5-10 freshman combo guard Avery Moore doesn’t fit the typical prototype of a stellar basketball star. With two pairs of socks and a pair of high tops the dangerous long distance scorer probably is closer to 5-8 but, that didn’t stop the Tallahassee native from making the MEAC’s All-Rookie fist […]

Assistant Director of Florida A&M sports information Ronnie Johnson, has no offseason, he has no time off and he “plays” all year around. All sports seasons begin and end. In the fall, it’s  football and when the spring comes, it’s time for baseball. The players and the coaches are different […]

Florida A&M students may have a better chance of graduating if they are student-athletes. FAMU student-athletes are beating the general student population in graduation rates. Forty-four percent of FAMU student-athletes graduate compared to the student body’s 41 percent. Strict polices set by the NCAA and FAMU are a part of […]

Florida A&M’s golf team began its spring season with a trip to Philadelphia, Miss., in February. FAMU competed against many teams in the six tournaments it played this season. The only tournament left for the Rattlers is the National Minority Championship. The Rattlers began the season in the Frito-Lay/AT&T Intercollegiate […]

Once again we have reached that time of the year. The time where mediocre teams fade into oblivion, great teams showcase their superiority, unknown players rise from obscurity to become household names and legacies are cemented. That’s right! It is win or go home time, also know as the NBA […]

#8220;Latoya is pretty much the nucleus of the team,” said Darlene Moore, Head Women’s Track and Field Coach, of her star senior Latoya Wright. Wright, 22, is a criminal justice student who said she is determined to break records. “I plan on breaking the school record in the 400-meter-hurtles,” Wright […]

Florida A&M Women’s Tennis team won its final home game this season against Fort Valley State University this past weekend. Earning the 7-0 victory over Ft. Valley State, FAMU improved to 2-0 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and gained a .500 record of 10-10. FAMU has played only two home […]

Florida A&M’s Lady Rattlers softball team won the weekend series 2-1 at the Lady Rattler Complex against Norfolk State. FAMU victory dominated game one of Saturday’s double-header after an early RBI from third baseman Erika Garcia and timely base running by pinch-runner Ashanti Shepherd. “We came out swinging a little […]

Florida A&M is looking to win the first-ever, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Golf Showcase in Savannah, Ga. The MEAC Showcase will pit FAMU against fellow Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference teams in a fifty-four hole tournament. The teams will play 36 holes on the first day of competition and 18 holes on […]

Interim head coach Brett Richardson has restructured the Rattler baseball team and its schedule to ensure a higher rate of success. Coach Richardson breaks coaching down into three specific categories that encompass his motto: play hard, make routine plays and pitchers throw strikes. “If the Rattlers can do these tasks, […]