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Grambling State University has reassigned both men’s basketball coach Bobby Washington and women’s coach Donnita Rogers to positions within the department. In three years as head coach — one with the interim tag — Washington led the Tigers to a first-round SWAC tournament upset of Jackson State in 2010 and to the SWAC tournament title game for the first time [...]

Twelve figures from Grambling State University’s athletic lore — including four-time NFL Pro Bowler Albert Lewis, NBA first-round selection Aaron James, and former baseball coach and athletic administrator Wilbert Ellis — will be part of the fourth-annual Grambling Legends Sports Hall of Fame induction class this summer. “The Legends Hall of Fame provides the recognition and notoriety that should have [...]

“I’m just ready to be a pro,” said Grambling State’s junior guard Quincy Roberts as he will forgo his senior season and declare for the 2012 NBA draft. “When you work hard, dedicate, and put your all into what you do, it’s only right that you expect success. I am fortunate enough to seize the opportunity and I will be [...]

Doug Williams may no longer be the head coach of the Grambling State Tigers. KTVE Sports has learned that Williams, who is in his second run at his alma mater, will go into spring drills without a contract approved by the Louisiana State Board. When Williams was hired last spring, he signed a deal with the president and then athletic [...]

Unlike Jacksons State of 2010 and Texas Southern of 2011, the top- seeded Mississippi Valley entered the SWAC tournament as favorites and did not disappoint. If you never seen the Delta Devils in the Big Dance before, you will see it in this year’s NCAA tournament. Kevin Burwell scored 19 points to lead the Delta Devils in another tough match up [...]

The Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers took home their fourth Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament title with a 63-50 win over Alcorn State on Saturday at the Special Events Center. A national television audience on ESPNU watched as the Lady Panthers earned the SWAC automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The tournament bracket will be announced Sunday night on ESPN. Tournament [...]

The 2012 SWAC Tournament promises to be a week filled with great basketball and exciting events. Taking place on Wednesday, March 7, will be SWAC Goes Hip-Hop. The ancillary event is being hosted at The PROPHET Bar in Dallas, Texas, and will feature Grambling State graduate DJ Low Down Loretta Brown; better known as Erykah Badu. Accompanying her, will be [...]

For the first time all season Lady Tiger head coach Donnita Rogers started Markisha Patterson, Brittney Allen, Jasher Blocker, and Tonishea Mack all in the same game, for it would be their last time stepping foot in the Fred Hobdy Assembly Center as a player. The final home game for the Lady Tigers (13-13, 9-7 SWAC) 2011-2012 season concluded with [...]

The Jackson State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has released its 2012 football schedules. The Tigers offer JSU fans an exciting 11 game slate of football action, four of which are home games. JSU, which finished the 2011 season with a 9-2 record, opens the season with a trip to Starkville, MS to take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs in [...]

The Alcorn State Men’s Basketball team rolls to victory over Jackson State, 57-46. The Braves Women’s team couldn’t complete the sweep, as they fell to Jackson State by the score of 76-55.

“We beat our selves every single time,” said Tigers head coach Bobby Washington. After failing to convert on an alley oop at the buzzer Monday night, the Grambling State (3-18, 3-8 SWAC) Tigers dropped their third straight game in a 57-55 loss to Alcorn State (7-16, 4-7 SWAC), despite getting double-digits from three players other than Quincy Roberts. GSU has [...]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -Prairie View A&M’s 55-53 loss to Alabama A&M on Monday night was accompanied with a bit of controversy. Latia Williams of the Prairie View A&M Lady Panthers scans the defense. (Chris Jones) After a defensive stop by the Lady Panthers with about one minute left in the game, freshman point guard Jeanette Jackson traveled after a dead ball [...]

Grambling State’s freshman duo led the way Monday night,and the Lady Tigers’ second half offensive woes are seemingly over. “That’s what we’re working on, being able to finish,” said head coach Donita Rogers. “You also have to look at [the fact that] we’re still starting two freshman in Savannah Carter and Cierra Ceazer. The Lady Tigers outscored the Lady Braves [...]

The 2012 Grambling State Football signess have been announced! The GSU Tigers are aiming to defend their 2011 SWAC Championship by adding 21 high school football players. Listed below is the list of players, positions and high schools of the newest additions to the Grambling State family.    Name Pos. HT. WT. Hometown High School Joshua Alexander DB 5’10 175 [...]

Huntsville, AL —Alabama A&M football will stay in state for seven of its 11 games in 2012, including a trip to Auburn in what is the Bulldogs’ first game against a Southeastern Conference program. A&M, coming off an appearance in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Championship Game, will wrap up the season at Auburn on Nov. 17 – a reported $500,000 [...]

  Alabama State 66, Texas Southern 59 (OT) MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Ivory White scored 21 points and Phillip Crawford added 17 as Alabama State rallied to beat Texas Southern in overtime on Monday night, snapping a three-game losing streak. Texas Southern entered halftime leading 32-18 and pushed that lead to 48-30 behind five straight points from Fred Sturdivant. However, Alabama [...]

Today kicks off an exciting day of hoops in the Southwestern Athletic Conference with five games scheduled. Starting At 4 P.M. the two schools in Alabama will leave their homes and take part in tough road conference games. The Alabama A&M Bulldogs (1-4, 3-11 SWAC) travel to the Clark Center in Baton Rouge to take on the Southern University Jaguars (8-11, 4-2 SWAC).  [...]

Quincy Roberts has come over to the SWAC from the Big East and brought his game to the big stage at Grambling State University. In his first three games of conference play, Roberts leads the SWAC in scoring with a 27.67 points per game average while shooting 50% from the field and pulling down 6.7 rebounds. Despite the Alabama St. Hornets spoiling the Tigers’ conference [...]