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Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life.
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For better or worse, the NBA has positioned Christmas Day as a kind public launchpad for a season already well-in-progress. The Memphis Grizzlies, however, have the holiday off.
Did Draymond Green play the worst basketball game of all time? Chris Herrington breaks it down and also looks into Zach Edey’s return to the starting lineup.
One of the year’s best films mostly bypassed theaters and will be available on HBO’s streaming service, Max. It’s a little bit “12 Angry Men,” a little bit Alfred Hitchcock and a little bit John Grisham.
The NBA trade deadline isn’t until Feb. 6, but Chris Herrington looks at a handful of potential targets for Memphis. Grizzlies Insider: Which current team do Memphis fans dislike the most?Related content:
“The Brutalist,” a nearly four-hour widescreen epic from a little-known filmmaker, hasn’t yet screened in Memphis, but it should get a wider release in the run-up to the Academy Awards.
This week, Sheet Cake celebrates its first birthday, Ikea hosts a Swedish Christmas feast and Soul & Spirits has six Taylor Swift-themed beers.
There are still a bunch of film award contenders on-deck, waiting to make their Memphis debuts, but only one is showing up in local theaters this week.
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington talk about the Memphis Grizzlies’ winning stretch and a new season-long outlook for the team.
All-Defense, All-NBA and All-Star should all be in play for Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr. How likely are they?
The big activity in local theaters this week is the annual Indie Memphis Film Festival, but those screenings aren’t your only options.
Times are good for a team now up to second place in the West. How good? Chris Herrington tackles that in this mailbag’s first question.
Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. combined for 59 points as Memphis defeated Boston in Boston for the first time since 2013. Box score: Grizzlies 127, Celtics 121 Ja Morant scores 32 in Boston, to help Grizzlies snap 32-game losing streakRelated content:
It’s time again for the quarterly Memphis Grizzlies Mailbag. In this edition, Herrington talks about the NBA team and also gets into movies and Christmas.
While “Wicked,” “Gladiator II” and “Moana 2” dominate screens, you can also catch Glinda, Elphaba, Dorothy and Toto on the big screen at the Pink Palace.
Why are the Grizzlies entering this week with a six-game winning streak, tied with the Orlando Magic for the longest active one in the league? Part of it is due to the play of Smart and Clarke.
The Grizzlies are now 3-0 this season with Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Desmond Bane all available for a full game. And the franchise got its first ever “NBA Cup” win on Friday after starting 0-6 in such games over two seasons. Grizzlies win fifth in a row with victory over Pelicans Box score: Grizzlies 120, Pelicans 109 Grizzlies Insider: Ja Morant likely to play Friday against New OrleansRelated content:
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss Ja Morant’s dynamic return from injury, a busy Thanksgiving week schedule and how the Grizzlies may deploy what could be their deepest roster ever.
Ja Morant is back in flight and back in control, dominating the game with the Trail Blazers with 22 points and 11 assists in only 23 minutes.
From the team’s “New Offense” to defensive fundamentals, here are Chris Herrington’s 10 takeaways from the Grizzlies’ season so far.
This pre-Thanksgiving weekend brings a couple of prestige-oriented films to the big screen, alongside stars Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Denzel Washington and Pedro Pascal.
The 2002 album “Justified” from Justin Timberlake, who plays the FedExForum Saturday, is almost certainly the most successful album to mention “Memphis, Tennessee” in its first 30 seconds.
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discussed the Grizzlies’ loss to Denver, response against Philadelphia and the potential a winning streak is on the horizon.
The troubled Sixers put their three top players on the floor together for the first time this season. But it was the Grizzlies who got it right. Jackson, Bane lead Grizzlies to 117-111 victory over PhiladelphiaRelated content:
With more options comes more decisions, and 14 games in the Grizzlies don’t seem quite settled.
This week, learn cocktail science at Lichterman, spend an evening in Paris at the Orpheum and hear IMAKEMADBEATS’ new album — but with lasers.