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Why Not Us: Grambling Dance, the fifth season of the acclaimed Why Not Us series from Andscape and executive produced by NBA All-Star and entrepreneur Chris Paul, premieres Wednesday, October 4, exclusively on ESPN+. The new, eight-episode ESPN+ Original will take fans beyond the performances of one of the most well-respected HBCU dance lines in the country – the Orchesis Dance Company at Grambling State University. Trailer: https://youtu.be/fRcIoiVci8g
Once the halftime show ends, the NBA will host a celebration commemorating James passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar earlier this month to become the league’s career scoring leader. Jully Black will sing the Canadian national anthem before the game. Utah-based group The Bonner Family will perform “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the Rising Stars game on Friday, then again on Saturday — along with “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” sometimes referred to as the Black national anthem — at the NBA HBCU Classic college basketball game between Southern and Grambling State.
LeBron James was eating at a taco spot here in Central Florida when he saw Grambling State's Shakyla Hill recorded a quadruple double in a women's college basketball game this week. "Me and Swish (J.R. Smith) was like 'holy sh...that's impressive,'" James said Saturday. "It doesn't matter what level you at, what type of league you in, male or female, you able to get a quadruple double in any facet, obviously not with turnovers. She did it with steals.
Hawks All-Star forward Paul Millsap returned to his home state of Louisiana last week where he was honored and made several donations to local charities. Millsap was honored as part of the Champions Tour Kickoff , held on the campus of Grambling State University. The purpose of the event was to spotlight homegrown talent. Millsap was born in Monroe, attended Grambling High School and played college basketball at Louisiana Tech.
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Quincy Roberts is one step closer toward realizing his dream of playing in the NBA. At a Thursday press conference in Harrisburg High School's Kimber Gymnasium, the 2008 Cougar alum made public what had a been something of an open secret in recent weeks – that he was declaring for the NBA Draft. Coming off a year at Grambling State where he finished fourth in the nation in scoring, Roberts figured it was time to take the next step. "Basically I had a pretty successful season and just decided I was ready to go pro," Roberts said. "My coach (Bobby Washington) got fired at Grambling and I'm ready to graduate in May, so I'm ready to move on."
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