Any parent would agree that it is not easy to raise a child, but it is even more difficult when you are also working towards a degree. Heidi Thomas isk a 23-year-old senior here at Grambling State University, but more importantly, a mother who has to deal with the heartache of not being with her […]
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GSU guard keeps faith
Grambling’s men’s basketball team has had a tough start this season. With the team competing in the Southwestern Athletic Conference this spring, they are still short of wins. Basketball is about having a strong memory, taking chances, and becoming great at the game that you love to play. There is a team player who has […]
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Stuart Scott, ESPN-great, dies at age 49
Stuart Scott, one of sports broadcasting’s most notable on-air personalities died Jan. 4 after a 7-year battle with cancer. In 2007, Scott went to the hospital for a severe stomach ache. Doctors discovered that it was his appendix. After surgery, his physicians deemed that it might be cancerous, unfortunately they were correct. That diagnosis triggered […]
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Mens Basketball Team falls to Alcorn State
A’Torri Shine led the Tigers in last night’s game with 21 points in the Tiger’s 70-72 loss against Alcorn University. The Tigers were only down by 3 at half time, but found themselves fighting for their lives in the end. Eventually, it was not enough for the Tigers to come out with the victory. Alcorn’s […]
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Miller takes talent overseas
Joanna Miller as a member of Lemvig Basket. She is averaging 22.8 points per game in Denmark From the United States to Denmark, former Grambling State University Lady Tiger basketball star Joanna Miller continues to excel professionally overseas in the sport that she loves the most. During her two-year tenure at GSU, Miller led the […]
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Last Game In The Hole
Anthony McGhee will never forget the day Grambling State University’s football team grabbed national headlines. He doesn’t consider last fall’s boycott a bad thing either; instead he sees it as something positive that brought the team together. “Regardless of what you have been through, you can always get something greater out of it,” said McGhee, […]
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G-Men keep rolling against Mississippi Valley
Naysayers and nonbelievers of head coach Broderick Fobbs’ G-Men football squad were heard throughout the press box in Rice-Totten Stadium during last Thursday’s game. “This will be an easy win for Mississippi Valley.” “And they (Grambling) say their record is 6-0 in the SWAC?” These were just a couple of comments rendered, but what onlookers […]
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Branch finishes strong
GSU soccer player Robblyn Branch finishes senior year on the field while maintaining a 3.9 grade point average You may hear the whistles. You may feel the crack of helmets clashing with one another. You may see the lights late at night, but what you don’t hear, what you don’t feel, and what you don’t […]
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From intramural to Division I baseball
Marlon Pruitt from West Bloomfield, Mich., is a transfer from Eastern Michigan University. This time last year Pruitt would be in his dorm room playing video games or in the campus recreation center playing basketball. Back at EMU Pruitt was a member of an intramural baseball team where he pitched and played first base. He […]
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Grambling rolls past Texas Southern
Conference standings and bragging rights were up for grabs as two Tiger teams went head to head last Saturday evening. Texas Southern University was the hosting team in the BBVA Compass Stadium with a record of 5-3. Grambling State University defeated TSU 35-7. The G-Men entered Houston seeking revenge on the TSU Tigers from last […]