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On this episode of The Daily Memphian’s Memphis Grizzlies podcast, beat writer Drew Hill and columnist Chris Herrington discuss the team’s disappointing road trip.
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On this episode of The Daily Memphian’s Memphis Grizzlies podcast, beat writer Drew Hill and columnist Chris Herrington discuss the team’s disappointing road trip.
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Defining Midtown is perhaps the key question of Memphis geography, in part because it helps define the rest of the core city. If Midtown is encased by Downtown, South Memphis, East Memphis and North Memphis — and maybe that’s debatable, too — then defining Midtown partly defines the rest.
The Grizzlies have two very different Defensive Player of the Year candidates in Jaren Jackson Jr. and Dillon Brooks. But the duo’s on-court synergy has given the team what might be the NBA’s best defense.
This week, manifest your dreams with a vision board, or learn the arts of mindfulness and origami. Plus, Lisa Marie Presley will be in town for Elvis’ birthday weekend.
As the “Elvis” movie looks ahead to possible Oscar nominations, an exhibit about the making of the film opens at Graceland.
Chris Herrington and The Athletic’s John Hollinger talk about the defensive rise of Dillon Brooks, the sophomore seasons of Santi Aldama and Ziaire Williams and how the Grizzlies might approach the trade market.
Other Memphians to receive the award include Sun Records founder Sam Phillips (1991), Beale Street jazz legend W.C. Handy (1993) and Royal Studios impresario Willie Mitchell (2008).
Director Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” was cited as the film “that best evokes the spirit of the South” this year.
Jones is a backup point guard, one of the better ones in the NBA. But he conceives himself as more, the Grizzlies now pay him as more, and over the past couple of seasons he’s been playing that way.
Jaren Jackson Jr. is the favorite to win Defensive Player of the Year. Drew Hill and Chris Herrington break down his chances.
The Grizzlies are the only team in the top five in tossing oops in both half-court and transition basketball. Find you a team that can do both? Found ‘em.
This week, a TheatreWorks play centers on Chicago’s Pekin Theater, the Mid-South’s wilderness is on display at the Dixon and the 1980s are back at Minglewood.
Dating back to the Pyramid days, this game and all that surrounds it is a major event for Memphis and for the Grizzlies, once a symbol of the city’s arrival as an NBA market and always a testament to its meaning.
Chris Herrington ranks the Mid-South’s coffee shops by best atmosphere, best pastries, best outdoor seating and, with a humble asterisk, best coffee.
Today, we wrap up our local coffee shop guide by heading to East Memphis and beyond, from the University District to the Heights, from just beyond the loop to the Collierville Town Square. To Whitehaven and Southaven and Bartlett and Germantown.
As we continue our three-part Coffee Shop Guide, we hit Midtown, where Memphis’ modern coffee shop scene all began.
As coffee shops have gotten more serious about these dark arts and home setups increasingly mimic what professional baristas can concoct, connoisseurship is definitely on the rise.
With the Grind City Coffee Xpo heating up this weekend, Chris Herrington looks at the way Memphis’ coffee culture has evolved.
While the Elvis estate is overseen by a separate company, Lisa Marie Presley had been the sole owner of the mansion and its grounds, inherited after her father’s 1977 death. Lisa Marie Presley: 10 things you didn’t know ‘Passionate, strong and loving’: Tom Hanks, Billy Idol, Sean Lennon remember Lisa Marie PresleyRelated coverage:
This week, the late George Hunt has a posthumous exhibition, Playhouse presents the story of Alabama’s “Scottsboro Boys” and Black Lodge hosts a showtunes rave.
The Grizzlies tied the longest winning streak in franchise history by making the plays in the final seconds to edge the Cavaliers 115-114.Related story:
Are Ja Morant’s Grizzlies too young to win a title? Chris Herrington examines that question and fields queries on potential playoff matchups, rotations and more in this month’s Grizzlies Mailbag.
Who says snacks can’t be a solo meal? But, if that goes against your principles, get a sandwich on the side.