Don Wade
Reporter
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.
There are 589 articles by Don Wade :
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October 2018
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Sports For most of the first half, Connecticut kept last weekend’s game with undefeated Cincinnati competitive. The Huskies trailed by a touchdown late in the first half and were driving. An apparent touchdown turned out to be merely a close call when the receiver was ruled to have touched the sideline. -
Sports Hardaway wants an active, selfish Kyvon Davenport
Forward Kyvon Davenport was never better than in the Memphis Tigers’ first-round 79-77 victory over USF in the American Athletic Conference Tournament last March. Career-high 29 points, nine rebounds, 10-for-13 from the floor, 4-for-7 from 3-point range. -
Memphis Grizzlies Firm foundation? With healthy Mike Conley, Grizzlies say yes
On Oct. 19 at FedExForum, the Memphis Grizzlies will tip off a new season against the Atlanta Hawks. At that moment, with ball and anticipation in the air, last season’s 22-60 debacle officially moves off-stage. -
Sports New season, same truth: Jeremiah Martin vital to Tigers
The peak and the valley arrived on a Thursday night in late February at FedExForum. -
Sports Tunica sportsbooks open for wagers; football drives the action
Behind the counter at the Horseshoe Casino’s sportsbook in Tunica, employees wearing black-and-white striped shirts are taking wagers. The ghost of disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy apparently is not even a memory, bad karma having been cast out on these winds of change. -
Sports Talking the Talk: The sports betting terms you need to understand if you’re getting in on the action
Truck racing. Mixed martial arts. College lacrosse. Rodeo. College hockey. Bull riding. And pro bowling.
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September 2018
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Sports Preparations underway for WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational
The first FedEx St. Jude Invitational, a World Golf Championships event, is still almost 10 months away. But at TPC Southwind near the tournament office, a backhoe stands on a hill ready to be put to work. -
Sports Stubby Clapp to Toronto Rumors Escalate
John Gibbons knew he would not be returning to Toronto as the Blue Jays manager and it didn’t take long for him to go to work on endorsing a successor. -
Memphis Grizzlies Rookie Earned Respect: Dillon Brooks Grew Up Fast
The best moment of your rookie season and the worst? This is the question before the Grizzlies’ Dillon Brooks and he goes straight to his personal tire fire. -
Memphis Tigers Football Tulane treating Memphis game as start of new season
When the University of Memphis plays at Tulane Friday night, the Tigers will face a team with a 1-3 record coming off a 49-6 drubbing by Ohio State. And that lone victory? Over Southland Conference member Nicholls. -
Memphis Grizzlies Parsons declares himself of sound body and mind at midway point of his 4-year deal
Chandler Parsons’ most recent trip out of the country was not to Cancun, Mexico. Remember that hot-take social media moment, Parsons and his crew sporting “Chancun” caps for their All-Star break vacation and Grizzlies fans losing their minds? -
Sports New AAF Entry Dubbed the Memphis Express
They are no longer a football team without a name. -
Sports Memphis Springboard
Father and son were both still in uniform. Dad had just managed the Memphis Redbirds to their second straight Pacific Coast League championship. His uniform was damp with champagne. -
Sports Memphis Redbirds finish ‘magical’ season with resounding victory in Triple-A title game
The Memphis Redbirds were leading the Durham Bulls 8-0 in the fifth inning of the Gildan Triple-A National Championship Game Tuesday night when NBC Sports Network took a moment to interview John Mozeliak, the St. Louis Cardinals president of baseball operations.
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