Penny Hardaway on Sincere Parker’s legal troubles: ‘We’re still gonna love him’
For the first time since Memphis Tigers basketball guard Sincere Parker’s arrest last month for allegedly attacking his then-girlfriend, coach Penny Hardaway spoke publicly on the matter Wednesday.
The 23-year-old Parker — who transferred to the Tigers in April from McNeese — was charged with aggravated assault and vandalism and booked into Shelby County Jail on July 19 for the incident that allegedly occurred in late May.
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Parth Upadhyaya
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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