Opinion: When can we stop being tough?
Memphis Grizzlies fans wave Growl Towels during the first half of Game 3 in an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday, April 20, 2017, in Memphis. (Brandon Dill/AP file)
Frank Lanigan
Frank Lanigan is a writer from Memphis. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from what is now the University of Galway and works in communications.
“I’d keep the towels and I’d keep the pride. But I’d like to think of ‘Grit and Grind’ as something we remember rather than an ideal to live up to. Grit should describe what we’ve survived. Let’s figure out how we want to describe the next chapter.”
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