Florida Classic

FAMU football coach Earl Holmes eager to restore pride in Rattlers

2013-05-15 12:10:00

New Florida A&M coach Earl Holmes refused to let his players step on a football field without going through a history lesson. During meetings that spanned three days, he taught the current class of Rattlers about the program’s rich tradition. He...

Former FAMU student Rikki Wills pleads no contest in hazing case

2013-05-10 09:22:00

Former FAMU drum major Rikki Wills, who insists that he tried to shield his college roommate Robert Champion from a brutal hazing in Orlando in 2011, pleaded�no contest�today to�felony hazing�resulting in death. Wills, 25,�will not be sentenced until...

Por fin un cariñito al estadio Citrus Bowl

2013-05-10 06:51:00

Aunque los trabajos que pronto comenzar�n en el estadio Citrus Bowl de Orlando pueden considerarse como una "renovaci�n", en la pr�ctica un 80 por ciento de la estructura deportiva ser� nueva, una vez terminen los obreros e ingenieros — si todo...

FAMU names Sylvester Young as new marching band director

2013-05-07 12:14:09

Sylvester Young, a former music professor at Ohio University, has been selected as FAMU's new marching band director. Officials at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee announced early last month that they were interviewing two people for the job of...

Citrus Bowl will be mostly new after renovation

2013-05-06 14:36:00

The work that starts soon on Orlando's Citrus Bowl is technically a renovation, but when the dust settles in just less than two years, about 80 percent of the stadium will be brand new. Much of the 77-year-old stadium will be torn down, the City Council...

Judge won't throw out hazing lawsuit against FAMU

2013-05-02 16:27:00

An Orange County judge, rejecting FAMU's argument that drum major Robert Champion should be viewed as a voluntary "participant" in the illegal hazing that killed him, will not throw out a wrongful-death lawsuit against the university. Circuit Judge...

Rosen Plaza sued for the hazing death of FAMU drum major

2013-05-01 17:55:24

The Rosen Plaza hotel has been added as a defendant in the wrongful-death lawsuit of FAMU drum major Robert Champion, who was beaten to death in a hazing ritual on a bus in the Orlando resort's parking lot. The Champion family's lawyer claims that Rosen'...

Orlando Oak Ridge WR Victor Love commits to FAMU

2013-02-05 07:31:00

Orlando Oak Ridge wide receiver Victor Love has committed to Florida A&M. The 6-foot-5, 175-pound Love �had mostly played basketball before joining the football team last spring. He ended up with 24 catches for 488 yards and nine touchdowns in his...

State report blasts FAMU's effort to fight hazing before Champion's death

2012-12-28 16:36:00

FAMU lacked the internal controls needed to identify and fight hazing before the beating death of drum major Robert Champion in Orlando a year ago, according to a long-awaited investigative report released Friday afternoon. The sharply critical report...

Former Rattler Kevin Elliott talks about departure of FAMU coach Joe Taylor

2012-11-17 23:38:00

Former Florida A&M wide receiver and current Jacksonville Jaguars rookie Kevin Elliott said was surprised to hear the news last week that his former coach Joe Taylor stepped down as head coach of the Rattlers. Elliott wasn’t surprised by Taylor&...

Bethune-Cookman earns 21-16 victory over rival FAMU in Florida Classic | Video

2012-11-17 23:34:00

To hear the Bethune-Cookman players talk about their big win over arch rival Florida A&M after Saturday's Florida Classic, you'd think there was nothing to it. "Easy as pie," is how B-CU running back and Classic MVP Isidore Jackson summed up one play,...

West Orange DB Roman Tatum and WR Vernon Marshall pick up offers

2012-05-30 16:32:15

Former Sanford Seminole star Jarkevis Fields (1), now a linebacker at Bethune-Cookman, zeroes in on Florida A&M running back Eddie Rocker during B-CU's 21-16 win in the Florida Classic on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012.

2012-11-18 00:00:00

Bethune-Cookman head coach Brian Jenkins celebrates a 21-16 Florida Classic win over Florida A&M with offensive lineman Harold Love III, and B-CU athletic director Lynn Thompson behind Jenkins. The Wildcats open the 2012 FCS playoffs with a home game against Coastal Carolina on Nov. 24.

2012-11-18 00:00:00

Chris Landshut, Executive Director of Cystic Fibrosis Foundation; Joe Hess, Chair of AT&T JEB BUSH Florida Classic; Gale Butler, Vice President, Corporate Affairs at AutoNation; and Tracy Schuldiner, Director of Events & Corporate Relations at 2-1-1 Broward

2012-11-15 00:00:00