Chris Herrington
Columnist
Chris Herrington covers the Memphis Grizzlies and writes about Memphis culture, food, and civic life.
There are 1639 articles by Chris Herrington :
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October 2018
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Memphis Grizzlies In the first half, Marc Gasol looked a lot like his team: slow of foot and uncertain of mind. Gasol got (a little bit) better in the second half, which was more than you could say for the team as a whole. -
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies Game Day: A must-win home opener?
A home opener is supposed to be a day of celebration, whatever the future holds, not a time for the biting of fingernails. -
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies Postgame: Conley, Gasol get offense into gear in win over Hawks
It’s a first-quarter timeout at the Grizzlies home opener and Grizz, the mascot, comes through the tunnel with something in his hands. It’s an infant in costume, a bear-cub cutie. Grizz carries his cub to midcourt, “Circle of Life” from The Lion King playing. He raises the little one above his head, toward the rafters. The crowd -- appropriately -- roars. -
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies forward JaMychal Green to miss at least a month with broken jaw
For the second season in a row, Grizzlies forward JaMychal Green will miss significant time due to a random injury suffered in the team’s home opener. -
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies Game Day: A short road trip minus a key big man
The Grizzlies are hitting the road for a two-game West Coast trip a man short, with forward JaMychal Green likely out more than a month with a broken jaw suffered in the second half of Friday’s home opener. -
Memphis Grizzlies Road Recap: Grizzlies 92, Jazz 84
For the first time in nearly a year, the Grizzlies can look at the NBA standings and see themselves in the black. The last time the Grizzlies had a winning record was November 15, 2017, when they began their day 7-6. With an unexpected road win against the Utah Jazz on Monday night, the Grizzlies move to 2-1. -
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies Mailbag: Jaren Jackson Jr.’s future, Conley and Gasol’s sustainability, Bickerstaff’s coaching and more
Welcome to the first Grizzlies Mailbag of this season. This one was a test-run, with no guarantee of a follow-up, but I got more good questions -- on short notice -- than I had time and space to use. -
Memphis Grizzlies Road Recap: Kings 97, Grizzlies 92
This was one of those games, for the Grizzlies, where the outcome that mattered most was not the final score. -
Chris Herrington Politics doesn’t always make you nauseous (only most of the time)
There’s a bit early in Primary Colors, Joe Klein’s written-as-Anonymous 1996 roman a clef on the 1992 Bill Clinton campaign, that comes to me from time to time. -
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies Game Day: Hosting the Suns, hoping for health
Marc Gasol heard a pop and then went numb. -
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies Postgame: Gasol leads balanced offense in romp over Suns
NBA practices are off-limits to non-team personnel, but listen closely and you can hear (some of) what goes on behind closed doors. -
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies Game Day: Which team really has the stars when the Grizz and Wiz(ards) face off?
Five games into an 82-game schedule is too soon to draw firm conclusions. The Grizzlies’ most-used lineup so far has played only 22 minutes and features two players (JaMychal Green, Chandler Parsons) out and likely to be for a while longer. They’ve played three games against teams widely projected to be among the league’s half-dozen worst. -
Visual Arts A viewer’s guide to the Indie Memphis Film Festival
Indie Memphis, which begins on Thursday, contains multitudes, with an endless number of films big and small, feature and doc, across multiple venues and multiple days.
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November 2018
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Chris Herrington Searching for Memphis in Justin Timberlake’s new tome
One of the more memorable Memphis cultural moments of the past several years was Justin Timberlake’s 2015 induction speech for the Memphis Music Hall of Fame. -
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies Mailbag: Zach Randolph’s future, Chandler Parsons’ contract, Kyle Anderson’s role, and more
Welcome to the second Grizzlies Mailbag of the 2018-2019 season, where the Grizzlies are piling up wins and we’re piling up questions. Let’s dig in. -
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies waive Andrew Harrison
Andrew Harrison was waived by the Memphis Grizzlies, the team announced Thursday morning, a move apparently made to create roster flexibility for future needs. -
Music Jerry Lee Lewis, Carla Thomas surprise and thrill as Memphis Music Hall of Fame adds seven new members
Some nights begin with a bang. The 2018 Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony started with a ball of fire. -
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies Game Day: Jaren Jackson Jr.’s fouls, Andrew Harrison’s departure, and the weekend matchups
As the Grizzlies head out on a three-game Western Conference road trip, a quick look at a couple of the team issues of the moment and the matchups this weekend: -
Memphis Grizzlies Road Recap: Grizzlies 110, Jazz 100
Is it too early to think about playoff positioning? The Grizzlies secured at least a season-series tie with the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City Friday night, beating the Jazz in their building for the second time in the season’s first seven games. The win moves the Grizzlies to 5-2 and tied with the San Antonio Spurs for fourth place in the Western Conference. -
Memphis Grizzlies Road Recap: Suns 102, Grizzlies 100
For the first time this season, the Grizzlies found themselves in a single-possession game in the final five minutes. -
Memphis Grizzlies Road Recap: Warriors 117, Grizzlies 101
We’ll find out by Tuesday night whether there’s a “blue wave” in the midterm elections. But on Election Day eve, the Grizzlies ended their three-game West Coast road trip submerged by a familiar Golden wave. -
Chris Herrington Election Day Notebook: Blackburn wins ugly, urban-rural divide deepens, Gibson’s gets flack, and more
Two quotes in the closing days of this year’s midterm election, both on the subject of the “migrant caravan” as a political motivator: -
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies Game Day: Conley, Gasol will try to get back on track to start three-game homestand
After losing both halves of a road back-to-back, what will home-cooking mean for the Grizzlies big two? I mean Shelvin Mack and Dillon Brooks, of course. -
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies Postgame: Grizz hand Nuggets second loss
Winning big is fun, but winning close is better. The building back-and-forth tension is a richer, deeper experience, creating the kind of basketball games that keep you up, sifting through the string of moments lingering in your mind. These games seem longer, in a good way, because all 48 minutes matter. -
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies: Ten Takes After Ten Games
Ten games does not a season make, but it’s close enough to draw some preliminary conclusions. The Grizzlies have played four games at home and six on the road. Record-wise, they’ve played two of the league’s three best teams (Warriors, Nuggets) and three games against two of the league’s three worst (Suns, Wizards). What do we think we know so far? Here’s an annual taking of the temperature, now at a new home. Ten takes after ten games.
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