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Beating the Best

FAMU’s Men’s basketball team won a 62-58 upset victory over the Hampton Pirates Monday. The Pirates are at the top of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). Florida A & M’s men’s basketball team can now add a win over the MEAC top-ranked Hampton Pirates to its season’s resume. The Ratters […]

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Hampton 2nd Half Live Blog

Refresh constantly as updates will be throughout the game. 8:25 PM Our chronicles begin with the halftime show. It’s interesting to say the least. 8:27 PM  There is some really tall guy with tiny pants on. I’m so confused right now. 8:41 PM New hope always comes when a new […]

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Where are the buckets? Men’s Basketball Live Blog

6:15 PM First bucket of the game is scored by Howard’s Alphonso Leary. Lot of bad offense going on. 6:17 PM Miss after miss after miss. The offense of both teams is killing me. 6:18PM Finally, a score from FAMU by Jeffrey Kennings. Followed up by a dunk by Larry […]

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Lady Rattlers hold on against Howard

The Florida A&M women’s basketball team got its first win of the year in the Multi purpose center against conference rival Howard. The intensity of the competition down the stretch seemed to gauge a high level of tension between FAMU and Howard.             “We had unfinished business with Howard, […]

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Rattlers ready to come home

The Women’s Basketball team will get ready for another conference game against Howard University.  Saturday’s game is the first home game for the women’s team since December 2, 2010.  The team has struggled during the ten game road trip, which they finished with four wins and six losses. […]

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Rebounding is the key against Howard

The men’s basketball team will take on Howard Saturday at the Al Lawson Center. The game will be played at 6 pm.             This is the first of back to back home games for the Rattlers. They play Hampton on Monday.             The team is coming off back to […]

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It’s the Griffin show

Coming into the 2010-2011 NBA season, John Wall was the unquestioned shoe in for Rookie of the year, but after three months of play Blake Griffin has all eyes on him. Blake Griffin was the 2009 number one draft pick out of the Oklahoma University after a stellar sophomore campaign. […]

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NBA: The best season ever

Coming into the 2010-2011 season, NBA commissioner David Stern said this NBA season would be one of the best seasons ever. But this good? Who would have thought? Week after Week so-called “elite” teams find themselves playing sub par games against sub .500 ball clubs. Early in the season […]

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Charmaine Peterson and Dontae Davis Correspondent        After weeks of anticipation to see both team’s highly touted offenses, the Tostitos BCS National Championship game between number one Auburn Tigers and number two Oregon Ducks brought mixed reactions from fans at Famu.      “I wanted the Ducks […]

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Terrell Pursues Success through Baseball

Eight baseball scouts came to Florida A&M University on Nov. 20. The Pro Day ended up being an amazing opportunity for Florida A&M catcher Jimmy Terrell. Terrell, a 22-year-old business administration student with a concentration in marketing, had a workout on Wednesday, with the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers were one […]