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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]