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 […]
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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 […]
SPORTS BRIEF
On Wednesday, Grambling State’s Chellane Jones was recognized by the SWAC as one of three Track and Field Athletes of the Week for their outstanding performances in competition during Jan. 15-16. Jones, a sprinter from Dallas, Texas, won the 200-meter dash at the Oklahoma J.D. Martin Invitational with a time […]
As luck would have it
The number 13 is accompanied with great power and hard workers but it’s also worn on the uniform of freshman student athlete, shooting guard Jazmin Boyd of the Grambling Lady Tigers women’s basketball team, under the direction of head coach Nadine Domond. “I chose that number in high school and […]
Teams fall to Texas Southern
The Texas Southern University Lady Tigers (5-0 SWAC, 9-6 overall) proved why they are the No. 1 team in the Southwestern Athletic Conference on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the Fredrick C. Hobdy Arena Center. TSU outscored Grambling (4-2 SWAC, 7-10 overall) in points in the paint (by 10) […]
Tigers aim for turnaround season
March 11, 2014 was the last time the Grambling Tigers Men’s Basketball Team won a Division I game, and it was against Jackson State. Things changed on Jan. 2 when head coach Shawn Walker and his team defeated Alabama A&M University in overtime, 81-78, putting an end to the Tigers’ […]
Domond’s push to rebirth a legacy
When you think of Lady Tiger basketball, two names should automatically come to mind: Patricia Cage-Bibbs and David “Rusty” Ponton, but one might argue that the Lady Tiger Nation is being written a new chapter by Nadine Domond, a product of hall of famer C. Vivian Stringer at Rutgers University. […]
Eddie G. Robinson Stadium improvements will score big
Grambling State University officials are seeking options to renovate the Eddie G. Robinson Memorial Stadium. How do we value the history and tradition of the greatest coach of all-time? File photo Eddie G. Robinson Stadium It’s a question Grambling State interim athletic director, Obadiah Simmons, will soon answer about […]
A look back into Coach Fobbs’ 2nd season and the 2015 football season
Tis the season for a SWAC Football Championship game, but before we go there let’s recap the Grambling State University Tigers football season. The team started their second season under head coach Broderick Fobbs in Berkeley, California against a PAC 12 Conference school, University of California Berkeley Golden Bears. The […]
GSU QB Williams receives excellence award
Johnathan Williams, Grambling State University’s quarterback, received one of two United States Marine Corps Excellence in Leadership Awards during a special Bayou Classic lunch last Friday. Audry Thompson, a Southern University defensive lineman, received the other. Before the big battle on the field Saturday, the Grambling State and Southern football […]