Chris Herrington
Acquiring masks has been too much of a community adventure
The diversity of masks and their origins would be charming if it wasn’t yet another sign of official dysfunction in our collective approach to controlling a pandemic.
Chris Herrington
Columnist
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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Chris HerringtonHerrington: Reopening? We’ll wait and see
The city and county can loosen restrictions, but a tour of Midtown and Downtown neighborhoods shows businesses and potential customers still have decisions to make.
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Memphis GrizzliesGrizzlies ‘Rewind’ weekend preview: Z-Bo becomes a legend, Grizz-OKC goes to 3OT
“Grizzlies Rewind: Playoff Edition” broadcasts remind us of the thrills of days and players gone by — especially the heroics of Z-Bo.
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April 2020
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CoronavirusQuarantine Cuisine: Lucky Cat Ramen
The Lucky Cat takeout menu offers family meals for four or six. The ramen, with ingredients packaged separately, travels surprisingly well.
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Chris HerringtonHerrington: When will Memphis reopen? Memphis never closed
The past month has meant navigating a matrix of official restrictions and individual decisions, and so will the many months — maybe years — to come.
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Chris HerringtonHerrington: First thoughts on Shelby County’s ‘back-to-business’ framework
Shelby County's path through coronavirus is a faucet not a switch: We'll gradually loosen the local economy, but will be prepared to restrict the flow of activity again if and when the virus spikes.
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Chris Herrington Herrington: When it comes to coronavirus in Memphis, ‘Tennessee’ only means so much
A constant factor of Memphis life seems more pressing now than usual: To paraphrase Texas songwriter Joe Ely, we may walk the streets of Memphis, but we’ll have you understand, Tennessee is not entirely the state we’re in.
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Memphis GrizzliesGrizzlies ‘Rewind’ weekend preview: Conley dons the mask, Battier buries the past
The Grizzlies and Fox Sports Southeast begin an eight-game, four-weekend trip through the team's playoff past, with new commentary from Tony Allen. Up first: Mike Conley's "mask game" and the franchise's first playoff win.
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Coronavirus The Extra Podcast: Inside the ICU
What Chris Herrington saw and learned in his exclusive tour of Baptist’s COVID fighting efforts.
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Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies Notebook: Jaren Jackson Jr. Zooms, Niele Ivey jets and throwback games on tap
Jaren Jackson Jr. talks about training at home and what he's watching and the impact of now-former assistant coach Niele Ivey, who became Notre Dame's head coach on Wednesday.
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Chris HerringtonHerrington: Lee’s decision is no green light; now we all live in the flashing yellow
Impatience was always going to be part of this matrix: There’s a natural urge to get past bad situations without fully dealing with them. But a governmental failure has fed this impatience, and it didn’t come from Nashville.
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Food Destination: Delicious Podcast: Isolated with takeout and TV
Jennifer Biggs, Chris Herrington and Natalie Van Gundy talk takeout and what they’re watching on the tube.
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Chris Herrington Herrington: Local book, record shops ‘essential’ to the city we want to keep
These are not just places to go to find a thing you know you want. They are places to be. To share space with people who share your affinities. They are at their best when you go in just to browse and a book or record finds you.
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ReviewsQuarantine Cuisine: Hog & Hominy
Take-and-bake “pizza kits” of three of Hog & Hominy’s most elemental pies are available as part of the curbside takeout program at Catherine & Mary’s on South Main.
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Food Destination: Delicious Podcast: Keeping it in the house
What do you do when the cupboard's kinda bare and you're not supposed to go shopping and even if you do the stores are nearly empty?
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Chris HerringtonHerrington: There’s too much we don’t – but should – know about coronavirus in Memphis
Shelby County has had deaths in 2.25% of coronavirus cases, compared to 1.61% in the rest of the state and 0.84% in Nashville’s Davidson County. Does this suggest that racial disparities are spiking higher rates locally? For now we can only guess.
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Memphis GrizzliesThe 50 best moments of the 2019-2020 Memphis Grizzlies season (Nos. 25-1)
From game-winning layups to buzzer-beating setups, Ja-dropping dunks landed or just missed, Ja Morant's personal highlight reel dominates our list of the best moments of the Grizzlies' season.
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Memphis GrizzliesThe 50 best moments of the 2019-2020 Memphis Grizzlies season (Nos. 50-26)
From irritating "King James" to dunking on the "Greek Freak," the Grizzlies proved a surprise to the rest of the league this season. Here are the first 25 of the 50 best moments from a young team ahead of schedule.
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Spirit of Memphis Herrington: Bootleg or DIY masks a sign of Memphis coming together to stay apart
The bootleg T-shirts that inspire Rebecca Fava’s face masks were symbols of a city coming together. Her masks, and other homemade endeavors like them, are perhaps fitting symbols of the city in pandemic times — coming together by staying apart.
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Chris Herrington Herrington: Scenes from the ‘crisis schooling’ front
Our forced experiment in not-really-home-schooling is likely to accelerate educational inequalities. My kids have a fridge full of food, reliable internet and two still-employed parents at home. Many of their fellow public school students do not have all of these things. Too many may not have any of them.
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March 2020
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Memphis GrizzliesGrizzlies final report: Jaren Jackson Jr. and the rest of the team’s bigs
Jaren Jackson Jr. took some big steps forward, and a couple to the side, in his second season. Looking ahead, he may be the Grizzlies' tipping-point player.
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Chris HerringtonHerrington: Coronavirus uncertainty suggests Memphis in ‘Maybe’
Managing the coronavirus pandemic will be an uncertain process that takes more than a year to navigate. Are big public festivals compatible with this new reality?
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Chris Herrington Herrington: Back to business by Easter? Memphis leaders likely to follow science, not rhetoric
There are no good answers now. Only bad choices and worse ones. But evidence suggests that going hard on social-distancing is the best long-term bet for both public health and the economy.
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Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies final report: Ja Morant and the rest of the team’s guards
A good year for the backcourt: The Grizzlies found a star in Ja Morant and keepers in Tyus Jones and De'Anthony Melton.
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Chris Herrington Herrington: Strickland’s leadership encouraging as coronavirus hits home for Memphis
Whatever you think of his policy priorities, Strickland prides himself on being a data-driven executive, and his managerial seriousness has served him, and the city, well in this unprecedented moment.
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