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FAMU Athletics to reveal North End Zone Club at Bragg

Florida A&M will be revealing anew addition to Bragg Memorial Stadium Saturday. The North End Zone Club will be allow students to enjoy a better experience on the field. Bragg Memorial stadium is home to the Rattler football team. In the 1980s, the stadium FAMU Administration did an abundant […]

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FAMU welcomes seven into Sports Hall of Fame

Athletes who join Florida A&M's Sports Hall of Fame call the occasion an honor. FAMU welcomed seven of its former athletes into the coveted pool of legends whose play has been deemed remarkable. They joined past inductees at a recent awards ceremony.   D.A. Robin/The Famuan; 09/19/2014 @ Al Lawson […]

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FAMU Volleyball hopeful ahead of weekend play

Despite a 0-9 record, the Florida A&M University volleyball team is optimistic about the rest of the season. The team will travel to Alabama to compete in the Auburn University Invitational this weekend. The Lady Rattlers played two top five teams in the nation squaring off with the universities of […]

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Former linebacker seeks NFL dream

Denmark hunts down Morgan State's QB Courtesy FAMU Sports Info. Former Florida A&M outside linebacker Brandon Denmark didn't prioritize football as a child like his brother and his peers.  Denmark recalls becoming good at the sport by accident and believes the game of football chose him.  "Football definitely became my […]

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Courage: More than just a name

Courage Okungbowa and his family were driving to North Carolina on their way back to Florida from a tennis match in Virginia Beach when it happened. A car going 75 mph illegally shifted lanes, cutting off the family’s van and sending it into a whirlwind. The driver was drunk. It […]

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AD Kellen Winslow makes first move, releases head coach

The first major move of the Kellen Winslow Sr. era has been made. The new athletic director has decided to part ways with Rattlers men’s head basketball coach Clemon Johnson after just three seasons. Johnson, a former Rattlers legend and NBA player, had one year remaining on his contract. “We […]

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Rattlers claim weekend series 2-1 vs. Savannah State

The Rattlers struck early and late as they won their weekend series against the Savannah State University Tigers. After trailing 3-0 through four innings, the Rattlers (15-20) stormed back with five runs of their own in the bottom of the fourth to take a 5-3 lead. But the Tigers (13-24) answered […]

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Lady Rattlers outperform Lady Dolphins

The Lady Rattlers improved to 15-21 with a solid mid-week win over the Jacksonville University Lady Dolphins, 7-3, at the JU Softball Complex. The Lady Rattlers stormed out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first when freshman catcher Denise Anderson got an RBI single. The Lady Rattlers scoring would continue in the second […]

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Rattlers baseball win midweek matchups

The baseball team put together a four-run fourth inning to secure a victory against the visiting Dolphins, 6-5, on Tuesday. The Rattlers found themselves trailing early as the Jacksonville University Dolphins jumped out to a 4-1 lead through three innings. Senior infielder Scott Schaub hit a two-run single in the first inning to […]

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Kellen Winslow Sr. introduced as AD

Florida A&M is raising the bar. The university introduced its new athletic director at a press conference Wednesday. Hall-of-fame expectations are synonymous with the name Kellen Winslow Sr., and that’s what the new hire brings to FAMU. The former director of planning and business at Disney’s Wide World of Sports […]