Buckley: DainjaMan got winged. Then he shed his cape and resumed business.
Memphis big man Dain Dainja (42) moves the ball against Wichita State’s Quincy Ballard (15) during Friday’s AAC Tournament game in Fort Worth, Texas. (LM Otero/AP)
Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
FORT WORTH, Texas – As the Memphis Tigers’ team athletic trainer worked on Dain Dainja’s right shoulder during a late first-half timeout Friday, the pain was evident.
Dainja cringed. Dainja winced. Dainja grimaced.
Lots of grimacing.
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