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Basketball games postponed due to COVID-19

Just one day after securing their second win of the season, the Florida A&M men’s basketball team (2-6, 1-0 MEAC) has announced the postponement of their next three games. The Rattlers were scheduled to take on South Carolina State today, the second in a two-game series. The university said it […]

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FAMU baseball back in action

Despite Florida A&M University deciding to cancel spring football, volleyball and indoor track and field, one program is looking forward to beginning its season in 2021.  The Rattlers’ baseball program will be back in action in the spring. The team will look to pick up where it left off last […]

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COVID-19 impacts high school recruits

As the year progresses, COVID-19 continues to affect the sports world. During this time of uncertainty, athletes all over the world are being forced to adjust to a new normal. For high school student-athletes hopeful of being recruited, adjusting to the pandemic has been challenging physically as well as mentally. In […]

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Football, other sports canceled

Fans, students and alumni were looking forward to the return of football and other sports at Florida A&M in the spring. However, the university will be opting out of the 2021 spring season for football and two other sports, Athletic Director Kortne Gosha told The Famuan this afternoon. Both basketball […]

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Simmons donates his time to FAMU’s wrestling team

Fredrick Simmons is the marketing and recruiting coordinator at Florida A&M University’s College of Science and Technology. Simmons also works with the wrestling team as the assistant coach alongside head coach Thomas White. In 2007, Simmons graduated with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from FAMU. He completed his master’s degree […]

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HBCU aquatics programs: What happened?

Historically Black colleges and universities aquatics programs have gradually deteriorated one-by-one over the last few decades.  Due to a lack of support from the college and university administration to limited or depleted funding, HBCU aquatics was not able to sustain these very important programs. HBCUs have a history of initiating […]