Cheryl Ford will be enjoying the first game of the WNBA finals from the comfort of her home in Georgia. The Minnesota Lynx and the Atlanta Dream match up in the 12th WNBA finals beginning on Sunday. The Minnesota Lynx are favored to win and three time WNBA champion Ford agrees. “The Lynx have […]
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S.I.’s NBA Top 10 list causes controversy
SI list is only so-so Sports Illustrated, do you really believe that James Harden (No. 11), Derrick Rose (12), and Paul George (25) aren’t good enough to be in the NBA’s Top 10? Kevin Durant (2) didn’t agree with it, and neither do I. I don’t agree with all of K.D.’s comments, but I […]
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2K Sports releases NBA 2K14 with new features
Tuesday morning, 2K Sports once again releases the No. 1 rated NBA basketball video game NBA 2K14 at midnight. The game is developed by the company Visual Concepts and published by 2K Sports. The game was released on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It will also be released In November for the new upcoming systems […]
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6 walk-ons added to GSU men’s basketball squadtbal
After completing four intensive days of tryouts, the Grambling State University head men’s basketball coach has made the final cuts for this year’s team. The coaching staff selected six walk-ons: Travis Hawkins, Velario Altherimer, Tyron Bain, Dion Watson, Isaiah Patterson and Reginald Smith. They will join four returning players: Terry Rose, Steven Danridge, Brauhnye Turner […]
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State Fair Classic
The highly anticipated showdown between the Grambling State Tigers (0-5, 0-2 SWAC) and the Prairie View Panthers (2-2, 2-1 SWAC) in the State Fair Classic is this weekend. The G-Men dropped their last two games against the Panthers, so this is a chance for the Tigers to redeem themselves. The Panthers average more total offense, […]
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Sports briefs
Ezil Bibbs out of coaching job Last week Grambling’s defensive line coach Ezil Bibbs Jr. was released from his duties as a member of Grambling’s football coaching staff. Bibbs was in his third season with the Tigers coaching staff. As a result of Bibbs’ successful playing career at Grambling, the New York Giants drafted […]
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Houma Boys dominate intramural football
In the last three years, the Houma Boys have taken all three flag football championships on Grambling State’s campus. Also, Houma won a state championship in 2011 and were National finalists. Trying to make it a four- year straight team, captain Tyrone “Oooowhee” Folse said, “We’re going to keep doing what we do.” In […]
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Offensive struggles and turnovers hurt Kittens
Starting off 0-3 for the first time since 2006, the Grambling High Kittens are beating themselves offensively and defensively. The Kittens offense is averaging just 13 points per game and defensively, they are allowing whopping 31 points. Also the Kittens are turning the ball over nearly five times per game “No coach wants to go […]
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From the pressbox
The home crowd always play a vital role in sports. It is usually difficult to walk into an opponent’s stadium into an atmosphere of loud, raging fans and leave with an effortless win, even if the team has been struggling. Do you know what they call crowd participation in football? They call it the […]
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Running toward perfection
Neither football nor Grambling’s World Famed Tiger Marching Band acted as a recruiting tool for senior cross-country runner Trevor Gayten. Gayten, a 21-year-old Lafayette native, said the rich history of Grambling’s cross-country and track and field program is what brought him to the small mid-major town in Northern Louisiana. “Even though it was a hard […]