Floyd protest Day 6 blog: Night of protests ends quietly
Protest groups moved around, as did police. But it all ended peacefully as everyone went home before the 10 p.m. curfew.
Chris Herrington
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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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Chris HerringtonMemphis’ largely peaceful protests warrant praise and relief, but also action
Protesters distributed a list of “suggested demands” at a weekend rally. Some are easier to achieve than others given the coronavirus-spiked budgeting chaos. All, perhaps, are debatable. But it would do the city great good for the current moment to become a more actionable one.
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May 2020
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Sound Bites Destination: Delicious Podcast: New and old restaurants opening
Jennifer Biggs is joined by Chris Herrington to talk about new and old restaurants opening, the all-important ampersand, what bbq they like and where they like it, at-home paella and more.
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Chris HerringtonThe most painful chord in American memory: We all just watched two lynchings
So, yes, I do not care about whether a college basketball player stands up for an anthem. To complain about such a thing in this moment seems to me pointless, trivial, a kind of profanity.
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Memphis Grizzlies As the NBA plans a path forward, does the league have it in for the Grizzlies?
As the NBA looks at a variety of plans to return to the court, the Memphis Grizzlies path to the playoffs has a lot of different scenarios -- some good; some not rewarding the team for its regular-season performance so far.
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Chris HerringtonHerrington: Our coronavirus situation is stable, but we still have choices to make
When the Memphis/Shelby County Joint COVID Task Force moved from daily to twice-weekly briefings this week, I saw it as a sign that living with the virus, and accepting that you’re living with it, means not being gripped by a crisis report day after day after day.
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Memphis GrizzliesGrizzlies questions and answers as the NBA prepares for return
The NBA has been in discussions with the Walt Disney World about hosting games in a controlled “campus” or “bubble” environment in Orlando. And it looks like the Grizzlies will be part of the picture.
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Memphis GrizzliesGrizzlies final report: Dillon Brooks and the rest of the team’s wings
The Memphis Grizzlies will enter the offseason with a lot of options but plenty of unanswered questions on the wing.
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Chris HerringtonHerrington: Tom Lee Park is on the right path, but questions remain
The general footprint of the plan to renovate the park – three “stages” with separation and a smaller covered venue – mimics the footprint of Memphis in May's Beale Street Music Fest, but in a way that would make a good park even without it.
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Arts & Culture Herrington: Alone in the Jungle Room and other notes as Graceland reopens
How do you measure 6 feet of social distance in Elvis speak? Where the Memphis Zoo stenciled 6-foot markings of snakes and alligators on the ground when they reopened, Graceland has gone with six gold records or six teddy bears.
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Memphis GrizzliesAs NBA inches toward season resumption, Grizzlies extend ‘Rewind’ series
The Grizzlies opened their practice facility as the NBA offices discusses a resumption of the 2019-2020 season. Meanwhile, three more weekends have been added to their recent “Grizzlies Rewind” broadcasts of franchise-favorite playoff games.
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Chris Herrington Herrington: Government mask ordinances risk doing more harm than good
The elevation of mask-usage into a kind of political symbol is a drag — it’s flat-out dumb — but it’s happened, and I’d worry that a government requirement, even a loosely enforced one, would increase the political strife around the issue without a commensurate increase in compliance.
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Spirit of MemphisJournalism helps you know your community
It’s hard to imagine many places of Memphis’ size with history and culture so rich and a sense of place so profound.
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Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies reopen practice facility for voluntary, individual player workouts
This week, the Memphis Grizzlies joined the growing list of NBA teams who have reopened their practice facility to voluntary, individual player workouts. League-wide, practice facilities were closed on March 19 because of coronavirus concerns.
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Chris Herrington Herrington: Thoughts on ‘Phase 2’ and the great mask debate
The operational difference between “Phase 1” and “Phase 2” was always fairly narrow and has grown more so via “phase creep.”
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Memphis GrizzliesGrizzlies ‘Rewind’ weekend preview: A first second-round win and Conley mask redux
This weekend's Grizzlies "Rewind” broadcasts — featuring fresh commentary from broadcaster Chris Vernon and former Grizz great Tony Allen — hit two more notable entries in the franchise’s playoff back pages.
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Chris Herrington Herrington: Forrest saga on path to surprisingly amicable end
The Forrest statue made the park unusable space for most Memphians. The Sons of Confederate Veterans lost the battle for the hearts and minds of Memphis, thank goodness, long before they lost the legal battle over moving the monuments to Forrest and Jefferson Davis.
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Memphis Grizzlies Will the NBA finish the 2019-2020 season? Ja Morant votes yes
With hints of restarting the NBA season, questions still remain on how to get the league up and going after the hiatus from the coronavirus pandemic.
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Chris Herrington Herrington: The Memphis Zoo takes a cautious step forward with reopening
Before the pandemic, the Memphis Zoo was a choose-your-own-adventure endeavor, but for the time being, visitors will be guided in one direction around the exhibits. “If you’re just here to see the giraffes it’s going to take you awhile, because you’re going to have to walk the walk,” says zoo CEO Jim Dean.
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Memphis GrizzliesGrizzlies ‘Rewind’ weekend preview: The most chaotic game in franchise history
In the 2013 playoffs against the Clippers, the Grizz dropped the first two games, but won the next four. The last game featured 7 technicals, 2 ejections, a floor brawl and the crowd chanting "Finish them."
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Chris HerringtonAcquiring 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.
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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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