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 585 articles by Don Wade :
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September 2018
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Sports 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. -
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 New AAF Entry Dubbed the Memphis Express
They are no longer a football team without a name. -
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? -
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 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. -
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. -
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.
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October 2018
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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. -
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 New season, same truth: Jeremiah Martin vital to Tigers
The peak and the valley arrived on a Thursday night in late February at FedExForum. -
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 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. -
Sports UConn brings nation’s worst defense to Memphis
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. -
Memphis Grizzlies Any preseason a bonus for Grizzlies coach J.B. Bickerstaff
When the Memphis Grizzlies open the regular season on Oct. 17 at Indiana, they will have played just five preseason games and the Pacers will have played only four. -
Sports UCF Knights less than likable
The UCF Knights might have become America’s latest college football darlings (see State, Boise, and the Jan. 1, 2007 overtime victory against Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.) -
Sports Points Aplenty: UCF scoring in bunches at “warp speed”
In 2017, UCF had the most prolific offense in the land – leading the nation with 48.2 points per game. After that undefeated season, head coach Scott Frost was off to Nebraska. Josh Heupel, who had been offensive coordinator for the high-flying Missouri attack the previous two seasons, replaced Frost. -
Memphis Tigers Football Henderson’s big day isn’t enough for Tigers to hold on against UCF
By the end of the first quarter, Memphis running back Darrell Henderson had rushed 12 times for 115 yards and a touchdown. Whatever the team’s fate Saturday against No. 10 UCF, there was not going to be any chance that second-guessers could point to the nation’s leading rusher not getting the ball enough. -
Memphis Grizzlies Learning Curve: Like all rookies, Jaren Jackson Jr. has one
Orlando Magic guard D.J. Augustin was cruising toward the basket for a right-handed layup. That’s when from the left corner 6-foot-11 Jaren Jackson Jr. flew to the other side of the rim and blocked Augustin’s shot. -
Sports Stubby Clapp’s name continues to surface as major league teams fill vacancies
Memphis Redbirds manager Stubby Clapp’s name emerged Tuesday afternoon as a possibility for major league positions with two organizations, including the parent St. Louis Cardinals. -
Sports Redbirds’ favorite son, Stubby Clapp, on verge of return to majors
Stubby Clapp and the boys were still in the Memphis Redbirds’ clubhouse, spraying champagne like a bunch of kids with squirt guns at summer camp. Clapp had just led the team to a second straight Pacific Coast League title amid massive roster turnover that had robbed him of his starting rotation and the heart of his lineup. -
Memphis Tigers Football University of Memphis and QB Brady White focus on finishing
In the aftermath of the 31-30 loss to UCF last Saturday, Memphis quarterback Brady White went straight to the aggravating bottom line: “We should have won that game, no doubt.” -
Memphis Grizzlies In second game Grizzlies look to improve, well, just about everything
The coach liked what he saw on opening night: “Defensively we were really good. … Every guy went out on the floor and played hard. … The intensity didn’t drop off. … I just really liked our effort and execution, playing the game together.” -
Memphis Tigers Football Tigers by any other name, Memphis high school players find success at Missouri
Running back Tyler Badie is a Tiger. He was probably always going to be a Tiger. It’s just that at the last moment, he changed his stripes and flipped from Memphis to Missouri. -
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies’ Garrett Temple was already living ‘Grit and Grind’
The 19-year-old rookie, the guy that was the fourth overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, showed out in his home debut as a Memphis Grizzly. He was fast and he was natural as he scored 24 points, grabbed seven rebounds, and blocked two shots.
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