NEW ORLEANS — Grambling State’s late rally try fell just short Saturday as Southern held on for a 27-22 win over the Tigers in the 50th annual Bayou Classic at Caesar’s Superdome. The Tigers opened scoring on a one-yard touchdown run to go on top 7-0 with 1:17 left in […]
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Track & Field teams move into outdoor seasons
The Grambling State University men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams finished the 2023 SWAC indoor championships with multiple athletes getting medals. GSU’s men finished in ninth place in the team standings, while the women claimed 10th in the team standings. Dior Nicholson got second place in […]
Tigers beat Jags to stay atop SWAC West
The Grambling State baseball team traveled to Baton Rouge last weekend to play the rival the Southern Jaguars in a three-game set that went down to a deciding rubber match on Sunday. In Game One, Grambling jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead in the top of the second […]
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 […]
Tigers’ feel good about men’s hoops season, future
While the Tigers fell one game shy of earning a berth to a NCAA Men’s Basketball Play-In Tournament game, the 2022-23 season was still a historic run for the G-Men of Grambling State University. Grambling State finished with a modern-day record breaking 24 wins, ending its 2022-23 season at 24-9, […]
Grambling hoops great Willis Reed dies at 80
Legendary Grambling basketball player Willis Reed passed away Tuesday at the age of 80. Reed was most known for his championship years with the New York Knicks. Born in the small town of Hico, Louisiana, in Lincoln Parish, Reed went on to play his entire 10-year professional career with the […]
Coach Ellis’ No. 30 baseball jersey to be retired this weekend
Grambling State baseball will honor legendary coach Wilbert Ellis by retiring his No. 30 jersey this weekend. Ellis a native of Ruston, Louisiana native spent 26 seasons as the head baseball coach after serving as the assistant coach to Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones for 17 seasons. He built […]
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 […]
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 […]
History made by GSU’s Doug Williams being built on in Super Bowl LVII
In the 1978 NFL Draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected quarterback Doug Williams from Grambling State University with the 17th overall pick. As Grambling’s quarterback, Williams won three Black College National Championships and two SWAC championships. Williams is a 2001 inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame. In […]