this season. The Florida A&M run defense continued to improve […]

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Green invests in athletics, intramural sports

Coach Marvin Green Jr. has been one of the most active coaches on campus over his tenure. He is the Simply Marvelous girl’s flag football coach. He is also the associate director of recreation as well as the creator of the Black Magic men’s flag football team and the golf […]

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Simply Marvelous sweeps competition, claims regional title

The Simply Marvelous women’s flag football team won the American College Intramural Sports Regional Championship in dominating fashion this weekend by winning all of its games by 21 points or more. The team played shutdown defense and had four consecutive shutouts.  The team rebounded from their first loses last week […]