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 Sports [...]
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.
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 35 [...]
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 we lost [...]
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 since tacked [...]
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.
Months after a program-defining moment, Grambling golf is on the chopping block.
Continuing efforts to balance a teetering budget could, in fact, result in GSU dropping as many as four sports — men’s and women’s golf, as well as the school’s tennis teams.
But Coach Tegtira Thomas and the men’s golf squad, coming off their best showing [...]
The big stars of the Air Coryell years — quarterback Dan Fouts, tight end Kellen Winslow and wide receiver Charlie Joiner — all ended up in the Hall of Fame.
“He was a giant,” said Joiner, a former standout at Grambling. “Don Coryell was a great offensive coordinator, a great head coach, and above all, [...]
As unassuming off the field as he was dramatic on it, Sammy White is finally finding recognition for a too-often overlooked football career.
A three-time SWAC champion, twice both All-SWAC first team and NCAA Division II All-America, a three-time NFL All-Pro, then a five-time league champion over an 11-year stint as assistant coach at Grambling State [...]
Fifteen contributors from Grambling State University lore — including Super Bowl XXII MVP Doug Williams — have earned 2010 induction into the Grambling Legends Sports Hall of Fame.
This year’s honorees also include two-time American Football League all-star Garland Boyette, 400-game winning women’s college basketball coach Patricia Bibbs, hall of fame trainer Eugene “Doc” Harvey, 1950s-era [...]