Golf tournament to be played without fans at TPC-Southwind
Despite efforts to get fans to the local professional golf tournament this month, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic will prevent spectators at TPC-Southwind.
Don Wade
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Don Wade has been a Memphis journalist since 1998 and he has won awards for both his sports and news/feature writing. He is originally from Kansas City and is married with three sons.
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July 2020
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Metro As pandemic continues, local doctors see other health problems creeping up
Lurking in the shadows – or in some cases, right out there in plain sight for anyone willing to look – are myriad unintended health consequences of this pandemic.
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Memphis Grizzlies Sports Notebook: Serious NBA ‘bubble’ concerns; FedEx wants ‘Redskins’ name changed
From Ja Morant to Damian Lillard, NBA players have concerns about the Orlando "bubble" and continued safety; plus, FedEx makes a formal request for NFL's Washington Redskins to change the team's name.
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Memphis Tigers FootballWade: At Memphis, a conversation far beyond football
At Memphis, head coach Ryan Silverfield is encouraging his assistants to have real conversations with players about real things and for players' voices to be heard. Assistants John Simon and Anthony Jones have taken that to heart, while also wondering what lies ahead for their own children.
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June 2020
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SportsWade: National anthem never asked to be at every game; maybe it shouldn’t be
It began as a poem written during the War of 1812. A century later “The Star-Spangled Banner” was our unofficial national anthem. Today, without the social injustice conversation that accompanies it, we might barely notice it at all.
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Golf‘Hush, Y’all’ gives WGC-FESJI a better chance at having fans
The PGA TOUR is not immune to positive COVID-19 tests. But with the WGC-FESJI five weeks away, executive tournament director Darrell Smith hopes some fans can attend.
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Memphis Tigers FootballYes, players are testing positive, and yes football season has a chance
If college football is to start its season and continue its season, all involved parties will have to be adaptable, smart and willing to follow protocols, says Memphis Athletic Director Laird Veatch. And even then? No guarantees.
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Golf Sports Notebook: WGC-FESJI could see field shrink; long odds on the Grizzlies
Brooks Koepka, the 2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational champion, just withdrew from a tournament because his caddie tested positive for COVID-19. It's a scene that could play out at TPC Southwind as the virus cuts down the field one by one. Also, AAC launches Racial Equality Action Group.
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Sports It’s official: No professional baseball at AutoZone Park this summer
MLB will have a 60-game season, but with no minor-league season, no St. Louis Cardinals "taxi squad" working out in Memphis and no pop-up league for minor-league free agents. AutoZone Park will not have any pro baseball this year.
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Sports Sports Notebook: Ole Miss evolving, bears vs. masks, and Precious Achiuwa
The University of Mississippi might find its preferred name of Ole Miss and its Rebels nickname to be targets for change. Plus, you might be more likely to find a bear in the mountains than you are to find homo sapiens wearing masks on the streets of downtown Gatlinburg.
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Business Alabama group buying USA Stadium and GameDay in Cordova
Upper Deck Sports, LLC, out of Huntsville, Alabama, is buying GameDay Baseball in Cordova and USA Stadium in Millington and making a $5 million investment, when including renovations to the facilities.
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Memphis Tigers Football From fantasy to reality: Memphis football indoor practice facility almost complete
For decades, the notion of an indoor football practice facility at the University of Memphis was the stuff of dreams, but no longer. The $10.6 million facility is almost finished.
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Sports Sports Notebook: Silverfield listening; Norvell apologizing; NBA worried about ‘older’ coaches
Reflection on a rough week where communication was key in the wake of George Floyd's death, plus other information and stories as part of this week's Sports Notebook.
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Memphis Grizzlies Return of NBA will feed our sports (fast food) obsession until it doesn’t
Have the last few challenging months changed our appetite for the NBA season, especially playing out in a “bubble” laboratory in Orlando? Will fans in Memphis and across the country treat the return of the NBA on TV as a chance to gorge, or will they get their fill sooner than expected?
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Memphis Tigers Football Memphis football is back! Well, for players to take their physicals
Blocking and tackling is still a long way off. But, this weekend, Memphis football players returned to campus. Job one: Get their physicals as they continue to absorb the virtual playbook.
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May 2020
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Metro Ben Johnson knows of racial prejudice, but believes America can do better
The son of a black mother and a white father, Memphis Redbirds manager Ben Johnson grew up in Whitehaven and Germantown with a foot in both worlds. Even after recent events in Minneapolis, he hasn't lost hope for a more civilized America.
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Sports Sports Notebook: A mock NBA Draft to hate, and a beer to love
This mock NBA draft has some unsettling projections for the Memphis sports fan. Meanwhile, a brewery strikes a blow for everyone offended by those cheating Houston Astros.
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Sports Mike Rose Soccer Complex could have “soft” reopening in June
The Mike Rose Soccer Complex lost five tournament events to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact ran in the "hundreds of thousands of dollars," general manager Kim Talley said.
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SportsMemphis baseball’s Hunter Goodman named an All-American
Catcher Hunter Goodman, who played at Arlington High, is the 11th player in the history of the University of Memphis baseball program to receive All-American by Collegiate Baseball recognition.
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Memphis Grizzlies Sports Notebook: NBA mulls plans; an assist from Conley; AAC is Texas-bound
If the NBA resumes, it is doubtful the Grizzlies will play at FedExForum. And don't hold your breath that there will be baseball at AutoZone Park.
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Sports Hard habit to break: Coronavirus risk will mean ‘there’s no spitting in baseball’
If MLB games return amid the pandemic, they will do so minus the time-honored baseball tradition of near-constant spitting — or at least that's the goal.
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Memphis Tigers Football Tigers football team of 2019 claims virtual bragging rights
In a battle of trash-talking Tiger teams, the 2019 version used the running of Kenneth Gainwell and his two fourth-quarter touchdowns to defeat the 2014 Tigers in a simulated game.
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Memphis Grizzlies For Memphis fans, returning to games amid pandemic will be a calculated risk
Sports are returning and, eventually, fans too. But will fears of contracting the coronavirus keep Grizzlies and Memphis Tigers fans home? That depends – on a lot of things.
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Memphis Tigers Football Picking a winner: Online simulator to pit 2014 Memphis football team against 2019 Tigers
The 2014 University of Memphis football team kicked off a six-year run of bowl appearances. The 2019 team won the AAC championship and reached the Cotton Bowl. The better team? An "online simulator" will attempt to tell us with a best-of-seven showdown.
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Suburbs Game on? COVID-19 pandemic puts youth sports venues in holding pattern
Local youth sports venues sustaining substantial losses amid novel coronavirus pandemic, but competitive baseball tournaments could be up and running before the end of May.
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