Carlos Becker, a defensive back for Florida State, is best known for his interception that sealed the 2016 Orange Bowl win for the Seminoles. For his first two years of college Becker was also a track star, earning multiple Atlantic Coast Conference honors. Around campus he is known as the […]
Author: Thai Ali Floyd | Staff writer
Fatherhood and football go hand-in-hand for Ashley
Florida A&M football standout Calvin Ashley accomplished his greatest achievement on March 11, and it had nothing to do with football. On that day his son, Calvin Ashley, Jr. was born at 10:21 a.m. at Winnie Palmer in Orlando. Ashley wanted to tell everyone, facetiming his friends with an abundance […]
Some student-athletes speaking out on mental health
Athletes are offered tutoring and physical therapy during their collegiate careers, but over the past few years they’ve also had to be treated for anxiety and depression. According to a 2015 survey conducted by the NCAA, 30 percent of student-athletes reported they were overwhelmed. These statistics were an increase from […]
We need more African American football coaches
There is a large demographic of African-American players in college football, but not a lot of African-American coaches. According to the NCAA’s demographics database, in 2018, of the 29,029 college football players in Division I football, 14,069 were African-American while 10,830 players were Caucasian. But there aren’t many African-American head […]