The Gramblinite
Friday, July 4, 2025
GLENN LEWIS/The Yearbook The newest members of the Grambling Legends Sports Hall of Fame are: (front) Bunny Hudson; (standing, from left) Ben Williams, Goldie Sellers, Evette Willis (representing her father J. D. Garrett), Howard Davis, Alice Jackson, Clarence Harris, Walter Dean, Nelson Jones (representing father Albany Jones), Charlie Anderson Jr. […]
Bob Hopkins, a basketball legend at Grambling State University who was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall f Fame in 1978, died May 19 at the age of 80. He suffered from heart and kidney disease. A Jonesboro native, Hopkins is survived by his wife of 57 years, Beverly, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Larry Donnell was signed by the Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He wears the number 84 jersey for the New York Giants. Donnell the quarterback at Grambling State threw two passes as a freshman in 2007, completing one of them for a 51-yard touchdown. Late that […]
Nadine Domond, head coach of the GSU women’s basketball team, traveled to Minnie Ruffin Elementary of Monroe to bring awareness and enlighten kids on how they can prosper in their future. “I took this invitation because I wanted the community to know that ‘everybody is somebody’.” I wanted to bridge […]
A back to back state champion and most valuable player from New Living Word High School (NLWS) has signed with Grambling State. Six-foot-seven senior, Javier Roper, was named MVP for the second year in a row averaging 19 points and 10 rebounds per game. This first team all-star had signed […]