The Florida A&M University football team will take on the Savannah State University Tigers at Bragg Stadium Saturday. The Rattlers are coming off back-to-back, disappointing losses to Southern University and Howard University. The Rattlers are 2-4 on the season and 1-1 in in the MEAC conference. The team started […]
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Simply Marvelous beats boy’s flag football teams
Florida A&M’s women’s flag football team, Simply Marvelous, usually lives up to the hype surrounding the team. Simply Marvelous has won eight national championships in its 16 years of existence. The team won its first game of the FAMU recreation center intramural flag football tournament last week as well, […]
Making History From The Court
Cheikh Salif Kante, a senior public relations student originally from Dakar, Senegal, has made history at Florida A&M University. He’s the only African from a HBCU to win a round in the qualifiers of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Men’s All- American Tennis Championships. Kante transferred to FAMU from […]
FAMU Men’s Cross Country takes second at FSU Invitational
Florida A&M men’s cross-country team effectively fulfilled their goal to place second in Friday’s 40th anniversary of the Florida State Cross Country Invitational. The Rattlers have been pacing themselves in effort to complete the goals set as a team. Since head coach Wayne Angel has taken over the men’s cross […]
Football team fell short against Bisons
The Florida A&M University football team lost their second consecutive game by just seven points Saturday afternoon, falling short to the Howard Bison 17-10. The loss to Howard marks the first time FAMU has lost to the Bison in back-to-back seasons since 2003 and 2004. The Rattlers looked to be […]
Women’s cross country takes on FSU Invitational
The Florida A&M University women’s cross-country team will compete in the Florida State University Invitational today, hosted by FSU. The team will run a 5K course around Apalachee Regional Park this evening. They will be challenged by FSU, who is ranked number one in the nation, and other teams […]
Men’s cross country looks to end nearly 15-year streak
Florida A&M men’s cross-country team hasn’t won a championship since 1988, but the vision Coach Wayne Angel has for the team is something that will break a quarter-century curse. “In preparation for each meet, we have goals and objectives that we have to meet,” Angel said. “And once we […]
FAMU Men’s tennis dominates at HBCU national championship
Florida A&M’s men’s tennis team successfully defended their title as HBCU National Champions on Saturday by defeating the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats this past weekend. The Rattlers worked hard and claimed the title by a single point. This win is FAMU’s men’s tennis team’s sixth consecutive HBCU Tennis […]
Rattlers win first I-AA national championship
Florida A&M University’s football team won the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship in 1978. The game was the inaugural championship for the division, which was the Rattlers’ only appearance. The Rattlers defeated the University of Massachusetts 35-28 in front of more than 13,000 fans at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls, […]
The rise of FAMU Basketball coach Clemon Johnson
Before Clemon Johnson coached basketball at Florida A&M, he was a student athlete for the Rattlers. “Whenever I talk about my greatest time playing basketball, I always come back to when I was here at Florida A&M,” Johnson said. After leading FAMU High School to the state […]