The Grizzlies’ second-year center scored a career-high 32 points and celebrated the end of the Thanksgiving weekend by gobbling up 17 rebounds. Zach Edey has career-high 32 points to lead Grizzlies past KingsRelated content:
“Ryan Silverfield is off to Arkansas? That’s hog heaven for Memphis fans.” Ryan Silverfield leaving Memphis for Arkansas Memphis football names interim head coach The carousel spins: Potential Memphis football head coach candidatesRelated content:
Today, almost all Americans can trace their lineage back to another part of the world. The Daily Memphian recently talked to 16 locals — including business owners and a former mayor — about their families’ journeys to America.
Belly Acres has suffered through some tough times recently, but a new trio has taken over the operations to resurrect the restaurant, starting in Southaven’s Silo Square.
Chef Shayne Diaz aims to honor the food and culture of the Philippines at her new restaurant Kuya, which is set to open at the former BedRock Eats & Sweets location.
Also happening this week: Memphis-Shelby County Schools and Porter-Leath are hosting drives for holiday gifts and winter wear.
Memphis Chess Club’s 65th annual tournament draws players from around the region to three-day competition.
“How can I do this life well? What is it that you can pass on to me so that I will not have to relearn the same lessons at the expense of my own heart, mind, body and relationships?”
Virginia Reed Murphy visits “The Sidebar” to discuss Everystory, a group that uses theater, improvisation and the performance to help people express themselves and analyze challenges.
ALCO Management and Junior Achievement get new additions and a promotion.
Are you a Wordle fan? Try WordRow, a similar game. It’s free to play.
Today’s photo is of the birria bowl at Babalu.
“... They might consider reaching out to a “branding” expert. They are seemingly stuck with a name that just doesn’t resonate with hungry diners.” — Jerry Palazolo about ‘Quiet turnaround’ underway for Belly Acres
“We are a nation of immigrants.” — Jim Mulroy about How these Memphians got here: Stories about family and the American dream
“Vandy’s Anchor Downs Vols.” — Steve Gaither about No. 12 Vanderbilt beats in-state rival No. 18 Tennessee
* Select comments upvoted by Daily Memphian readers.
Are you ready for it? Here are today’s sudokus.
Lauren Rogers, head of the Upper School at St. Mary’s said the school has a “moral obligation” to staunch the widening gender gap in STEM education.
UMRF Ventures, a private, for-profit subsidiary of the University of Memphis Research Foundation, has been creating IT jobs and other service positions for college students since 2017.
The Memphis Tigers had everything in front of them heading into November, but Thursday’s loss to Navy capped a disappointing month.
Ellen Chamberlain and Holly Whitfield talk about their favorite food stories from the year and three Memphis restaurants on their radars for 2026.
Restaurants at Silo Square include a coffee shop, a bagel shop, breakfast, barbecue, lunch, dessert and a wine bar. Here is the definitive dining guide to the Southaven development.
Also opening this week: “Zootopia 2” hits the big screen along with Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen and Miles Teller.
“Regardless of political affiliation or denomination, Christian people must speak clearly and with one voice that such treatment of the immigrant or cultural outsider in our midst is immoral and in direct opposition to the way of Jesus.”
Theresa Schuenke moved to Memphis from Milwaukee in early 2025 to run the kitchen at Cooper-Young’s Fawn restaurant. She’s also the guest on this week’s “Sound Bites.”
This jigsaw puzzle is a photo of the historical marker at Centenary United Methodist Church and was taken by Bill Dries.
Tennessee awarded dozens of Shelby County schools “reward” status, a credential for top academic performance. See if your school made the list.