Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Historically Black Colleges and Universities were originally created so that Black people had access to a college education. However, in today’s society, highly ranked Black athletes don’t even consider HBCUs and I believe that should change. Recently, Mikey Williams, a highly ranked basketball player for the class of 2023, tweeted, […]
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference recently announced that Alelee Figueroa, 22, a May graduate ofFlorida A&M University, has been named the league’s Woman of the Year for 2019-2020. Since this announcement, the track and field champion has been overwhelmed with text messages of congratulations as she celebrates her achievement. “An honor […]
Ken Riley acquired impressive titles. They include FAMU Hall of Famer, standout NFL player, athletic director and head coach of FAMU football. Riley, who died unexpectedly at his home near Bradenton on June 7 at age 72, will be remembered for not just the player he was on the field […]
The Florida A&M women’s basketball program gained a huge addition when it announced Thursday that Shalon Pillow is the new head coach. One month after the firing of head coach Kevin Lynum, who held the position less than 12 months, FAMU athletics confirmed her hiring. It did not provide Pillow’s annual […]
COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus, has affected everyone and everything during this pandemic, including FAMU football. Due to the coronavirus, the spring season and recruitment for FAMU football has come to a halt — as it has at every college program in the country. Jared Brown, a Florida A&M […]
As society deals with the impact of all canceled sports, it’s best that we hear from the people that are dealing with it firsthand. The people who get the players together as a team to teach them the fundamentals of the sport and how to play on an organized collegiate […]
In the first half of the 2020 spring semester, it seemed as if everything was going according to plan for journalism students who are planning to work in sports post-graduation. Nobody knew that the coronavirus pandemic would take such a global toll on everyone and everything, including sports. Students looked […]
The cancellation of all spring intercollegiate sporting events has affected student-athletes at Florida A&M as well as the university’s athletic department. “COVID-19 not only affected our strategic plan,” FAMU Athletic Director Kortne Gosha told The Famuan. “It changed the plan and the way that college athletics operates.” Due to the […]
Since the first game in the 1800s to now, football has brought out both the best and worst in athletes, fans and coaches. Football is a game loved by many but played by only a select few. Despite its popularity, many football fans believe the game has changed — and […]
Zach Martin worked hard on the football field. He was a 300-pound, 6-foot-4 offensive lineman at Riverdale High School in Fort Myers who protected his quarterback at all cost. In 2017, Martin collapsed during a routine high school football practice. Martin was rushed to the hospital and died 11 days […]