Hidden beneath Crystal Williams’ tiny, pixie-like frame, high-pitched voice and bubbly personality is a battle-hardened athlete. Williams, a junior from Rockledge, has accumulated a series of injuries including whiplash in her neck, a spinal injury in her lower back, broken both ankles, suffered various wrist injuries, as well as “other […]

The Florida A&M University women’s flag football team, Simply Marvelous, is now preparing to play in two national championships after dominating the 2009 ACIS Football Regional Tournament at the University of Florida. “We strive to be the best and beat the best,” said Ayanis Dennis, a fourth-year broadcast journalism student […]

Florida A&M University head coach Joe Taylor is adopting is “wait-and-see” approach as to the status of four key injuries to his offense suffered in Saturday’s 25-0 loss to the Hampton University Pirates. The Rattlers (7-3, 5-2 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) will need to regroup quickly in order to […]

Youth and a lack of experience should never stand in the way of success. The Florida A&M Wrestling team works with youth on the team and in members in management positions and still finds success in the form of first place finishes. The Rattlers wrestling team hosted and finished in […]

Jermaine Thomas rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown, E.J. Manuel was effective in his first career start, and Florida State kept its bowl hopes alive with a 41-28 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday. Offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher had his hands full after losing sensational quarterback Christian Ponder, the […]

Twin Falls, Idaho is a long way from Tallahassee. However, Jessica Bond, a business management student, said she feels right at home on the Florida A&M Woman’s Volleyball team. Bond has been playing competitive volleyball since the fourth grade. She received offers from Western Montana, Willamette University and Florida A&M. […]

While Deidra Jones came to FAMU in a recruiting class of five freshmen, she is the only senior playing on the team this year.  She was red shirted her junior year of basketball due to injury. Jones broke a bone in her wrist early in the season in a game […]

Early miscues were not enough to stop the Florida A&M University volleyball team from sweeping the Norfolk State Spartans 3-0 Sunday in the Al Lawson Center to go undefeated in the at home and in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Junior outside hitter Jovana Blazeski led the team with a game-high […]

Thursday’s scheduled home game against Savannah State has been moved to Savannah, Ga. A new scoreboard will be installed in the Al Lawson Center which will prevent the game from taking place. Monday’s home game against Albany State has also been moved. The game will take place 7 p.m. in […]

The Florida A&M softball team will open the 2010 season with seven returning players from last season’s team and eight incoming players who will be counted on to take the place of four players who are no longer apart of the team.   The Rattlers finished the 2009 season 12-0 in the Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference with a 30-32 overall […]