The Grambling State University annual football banquet was held in the Black and Gold Room of the Favrot Student Union Friday, February 19. Featured presenters included Douglas Porter, former GSU assistant coach, Wilbert Ellis, retired GSU head baseball coach and the coaches from the Grambling team. GLENN LEWIS/The Yearbook Martez Carter (from left), Michael Jolivet […]
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Neal scores high, helps Lady Tigers to victory against JSU
Keion hayes/The Gramblinite Monisha Neal commanding the offense. The Grambling State University Lady Tigers (13-12, 10-4 SWAC) defeated the Jackson Sate University Lady Tigers (12-13, 6-8 SWAC) 75-61 in the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center Saturday (February 20). GSU Guard Monisha Neal led in scoring with 17 points. Bre’Nae Andrews and John’ea Thompson each had […]
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Looking back at GSU sports
Doug Williams Since being established in 1901, now Grambling State University has produced many legends on the football field as well as other sports that will forever be remembered in history. The outstanding former mid 1970s GSU quarterback, Doug Williams, made history by becoming the first African American quarterback to play in a Super Bowl […]
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GSU baseball team opens home season
The 2016 Grambling State University (GSU) Baseball Team will make their home debut with a 3-game series beginning February 26 – February 28th against the University of Pittsburgh. The home opener scheduled for Tuesday February 23rd against LeMoyne Owen College has been canceled due to inclement weather. Three single games against the University of […]
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Men’s team unable to defeat PV and TSU
The score was 0-0 for nearly two minutes at the start of the game as the teams missed shots, then the score was tied 14 times between the Grambling State University Tigers and Prairie View A&M University Panthers but the final score was 60-56 as the Panthers were victorious over the Tigers this past Saturday. […]
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Lady Tigers claim wins in Texas
Last weekend, head coach Nadine Domond and the Grambling State University Lady Tigers started strong against the Lady Panthers of Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical University in the William J. Nicks Arena, gaining an 11 point lead in the first quarter with 5:18 remaining. The Lady Tigers were given another chance to score even more […]
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Teams continue in SWAC play
Although their record in conference play before the game was only 1-6, the Lady Lions of the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff weren’t ready to hand over a win to the Grambling State University Lady Tigers as the two went head to head in the first half of the game. The Lady Lions had the […]
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Athletes commit to being G-Men
The smell of coffee wafted through the Grambling State University football offices early Wednesday morning as Coach Broderick Fobbs and his coaching staff paced patiently, and with anticipation, back and forth from the fax machine to the printer as national letters of intent started coming in one by one. The G-Men had a successful last […]
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Williams, G-Men continue progressing
Former quarterback for Grambling State University Johnathan Williams has been chosen as a member of the SBN Black College All-American Team along with current G-Men wide receiver Chad Williams and defensive back Guy Stallworth. Williams, of Tampa, Fl, had been previously selected as the Southwestern Offensive Player of the Week and SWAC Player of the […]
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Hill helps bring Lady Tigers a win
It was a slow start for both Lady Tiger squads in the Lee E. Williams Athletic and Assembly Center as the combined score at the end of the first quarter for the teams was only 37, but things began to change as assists and shots from guard Shakyla Hill helped give Grambling State University the […]