Penny Hardaway talks Hoops for St. Jude, staff challenges at reception
Hardaway spoke to reporters Thursday at the National Civil Rights Museum during a cocktail reception for Saturday’s annual Penny Hardaway Memphis District Golf Classic.
Topic: Memphis Tigers
RSSThere are 2520 article(s) tagged Memphis Tigers:
-
September 2024
-
-
Tigers basketball to host North Carolina, South Carolina in games benefiting St. Jude
The Tigers’ men’s and women’s basketball teams will face two of the toughest teams in the country in a doubleheader that will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
-
Junior college transfer Bouna Kebe commits to Memphis
Bouna Kebe, a 6-foot-10 big man, averaged 11.2 points and 7.1 rebounds per game last season as a sophomore for NJCAA Gillette (Wyoming) College.
-
Memphis Tigers women’s soccer team falls on road to Tennessee, 1-0
The loss was the first in the regular season in over a year for the Tigers. Memphis’ last loss in the regular season was on Aug. 27, 2023, at Alabama.
-
Calkins: Ed Scott is the man for the moment. But can he save Penny Hardaway?
Scott said Hardaway would absolutely, unequivocally be back “based on every piece of information I have right now, today.” Tomorrow, the information could be different.
Related content:
Memphis AD: Hardaway will ‘absolutely, unequivocally' stay Tigers' coach
-
Clarence Jones of the Tigers’ 1973 NCAA runner-up team dies
“You’ll hear it from everybody, but Clarence just was a great guy, soft-spoken, good person — just always had a great spirit about him,” said Murry Bartow, son of then-Tigers coach Gene Bartow.
-
Amid controversy within Memphis program, Penny Hardaway responds
In a Q&A with national college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, Hardaway said, “I don’t need the money. I came back to the school to teach young men and to try and help my city out and my school out and it’s like I’ve been under some microscope that’s unbelievable.”
-
Here’s everyone who has worked for Penny Hardaway — and what happened to them
Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway announced Wednesday that four coaches would not return, just two months before the Tigers open their 2024-25 season against Missouri at FedExForum on Nov. 4.
-
Memphis Tigers running back Sutton Smith out for the season
Smith suffered what appeared to be a lower-body injury near the end of the first quarter of last week’s 40-0 win against North Alabama.
-
Former Tiger Jahvon Quinerly announces retirement from basketball
The 6-foot-1 point guard who played for Memphis last season explained his retirement decision via Instagram.
-
Memphis AD: Hardaway will ‘absolutely, unequivocally’ stay Tigers’ coach
Scott said Memphis has not gotten an update from the NCAA regarding the case stemming from Malcolm Dandridge’s eligibility status, whose findings Scott confirmed the Tigers self-reported to the NCAA.
-
Memphis AD to appear on ‘The Geoff Calkins Show’ amid basketball chaos
Ed Scott will speak publicly after Tigers basketball coach Penny Hardaway announced he’d parted ways with members of his staff and an anonymous letter alleged Memphis violated NCAA rules.
-
Multiple Memphis basketball staff members no longer with program
Tigers coach Penny Hardaway’s staff is getting a major shake-up just weeks before the start of the 2024-25 season.
-
Penny Hardaway announces major changes to Memphis coaching staff
Memphis Tigers athletic director Ed Scott was asked about the coaching staff changes and said, “I have no comment on that.”
Related content:
Multiple Memphis basketball staff members no longer with program
-
Memphis Tigers acknowledge anonymous allegations sent to NCAA
The University of Memphis confirms that an anonymous letter was sent to the NCAA alleging widespread rules violations in its men’s basketball program.
Related content:
Here’s everyone who has worked for Penny Hardaway — and what happened to them
Penny Hardaway announces major changes to Memphis coaching staff
-
Tigers 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.
-
Calkins: Rick Stansbury is the latest to go — and the chaos is not ideal.
“Penny Hardaway has fired Rick Stansbury and three other staffers just weeks before a new season begins. The continuing chaos is not ideal.”
-
Memphis football is close but still not ranked in AP, Coaches polls
The Memphis Tigers remain unranked but received the most votes of any Group of Five team in the Coaches Poll and the second-most in the AP Top 25.
-
Tigers Talk: Should Memphis mull adding Arterio Morris to ’24-’25 roster?
The Daily Memphian writer Parth Upadhyaya and columnist John Martin answer questions including what impact will Tim Duncan have, and can Penny Hardaway regain the fans’ faith?
-
-
August 2024
-
Memphis basketball adds final game to non-conference slate: Ohio Bobcats
Memphis and Ohio have met just once previously.
-
Memphis athletic director puts new hire Tim Duncan in charge of basketball
Duncan will work directly with Tigers coach Penny Hardaway as part of his responsibilities.
Related content:
Tim Duncan returns to Memphis to help Tigers ‘kick the door in'
Memphis hires Tim Duncan, Terrence Lollie to leadership positions in athletic department
-
Tim Duncan returns to Memphis to help Tigers ‘kick the door in’
Duncan, a former Tiger basketball player under coach Larry Finch and a teammate of Penny Hardaway, is back where it all started in a leadership role with the athletic department.
-
Memphis hires Tim Duncan, Terrence Lollie to leadership positions in athletic department
New Memphis Tigers AD Ed Scott fills two key leadership positions on his staff.
-
Penny’s packages pilfered
A thief stole multiple pairs of Nike shoes from Coach Penny Hardaway.
-
Liza Wellford Fletcher Stadium plans unveiled
The new stadium is another way to memorialize Eliza Fletcher, who was abducted and killed during her morning run two years ago.
-