Chris Herrington
Columnist
Chris Herrington covers the Memphis Grizzlies and writes about Memphis culture, food, and civic life. He lives in the Vollentine-Evergreen neighborhood of Midtown with his wife, two kids, and two dogs.
508 articles by Chris Herrington :
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November 2018
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Let posterity note that rookie Jaren Jackson Jr. set a new career scoring high with an alley-oop dunk that doubled as a "Whoomp! There It Is!" request, a FedExForum rite of passage that pushed the Grizzlies lead to a game-high 14 points in the third quarter of an eventual 112-104 win over head coach Dave Joerger, suited-and-booted Zach Randolph, and rest of the oh-so-familiar visiting Sacramento Kings. -
Grizzlies Game Day: Sorting season may start now in the Western Conference playoff race
Every NBA season for every team meanders from fall to spring at an irregular rhythm. Some turns are hard ones (an injury, a trade), other points of departure are only seen in hindsight. -
Grizzlies Mailbag: Jaren Jackson’s role, the Carmelo Anthony possibility and more
The Grizzlies are coming off a big win in Milwaukee, with an interesting, and potentially telling, stretch of games ahead. -
Road Recap: Grizzlies 116, Bucks 113
Mike Conley scored nine points in the last 3:13 to preserve a late Grizzlies lead in Milwaukee, including a spinning fadeaway in the lane to keep the charging Bucks at bay with under 30 seconds to play. -
What Dillon Brooks’ injury means for the Grizzlies
Dillon Brooks exited Grizzlies practice on Tuesday afternoon with a brace on his left knee and a cane in his right hand. It’s a disappointing turn in what had already been a disappointing start to the second season for the team’s unexpected break-out rookie of last season. -
Herrington: What do Nixon, Clinton and Trump have in common? For now, it’s Elvis
My first reaction when I saw Elvis Presley was getting the Presidential Medal of Freedom was puzzlement: This hasn’t already happened? And, why now? -
Grizzlies Postgame: Grizz survive Sixers in overtime to remain perfect at FedExForum
The Grizzlies stayed undefeated on the FedExForum floor with a 112-106 win over the Philadelphia 76ers, but it took an extra five minutes to get there. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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: -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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: -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.
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October 2018
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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. -
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. -
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. -
Grizzlies Game Day: Hosting the Suns, hoping for health
Marc Gasol heard a pop and then went numb. -
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. -
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.
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