Marissa Stubbs is a 21-year-old broadcast journalism student at Florida A&M. Stubbs has been into sports since she was in high school, and when she arrived at FAMU she knew that was the direction she wanted to go in. She serves as the sports editor for The Famuan and, of […]
Sports
The NFL can learn from the NBA and WNBA
With so much civil unrest across the entire country, it seems impossible to find a solution and just as unfathomable to decide what one can do to support the cause. Unable to stop police brutality and knowing that racism is not an issue that can be easily conquered. It can’t […]
Galimore-Powell Field House getting makeover
The football season may have been canceled, but the Galimore-Powell Field House is getting a facelift. This summer FAMU Athletics launched its ALL IN campaign, an extension of the Rattler Athletic Fund, designed to make improvements to the football operations center. The first step was giving the field house a […]
Column: NBA was wrong to resume season
The 2019-2020 NBA season was put on hold in March due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. Now that the NBA Board of Governors has approved a plan for the return of the season, the NBA has officially restarted and our favorite ballers are stepping back onto the hardwood. While […]
FAMU football players ‘persevering through adversity’
What would have been the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s 50th year of intercollegiate competition was put on pause when the Council of Presidents and Chancellors of the MEAC announced earlier this month that the league will suspend all athletics this fall due to the still surging coronavirus pandemic. This left Florida […]
FAMU football is canceled, but FSU prepares to play
Several fall sports have been canceled in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, which shows no signs of slowing down. But not the Florida State University football program — even though a mile away Florida A&M University announced earlier this month that it was suspending all fall athletics, including football. […]
Column: MEAC made the right call
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Council of Presidents and Chancellors officially decided earlier today to cancel all fall 2020 athletic events. Two weeks prior to this decision the SIAC, Ivy League and CIAA announced their decisions to cancel football for this fall as well as other intercollegiate sports. If this decision […]
Female student-athletes want equal support
Florida StateUniversity’s women’s soccer team captured the NCAA national championship in 2018, Florida A&M’s women’s cross-country team also has enjoyed howling success, winning 10 consecutive conference championships from 2009 to 2018. Chances are you weren’t aware of these accomplishments because there is little to no media coverage for women’s sports. […]
Sports at HBCUs get a major boost
Makur Maker, a 5-star basketball recruit, made history last week when he announced that he was going to further his career playing for the Bison at Howard University. In so doing, he passed up offers from powerhouse programs such as UCLA, Kentucky and Memphis. Maker became the first 5-star prep […]
Will COVID-19 hijack college football?
With the 2020 college football season quickly approaching, the Rattlers at Florida A&M University Rattlers have made their way back to Bragg Memorial Stadium for workouts. The National Collegiate Athletic Association allowed schools to begin voluntary practices starting June 1. Due to the coronavirus, college sports have been discontinued for […]