A normal preparation practice for the Grambling State University baseball team consists of the following: the players stretch and run to get loose and warm up. Then the team does bunt coverage, first to third defense, pick off and run downs, cut off an relays, and last reads and leads. The Tigers […]
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Terry Rose Rises
Unlike most students who attend Grambling State University, Terry Rose does not have any family ties, never visited the campus and he slightly doubted even playing for a Division-I school, but thankfully someone instilled a quote in his younger years that stuck through the adversity. “Hard work beats talents when talent fails to work hard,” […]
GSU takes second in indoor meet
This past weekend, Tigers head coach Bertram Lovell and the Indoor Track and Field team finished second in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships held in Birmingham Alabama at the Crossplex. Alvarez Romero provided an overall perspective of how well the team performed at the championship. “There were a few injuries […]
Tigers remain winless
The Tigers of Grambling State University dropped their 22 consecutive game and remains winless for the 2013 season. GSU allowed Texas Southern University to come into Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center and hammer another loss into the record books. The final score of the game was 52-80. GSU’s Terry Rose finished with a team high […]
Lady Tigers loses a heartbreaker by 1
With only five second left, the Lady Tigers had a chance to end the 10 game winning streak of the Texas Southern University Tigers on Monday night. They fell short by only one point when Joanna Miller was unable to capitalize on the game winning opportunity. GSU drops their second game in a row, 58-59. […]
Ready to show and prove
St. Louis and Atlanta is known for making club music. DJ Drama coined one of my favorite hip-hop music terms “quality street music.” TCP (Top Choice Productions) creates this kind of music all while placing their own spin on it. Every rapper isn’t a gangster and every gangster isn’t a rapper. Somehow, when the two […]
G-Men stay close with new recuits
Grambling’s football team recruiting class of 2013 stayed close to home with most players from Louisiana but the other signees reported from Texas, Michigan and Georgia. Weston Simmons, DE, 6’2, 215, South Gwinnett H.S. (Snellville, Ga.) Jerod Fisher, LB, 6’1, 230, Stevenson H.S. (Sterling Heights, Mich.) George Myers, DB, 5’5, 160, Laney H.S. (Hephzibah, […]
Grandson of ‘The Grey Ghost’, an ex-GSU, star continues the legacy
It was back in October when Coach Steve Goralski and his Stevenson Titans football team hosted a cancer awareness game. Team captain Jerod Fisher wore a jersey with his grandpa’s name across the shoulders. Well, actually it was grandpa’s nickname. “The Gray Ghost.” The nickname came from Jerry Robinson’s time at both Grambling State University […]
Lady Tigers’ softball team plan for their new season
It’s that time of year, Lady Tiger’s softball season. Last year, the Lady Tigers made the Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament and lost early to Mississippi Valley in a double elimination game, this year they are back at it and looking to go further. “Last year’s season was rough,” said junior third basement Angela […]
Blakeney captures Super Bowl moments
I certain don’t want to be the guy that starts every sentence with the word Super Bowl, but right now I’m still feeling it. The excitement is almost impossible to suppress. As Alicia Keys began signing the National Anthem, I suddenly realized that every single football fan in the planet wanted to be where I […]