Hardaway on Tyre Nichols: ‘My heart is big for the city’
“I want to be a part of the blessing and the positivity of it moving forward,” Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway said. “That’s just where I am with the city.” (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis’ fifth-year basketball coach was asked Thursday night if he had any comment on the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols due to injuries sustained at a traffic stop.
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Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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