The Florida A&M men’s basketball team defeated rival Bethune-Cookman University 75-67 Saturday in the Rattlers’ first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) game and home opener.  Head basketball coach Clemon Johnson said he was happy that his words came true Saturday. He had been preaching to the Rattlers that once they […]

  The Lady Rattlers lost 86-57 to the Virginia Commonwealth University Lady Rams on Saturday. After an opening home loss, Florida A&M head women’s basketball coach LeDawn Gibson wanted her team to come out focused, but that was not evident against VCU. The game unraveled during a seven-minute stretch at […]

  The men’s basketball team will play the University of North Florida Ospreys on Thursday night in Jacksonville. The Rattlers (1-5) are looking to right the ship against UNF. FAMU has struggled to make head basketball coach Clemon Johnson’s new system work. The offense that has been implemented is improving, […]

  The Florida A&M women’s basketball team will play against the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles tonight at 7 p.m. The Lady Rattlers (2-2) are looking to break the .500 mark in this game. Though this year’s team is different, it has managed to hold its own against the  competition. The […]

  The Florida A&M football team finished seventh in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.  The Rattlers (4-7, 4-4 MEAC) entered the season with high hopes, boasting a talented defense and an offense that had the weapons to compete each week, but this season did not go as planned. “This season was […]

  The Florida A&M men’s basketball team spent Thanksgiving in Las Vegas preparing for a tournament Friday. The Rattlers played three games, earning their first victory of the season against Presbyterian College. Jamie Adams, a junior agribusiness transfer student, had two of his best games this weekend. Adams had 26 […]

  Sunday the Florida A&M men’s basketball team (0-2) will be facing the Arizona State Sun Devils (1-0). “Even though we are off to a rough start there has been a lot of a positive,” says Coach Clemon Johnson. During the last game he noticed that when playing man to […]

  The Lady Rattlers have won 11 out of their last 13 games and look to get their third non-conference win of the season as they travel to take on the University Of South Florida Lady Bulls. The Lady Rattlers are coming off a sweep of the North Carolina Central […]

  The Rattlers will look to play spoiler Saturday as they take on the Bethune-Cookman University Wildcats in the Florida Blue Florida Classic. Florida A&M acting head coach Earl Holmes, who took over after Joe Taylor retired, is looking to earn his second victory. Holmes said that the team never […]

  Following the most successful season since 1995-96, the Lady Rattlers basketball team wants to bring the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Championship to Florida A&M. Returning senior Jasmine Grice will be one of the key players this year. Grice, who will be named a team captain, said her goal is […]