Even though the back-to-back Black national championships and NCAA I-AA (FCS) championship are mentioned, it often seems like other schools would revere a coach with those credentials more than he has been at FAMU. On the FAMU campus, there needs to be some respect put on Rudy Hubbard’s name.
Author: Carma Henry
Carma Henry
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On June 5, 2023, the Los Angeles Lakers and representatives of bibigo® foods hosted their inaugural ‘Lakers Town’ community event in Koreatown. The event featured a new Lakers mural by artist, Jonas Never, and appearances by Los Angles Lakers legends, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, James Worthy, A.C. Green, and Robert Horry, as fans and community members celebrated the unveiling of a mural that celebrates some of the dynamic duos in Lakers history.
The families of Negro League baseball players are calling for a national day of recognition and attention for the Negro Leagues, the Black ball-players who were excluded because of race from Major League Baseball teams. The descendants have come together to form the Negro Leagues Family Alliance (NLFA), established in February.
State Rep. Fred Hawkins, R-St. Cloud, was selected Wednesday by South Florida State College trustees to succeed retiring school President Thomas Leitzel.
A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request by the Biden administration for a stay of two rulings by Pensacola-based U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell, who said the policies violated federal law.
As the annual hurricane season started last week, the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. added about 8,000 policies.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a wide-ranging bill designed to boost online privacy, including giving people more control over data collected by technology companies.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has extended an executive order to continue using members of the Florida National Guard to help with staffing shortages at state prisons.
A bill that would exempt minor-league baseball players from the state’s voter-approved minimum wage was delivered Monday to Gov. Ron DeSantis. The proposal (SB 892) would incorporate into the state minimum-wage law a carve-out for minor-league baseball players that is in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
Florida A&M University Vice President and Director of Athletics Tiffani-Dawn Sykes recommended name changes to the football field, softball field, and football locker room earlier this year and was unanimously approved Thursday, June 8, at the FAMU Board of Trustees meeting.