The political past of Tigers basketball
A U of M flag billows behind a statue of the late Larry Finch that was unveiled at the University of Memphis Oct. 28, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
Two former Tigers basketball players have sought elected office before with one winning and the other coming close.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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