The Board of Directors of the Grambling Legends Sports Hall of Fame have announced the seventh Hall of Fame induction class. There will be a reception July 10 at 4:30 p.m. in the Eddie G. Robinson Museum to honor the new inductees. The Legends Hall of Fame Induction Program will […]
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Grambling Legends Sports Hall of Fame announces inductees of 2015 class
The Board of Directors of the Grambling Legends Sports Hall of Fame have announced the seventh Hall of Fame induction class. There will be a reception July 10 at 4:30 p.m. in the Eddie G. Robinson Museum to honor the new inductees. The Legends Hall of Fame Induction Program will […]
Athletic Department to offer activities for children
This summer a host of sport programs plan to have several camps for the locals. The camps will range from youth players to high schooler. Football One-day football camps will be held in three different locations this year: Neville High School in Monroe on June 26; BREC Memorial Stadium […]
Simmons named interim athletic director of GSU
Before the end of the spring semester, former interim President Dr. Cynthia Warrick announced that Dr. Obadiah Simmons would assume the role as interim athletic director of Grambling State University. This became effective May 1. Now, Simmons will oversee the university’s 17 athletic programs. He is also the interim […]
Former baseball players get opportunity in MLB
In the past six years, five Grambling baseball players have been drafted to play at the professional level. Wednesday, Edwin “Woody” Drexler was drafted in the 38th round by the Los Angelos Dodgers. The Jeanerette native recently from Grambling in May with a bachelor’s degree in sports management. “It means […]
Dad has always been my rock
Father’s Day is approaching quicker than I thought. What can I get my father to show him that I appreciate him and all that he does? As I think of something, I also wonder why we in America wait until Father’s Day to show our appreciation? In my generation, there are […]
Guest Columnist
ldquo;Hello, welcome to Highlights.” These were the words I used to introduce myself to the Grambling family every week from 1973 to 2009 on a radio show of that name I hosted on KGRM radio. That was a period that helped me to better know the strong historical connection between […]
Guest Columnist
ldquo;Hello, welcome to Highlights.” These were the words I used to introduce myself to the Grambling family every week from 1973 to 2009 on a radio show of that name I hosted on KGRM radio. That was a period that helped me to better know the strong historical connection between […]
Student Perspective
A father can be known as many things such as a deadbeat, a sperm donor, sole provider, protector, man of the house, community leader or even a father to the fatherless. Now I know it may be sort of cliché, but for most of my life I was reared in […]
High school foundation’s charter application moves forward
The Grambling High Foundation’s charter application continues to move forward. The foundation submitted an application to the Louisiana Department of Education on March 6 to convert the Grambling State University Laboratory Schools into a Type 2 K-12 charter school. The school would be called the Grambling Laboratory Charter School. Converting […]