Memphis Showboats head coach will not return in 2025
After leading the Showboats to a 2-8 record in his one and only season, Memphis and head coach John DeFilippo have parted ways. The team’s general manager is out too.
Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
There are 398 articles by Tim Buckley :
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SportsBuckley: Big 12, ACC pros and cons as Memphis looks to leave AAC
The Memphis Tigers’ aspirations to join a higher-profile league than their current one, the American Athletic Conference, are no secret.
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GolfBuckley: Viktor Hovland is in love. With Memphis’ TPC Southwind.
TPC Southwind hasn’t always been kind to Viktor Hovland, especially at 18. But last year’s FedEx Cup champion has no grudge with the Memphis course. “I love this place,” he said.
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GolfBuckley: Collin Morikawa birdies, St. Jude benefits. That’s a win-win.
Every birdie by Collin Morikawa this week at TPC Southwind is money in the bag for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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GolfBuckley: Scottie Scheffler has reason to smile. It’s not what you might think.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler has won Olympic gold and the Masters this year, but he is in Memphis this week with a bigger reason to smile.
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Golf Handling Memphis’ heat a hot topic for FedEx St. Jude Championship players
With Memphis under an excessive-heat warning, weather is a hot topic for FedEx St. Jude Championship players at TPC Southwind. But that didn’t stop Denny McCarthy from blistering the course.
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Golf London theft led to FedEx St. Jude leader’s last-minute caddie swap
Hideki Matsuyama has a five-shot lead into Sunday’s final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Replacement caddie Taiga Tabuchi made a last-minute trip to Memphis after regular caddie Shota Hayafuji lost his passport.
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Golf Former Memphian had a hand in Dunlap’s top-five FESJC finish
Nick Dunlap, who finished tied for fifth Sunday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, credits a former Memphian, CBHS product Josh Gregory, for boosting his big year on the PGA Tour.
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SportsBuckley: Ed Scott learned a lot about Liza Fletcher. And about Memphis.
As Memphians gathered to honor Liza Fletcher with a new stadium, Memphis Tigers athletic director Ed Scott learned a lot about his new community.
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Memphis Tigers Football Nick Saban teases the Memphis Tigers on College GameDay
The former Alabama coach called the University of Memphis by the wrong name as he speculated about the team’s chances for this season’s newly expanded, 12-team College Football Playoff.
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Memphis Tigers FootballBuckley: Planes. Trains. Construction. Dude, Tigers’ expectations are high.
The Tigers are building something big in Memphis ─ and a $220 million stadium revamp is living proof.
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Memphis Tigers FootballNIL’s great debate: Should student-athletes be university employees?
With some players making more than professors, should student-athletes be classified as full-time university employees? A few Memphis Tigers respond.
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SportsJimmy Sexton, Lane Kiffin featured in new book
An influential Memphian figures prominently into a new book examining the topsy-turvy world of college football.
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Memphis Tigers FootballGroup of Five debate: Should there be a separate playoff for certain G5 teams?
The Memphis Tigers’ new athletic director isn’t keen on the new AAC commissioner’s interest in discussing the idea of a different playoff for Group of Five teams that don’t crack the College Football Playoff.
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Memphis Tigers FootballGroup of Five playoff picks: Predictions for the Tigers
Media members from around the country predict which Group of Five programs will compete for a College Football Playoff berth and where the Memphis Tigers fit in.
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SportsFour Downs with Finebaum: ESPN’s own answers local college football questions
SEC football commentator Paul Finebaum digs into the Tigers’ College Football Playoff chances, Ole Miss and Tennessee expectations and fond Memphis memories.
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Memphis Tigers FootballBuckley: With Sutton Smith down, all Tigers eyes are on Mario Anderson
With running back Sutton Smith injured in a season-opening win over North Alabama, South Carolina transfer Mario Anderson must step up in a big way for the Memphis Tigers.
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SportsFour Downs with Finebaum: SEC blowouts and hot seats, Memphis ‘in great shape’
ESPN college football expert Paul Finebaum answers The Daily Memphian’s questions after Week 1 games.
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SportsNew U of M athletic director addresses lost football revenue, sagging ticket sales
Memphis athletic director Ed Scott says his biggest concern is sales of single-game tickets. But the Tigers are also projecting more than $750,000 in lost revenue due to the ongoing Liberty Stadium renovation.
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SportsTigers fundraising on a roll as stadium renovation continues
Dollars are flowing in since Ed Scott’s late-June hiring and his late-July arrival as the Memphis Tigers’ new athletic director.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballUnderstanding the Memphis Tigers basketball mess
The Memphis Tigers basketball program is facing a whirlwind of staff departures and NCAA violations. So what exactly does this all mean?
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Memphis Tigers FootballBuckley: Silverfield’s Tigers have focus. Attention on them, sadly, is lacking.
Coach Ryan Silverfield’s Memphis Tigers football team is doing some good things, but its success seems lost in the distraction of a basketball program in disarray.
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Memphis Tigers FootballFour Downs with Finebaum: Nico Iamaleava is really good; Tigers need win
ESPN college football expert Paul Finebaum answers The Daily Memphian’s questions after Week 2 games.
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SportsNew student-athlete housing a ‘recruiting advantage’ for the Tigers
The new building will be located close to soccer, baseball, softball and track and field venues, including the future Liza Wellford Fletcher Stadium.
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Memphis Tigers FootballBuckley: It was all rainbows for Memphis. And a dark cloud hangs over FSU.
No. 25 Memphis beats Florida State on a day so much went so right for Ryan Silverfield’s Tigers, but don’t tell the coach about polls, playoffs or rainbows.
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