Grambling State University’s men’s and women’s basketball teams continue conference play this week as they face Alcorn and Southern. Monday the Tigers teams will travel to Lorman, Miss. to play Alcorn in their second meeting this season. The women’s game with start at 5:30 and the men will start at 7:30 p.m. Later this week on […]
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Men’s basketball keeps rolling, women’s basketball and volleyball split games
Last week (Feb. 1-7, 2021) in Grambling athletics was action-packed. Monday, the women’s volleyball team traveled to Baton Rouge to face off against rival Southern. The Tigers ended up losing 3-1 making it their third loss in a row. That same day the women’s and men’s basketball teams faced off at home versus Mississippi Valley. […]
Valerio: The life of a student athlete can be challenging
The Grambling State baseball program has just begun to hit full steam in their pursuit towards a Southwestern Athletic Conference title this year. The first two weeks back on campus for the team have been devoted to conditioning, lifting and small individual activities specific to positional groups. The life of a student athlete can be […]
Fall sports shift brings more activities to spring
Spring semester is always a great time for college sports. Usually, the main sports at the forefront are basketball, softball and baseball in the spring. but now falls sports like football, and women’s volleyball will be played in the spring. Basketball kicked off their season back in November and the SWAC tournament is right around […]
GSU alum anxious to relaunch traveling basketball team
As we all know the novel Coronavirus has shifted the lives of many, some more than others. Bruce Taylor, a two-time graduate at Grambling State, is excited to begin preparing the relaunch of his travel youth basketball team in the new year. Taylor earned his bachelor’s in C.I.S. in 2007 and a masters in criminal […]
Tigers baseball is back
The Grambling State Tigers baseball team is back at it and looking to prepare for their season coming up. The baseball team looks to avenge last season and take advantage of the opportunity of being away from the game for so long. The team just like many other sports teams have had a different approach […]
Stellar defensive lineman looks to make immediate impact
The Grambling State Tigers football team thrived well last season on the defensive side of the ball. The G-Men featured many standout players and will have many key returning pieces when they return to action this spring. One of those returning is junior defensive end Cameron Richardson. Last year, the Atlanta native had 25 total […]
Football program adapting to Covid training, preparing for spring schedule
HBCU football, a tradition many current students and alumni alike enjoy and look forward to every year, like all other aspects of common life, have been up for speculation due to the lack of information available on the current pandemic we face. From the rivalries to homecoming the anticipation can be felt from all sides, […]
Grambling football players prepare for spring season
Since joining the Grambling State University football team, junior wide receiver Donald Johnson III has learned how much the team’s overall success comes before anything. Covid, for the most part, has not allowed the team to have many practices and time together as a whole needed to build their chemistry that will be needed throughout […]
RUSSELL: NBA resumes play in bubble
The National Basketball Association recently resumed play after a short protest from leagues players, coaches and staff due to the killing of many unarmed black men and the most recent shooting of Jacob Blake. With previous cries for help for the cruel murder of George Floyd and continued behavior by the police officers. The NBA […]