What to expect in Memphis’ game against UTSA
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January 2024
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NFL Week 18: Notable performances from former Tigers
Bryce Huff reached 10 sacks on the year after recording two this week. He tied the 11th-most sacks in a single season by a New York Jets player.
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901 FC adds center-back Tulu
The USL Championship veteran played in San Antonio last season.
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As region play gets set to tip off, MUS Owls are flying high
Senior leadership, defense has MUS off to its best start in 26 years.
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Tragedy, failure, triumph: Showboats quarterback has experienced it all
Ten years ago, Cole Kelley was shot while driving and one of his passengers died. Five years ago, angry SEC fans booed him off the field. Today, he’s starting for Memphis in the USFL.
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The Memphis Showboats’ turnaround fueled by defensive takeaways
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Memphis is gutted for Ja Morant. Let’s hope he can maintain his joy.
Everything you need to know about the NBA All-Star’s season-ending shoulder injury and its impact on the Grizzlies going forward.
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Herrington: Morant’s return was bitterly brief. What lies ahead for Grizzlies now?
The Grizzlies notched one of their best wins of the season without Morant on Sunday, before the team knew of his fate. Perhaps that will help them carry confidence into a “rest of the season” they now know will continue without him.
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Tigers Basketball Insider: Avoiding slow starts a point of ‘emphasis’ for Memphis
“Coming out so flat, these teams are getting up 10, 15 on us early on. I think that just needs to be a (point of) emphasis on the way we start games and us being the physical team first,” said Memphis point guard Jahvon Quinerly.
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Calkins: Morant is done for the season — and all of Memphis is blue
Ja Morant is out for the season and Grizzlies fans are mourning a year that just keeps getting worse. As one Memphian put it, succinctly: “I give up.”
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The Early Word: Ja is out, Mikey is gone and Guy was here
Whether MPD is enforcing the ban on pretextual stops is anyone’s guess. Plus, Collierville rejects Chick-fil-A, and St. Mary’s plans a library to honor Eliza Fletcher.
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Collierville leaders deny preliminary plans for new Chick-fil-A
Collierville leaders denied a new roomier Chick-fil-A due to concerns with traffic.
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How the Showboats fared in the UFL dispersal draft
More than half of the 20 players Memphis drafted came from the New Orleans Breakers’ roster. The Showboats also selected Case Cookus, one of the USFL’s top quarterbacks last season.
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Herrington: Five takes from best weekend of the Grizzlies season (so far)
In taking down the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday and then the Phoenix Suns on Sunday, Memphis won consecutive games for only the third time this season.
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Grizzlies Insider: Turning the corner? Jackson doesn’t want to ‘jinx’ it
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Martin: Mikey Williams is taking his talents elsewhere. That’s his loss, and Memphis basketball’s gain
“Before it could even really begin, the Mikey Williams era at the University of Memphis is over.”
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Tigers freshmen Mikey Williams, JJ Taylor entering transfer portal
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Jayhlon Young serves as unsung hero in Tigers’ win over SMU
Young’s hustle and energy helps Tigers snap out of first-half funk and get momentum and the crowd back into Sunday’s game.
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Buckley: The Tigers must stop flirting with danger. Before they get stung.
“Jahvon Quinerly bailed the Tigers out, again, but even he knows there is a price to eventually pay for living on the edge.”
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Grizzlies Insider: Turning the corner? Jackson doesn’t want to ‘jinx’ it
The Memphis Grizzlies are staying humble as they try to climb their way out of the bottom of the West.
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Tigers beat writer Parth Upadhyaya’s latest AP Top 25 ballot
Did Memphis move up at all in Upadhyaya’s AP Top 25 ballot after two close calls?
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Black Arts Collective is working to change the canvas at the Brooks
With the collective’s knowledge and funding, the Brooks will annually present one major exhibition by Black artists and buy at least one work by a Black artist for its permanent collection.
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The Early Word: One year since Nichols’ fatal stop; Tigers, Grizz wins
Black Arts Collective forms at the Brooks, Cocina owner is restaurateur of the year, and we look at what’s ahead for the General Assembly.
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Tennessee General Assembly 2024 session preview, part 2: criminal justice bills
Other than Gov. Bill Lee’s proposal to expand private school vouchers, legislation intended to fight crime is likely to be the General Assembly’s biggest focus in its 2023 legislative session, which begins Tuesday.
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Memphis women lose heartbreaker to East Carolina
While the Tigers took a late lead late, turnovers in the final minutes of the game plagued the Memphis offense.
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Tennessee General Assembly 2024 session preview, part 1
Lawmakers will return to Nashville on Tuesday, Jan. 9, for the start of the 2024 legislative session. It’s the first time the full General Assembly is back since an August special session on public safety
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What to expect in Memphis’ AAC home-opener against SMU
The Tigers will have to regroup quickly after a rough couple days to take on an SMU basketball team that’s top 50 in KenPom and the NET.
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Chapter One: Desegregation before the buses
Court-ordered busing began in the Memphis City Schools system in 1973, 19 years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that racially segregated public schools should be integrated with “all deliberate speed.” But MCS had tried other methods at integration before busing.
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