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Diamond Tigers begin SWAC season with hot streak

Grambling State’s baseball team started hot in Southwestern Athletic Conference play.  The Tigers opened the season at 8-1 in conference play after securing a series win against Southern and two series sweep against Alcorn State and Arkansas Pine Bluff.  Grambling defeated Southern two of the three game series to open […]

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The late ‘Prez’ Jones to have baseball jersey retired

Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones – also known as ‘Prez’ Jones – who was Grambling State University’s second president and first baseball coach, will have this weekend by getting his jersey number 30 retired.   Jones was not only the second president of Grambling State University, he also founded the university’s […]

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Coach Rob to be honored on birthday

Eddie G. Robinson left his mark nationwide and at Grambling State University, becoming the winningest coach in NCAA history with 408 wins before being later surpassed.    Robinson, who passed away in 2007, will be honored during a 104th Birthday Remembrance celebration starting at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at […]