Just like in the 2001 Orange Bowl Classic in Jacksonville, Saturday’s game at Bragg Memorial Stadium against South Carolina State was filled with a multitude of Rattler mistakes. Unlike last year’s 33-27 loss, the Bulldogs took advantage of all the Rattler miscues, mainly their six turnovers, and ran away with […]

Whether it is a football player kneeling in the end zone, a baseball player pointing towards the heavens after a home run or a team gathering for a prayer after a game, religion is in athletics. Rattler athletes come from all corners of the world. With them they bring their […]

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Improving their record to 7-3, the volleyball team defeated Bethune-Cookman College for the second time this season with the support of 161 rambunctious fans in Gaither Gymnasium. That loss dealt the Wildcats their third defeat in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, which dropped them to 5-12 overall. “We had very good […]

The football team is preparing to play its most important span of games this season, a five-game stretch, all against Mid-eastern Athletic Conference teams. It begins this Saturday at home against South Carolina State, perhaps the toughest Division I-AA opponent the Rattlers will face so far. The Bulldogs (3-1, 0-0 […]

The Tallahassee chapter of the National Association of the Mentally Ill will host a candlelight vigil Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Gazebo across from the Leon County Library on Park Avenue. The event will begin Mental Illness Awareness Week, which runs from Oct. 6 – 14. It will […]

Dear Editor, I wrote a few weeks back to ask that more scrutiny be given to editing of articles. Well if one criticizes, one should also be able to praise. So today I want to pass on that you and your staff are doing a great job with the newspaper […]