Thirty-seven seasons in, which Bayou Classic games mattered the most? I’m talking turning-point moments. Not just because that particular day was (or wasn’t) a big win, but because it had a lasting impact. Leading up to Saturday’s Bayou Classic, TheDerisoReport will make its Six Points. Add your own, or join in the conversation, in the [...]
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Preseason SWAC basketball picks: Jackson State men, Southern women
The Jackson State men and Southern women have been named preseason picks to win the Southwestern Athletic Conference in 2010-11. Jackson State was last year’s regular-season SWAC men’s basketball champion. The Southern women claimed both the regular-season and tournament crowns in 2009-10. Here is the complete polling, with total votes and then first-place votes in [...]
Former football player, scout Adolph Byrd's fingerprints are all over Grambling legacy
Adolph Byrd’s voice was far from the most popular at Grambling College when he returned to the school in 1946 after World War II to complete his education. But it gained more and more influence, respect and recognition over the years en route to becoming one of the first 40 members of the Grambling Legends [...]
Currie honored for role in establishing GSU women's hoops
Mary Currie, who averaged 20.7 points and 8.3 rebounds over her record-smashing career, helped turn the Grambling women’s basketball program into a SWAC power in the 1980s. That’s earned her 2010 induction into the Grambling Legends Sports Hall of Fame, with ceremonies set for 6 p.m. July 17 at the Monroe Civic Center.
'Doc' Harvey joins old friends in Grambling Legends hall
Eugene “Doc” Harvey will be encountering plenty of familiar faces on Saturday at the Grambling Legends Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony. If an athlete played for Grambling in the last 50 years, chances are that athlete ended up on Harvey’s training table. Harvey was a trainer and physical therapist at Grambling for “34 or [...]
Grambling, Robinson family mourn Yankees owner George Steinbrenner
Eddie Robinson Jr. couldn’t hold back tears Tuesday afternoon when reminiscing about the relationship between his family and New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, who died at age 80 Tuesday morning of a heart attack. “It’s a very personal loss,” said Robinson, son of legendary former Grambling State University football coach Eddie Robinson. “It’s like [...]
Cage-Bibbs comes full circle with Grambling Legends nod
Fred Hobdy had simple words of encouragement when Patricia Cage-Bibbs talked about leaving: “If you can make it at Grambling,” he told her, “you can make it anywhere.” Hobdy, the legendary former GSU men’s basketball coach and athletic administrator, was right, of course. Cage-Bibbs, after putting the Grambling women’s basketball program on the map, has [...]
No word yet on return of Grambling quarterback Greg Dillon
Grambling is still waiting for word on another year of eligibility for quarterback Greg Dillon. GSU athletics director J. Lin Dawson said the NCAA has asked for additional documents, its third such request since the school petitioned to gain a sixth season for Dillon.
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