The Teammate: Cardinals star Yadier Molina comes to Memphis and everyone benefits
An All-Star and a Gold Glove winner, St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina is also a true teammate – even when in Memphis on a rehab assignment.
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.
There are 589 articles by Don Wade :
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August 2019
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Wade: Penny and Tigers start season in Paradise, might end it there, too
This season’s Memphis Tigers basketball team is headed for uncharted waters – literally when they reach the Bahamas next week for their tournament at the Baha Mar resort. -
Memphis Tigers Football Make a difference
New Memphis Tigers special teams coordinator/assistant head coach Pete Lembo sees his job as expansive (knowing every player on the roster) and having a direct correlation to winning and losing.
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Spirit of Memphis Wade: All aboard for a rollicking Memphis sports season
Not so long ago, the future for the city's "Big Three" sports teams wasn't very promising. Now? Buckle your seat belt, a wild ride could be ahead.
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Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies open at Miami; play five of first seven games at home
Memphis opens the season on the road at Miami, before playing six of its next seven games at FedExForum. Mike Conley returns with Utah Nov. 15.
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Sports Wade: New Memphis AD Laird Veatch chose Memphis as much as Memphis chose him
Luring Laird Veatch from the University of Florida was roundly considered a strong hire for University of Memphis president M. David Rudd and Memphis.
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Sports Memphis Redbirds/St. Louis Cardinals Notebook
The St. Louis Cardinals shuffle the coaching staff, bringing up Memphis Redbirds hitting coach Jobel Jimenez.
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Sports Growing up in the game
Memphis Redbirds outfielder Dylan Carlson, the St. Louis Cardinals’ No. 2 prospect, has had one goal ever since he can remember: be a major-league baseball player. Now, he’s very close.
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Sports Finding his rhythm: Redbirds’ Ben Johnson more comfortable in the manager’s seat
Germantown High grad and first-year Memphis Redbirds manager Ben Johnson is growing in the job and, of late, his team has played quite well.
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Memphis GrizzliesNo. 2 pick Ja Morant is already First Grizzly
Grizzlies rookie point guard Ja Morant hasn't even played his first NBA game and already he is the new, hope-filled, face of the franchise.
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Sports AutoZone Park’s tattered playing field to be replaced
Weather and the lifespan of the field – not the combination of baseball and soccer at AutoZone Park – are the main reasons the grass surface soon will be replaced.
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Sports Memphis Redbirds Notebook: September call-ups soon to be few and far between
This September represents a last, best, opportunity for some Memphis Redbirds to get that late call-up to St. Louis; next season, MLB rule changes will drop the September active roster limit from 40 to 28.
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Memphis Tigers Football Corral provides some experience at quarterback for Rebels
Ole Miss quarterback Matt Corral my be classified as a redshirt freshman, but he has four games of experience entering Saturday's neighborhood showdown with Memphis.
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Memphis Tigers Football Ole Miss Notebook: Rebels hope right tackle Givens can play
The Ole Miss Rebels hope senior right tackle Alex Givens can play Saturday at Memphis. Meanwhile, a group of running backs will rotate behind starter Scottie Phillips.
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Sports Wade: Ole Miss can’t wait to get started, leave the past in the past
Now eligible for the postseason and NCAA recruiting restrictions lifted, Ole Miss comes to Memphis Saturday ready to turn the page. "It's a brand-new season," said linebacker MoMo Sanogo.
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September 2019
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Sports Ole Miss defense a ‘bright spot’ in 15-10 loss to Memphis
While the offense struggled, the defense gave Ole Miss a chance before falling to Memphis 15-10 Saturday.
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Sports Redbirds’ season over, but several players join St. Louis Cardinals
With a late push, the Memphis Redbirds stayed in the playoff hunt until the last series of the season. Manager Ben Johnson, a Germantown High School graduate, hopes to be back in 2020.
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Sports Nostalgic for Grizzlies’ glory days? Watch these St. Louis Cardinals
Grit & Grind might have been coined in Memphis years ago with the Grizzlies, but you can still see it on display every night in this edition of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Memphis Grizzlies Mike Conley’s last Bowl-N-Bash won’t end his fight against sickle cell disease
Mike Conley's annual Bowl-N-Bash to raise awareness to sickle cell disease is this Saturday — the 11th and final year for the event as the former Grizzlies point guard moves on to Utah.
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Music Former Yankees star Bernie Williams to share Crosstown Theater stage with Kirk Whalum
Bernie Williams, once an outfielder for the New York Yankees, has traded his baseball bat for a guitar. On Sunday, he will accompany local saxophonist Kirk Whalum in a Crosstown Theater show.
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Sports AutoZone Park gets new playing surface
AutoZone Park has a new Bermuda hybrid playing surface in time for the Triple-A National Championship Game and the end of the Memphis 901 FC season.
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Sports After winning titles in Memphis, Stubby Clapp in race for a pennant with Cardinals
Former Memphis Redbirds manager Stubby Clapp is on the front lines as first base coach as St. Louis Cardinals pursue playoff berth.
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Sports Navy football wants ‘best of the best,’ and that includes Memphis players
The Naval Academy's football team has a definite Memphis flavor, with seven area players on the roster and three on the travel squad coming to town for Thursday night's game at the Liberty Bowl.
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Memphis Tigers Football Tick, tick, tick ... Navy wants to own clock at Memphis
Navy's goal at Memphis this Thursday night is simple: shorten the game, win the game.
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Memphis Tigers Football Navy Midshipmen had Tigers where they wanted them — until they didn’t
For a half, Navy had everything working before Memphis snapped out of its troubles, turned up its offense and pulled away from the Midshipmen in the second half.
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