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• August 2020

  • Calkins: How lucky shoes and St. Jude helped win the strangest Memphis golf tournament ever

    Justin Thomas relied on lucky shoes and good fortune to win the WGC FedEx-St. Jude Invitational. But St. Jude kids were once again the star of the show. 

    By Geoff Calkins August 03, 2020

  • Robotics, technology reshaping role of FedEx hub workers

    Robotic arms inducting packages into small-package sort at FedEx's Memphis world hub are a sign of things to come as a $1.55 billion hub modernization continues to unfold.

    By Wayne Risher August 03, 2020

  • Sports Notebook: For NBA, protesting social injustice in America is the easy part; SEC keeps football in the family

    In this week's Sports Notebook: ESPN takes a deep look at the NBA's relationship with China; college football conferences amending schedules amid the pandemic; St. Louis Cardinals one of six MLB teams shut down, and the season might be at risk. 

    By Don Wade August 02, 2020

  • FedEx delays $300 million in Memphis hub spending

    COVID-19 and a desire to improve cash flow have prompted FedEx to slow the pace of a $1.55 billion Memphis hub transformation. 

    By Wayne Risher August 01, 2020

• July 2020

  • Calkins: Grizzlies lose a heartbreaker — and boy, did it feel good

    The Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in the first of eight seeding games. It was agonizing, certainly. But somehow, the agony felt wonderful.

    By Geoff Calkins July 31, 2020

  • For Memphis trivia maestro, pandemic demands reinvention

    Cerrito’s business was based on friends interacting at preferably crowded indoor spaces. What happens when barroom bonhomie becomes a public health problem? For Cerrito, it meant a screeching halt to his entire business. 

    By Chris Herrington July 31, 2020

  • Conaway: We’re on the verge of burying the war no one should mourn

    We, the South, may be finally admitting that the primary cause of the Civil War was slavery, and that the loss of that cause should be celebrated rather than honored.

    By Dan Conaway July 31, 2020

  • NBA restart: History works in mysterious ways. Just ask Rudy Gobert

    Rudy Gobert, the first known NBA player to contract the coronavirus, scored the opening basket of the league's restart Thursday evening.

    By Drew Hill July 30, 2020

  • Calkins: It’s Memphis against the world. Or at least the rest of the NBA

    The Grizzlies normally save growl towels for the playoffs. But in this strangest of NBA seasons, the next eight games may be the closest thing. 

    By Geoff Calkins July 30, 2020

  • Calkins: The best seat in the house

    You can dwell on the disappointment of not having fans at the WGC this year. A Memphian named Rick Gardner was disappointed, too. But then he showed the sort of creativity and perseverance that we all can learn from.

    By Geoff Calkins July 30, 2020

  • Grizzlies preview: Eight things we want to see as the real games resume

    Will Ja Morant find a new level of stardom? Will Jaren Jackson Jr. break out or foul out? Those questions and others linger as the Grizzlies resume the season. 

    By Drew Hill, Chris Herrington July 29, 2020

  • CBHS standout McMullen blends brains with basketball

    With a prestigious Coolidge Scholarship part of CBHS senior Reese McMullen's resume, both his play on the basketball court and his work in the classroom are sending colleges a clear message.

    By John Varlas July 29, 2020

  • Back to basketball: A game-by-game guide to the Memphis Grizzlies’ return schedule

    The NBA is still on track to resume the 2019-2020 season next month in an Orlando "bubble." The Grizzlies' eight-game gauntlet on the path to the playoffs is a tough one. We break it all down. 

    By Chris Herrington July 29, 2020

  • Tour de LaForce: River Oaks sous chef makes art on canvas and plate

    Sous chef Emily LaForce had many jobs before she found her home in the kitchen at River Oaks, but through them all, she’s always had a paintbrush in her hand.

    By Jennifer Biggs July 29, 2020

  • A Memphian noses into the NBA bubble (sort of)

    Drew Hill explains the coronavirus safety protocols he has to follow as he covers the Grizzlies in Orlando.

    By Drew Hill July 29, 2020

  • Calkins: We’re shutting down high schools but not high school football? Shame on us

    Of all the shameful decisions made by all our feckless leaders during this pandemic, you will have a hard time finding any more disgraceful than the decision by Gov. Bill Lee to allow high schools to resume playing football.

    By Geoff Calkins July 29, 2020

  • Calkins: The Golf and Games melee should worry us all (but not for the reasons you think)

    The melee at Golf and Games is the kind of thing that can happen when kids don't have enough structure and supervision. Now that Shelby County Schools has decided to start out all-virtual, what does that mean for the broader community?

     

    By Geoff Calkins July 28, 2020

  • Grizzlies analysis: Reason to believe in Kyle Anderson’s offense, social justice jerseys and more

    Injury has pushed Kyle Anderson back into the Grizzlies' starting lineup. A strong weekend — and perhaps the healing hands of time — suggests reason for optimism. 

    By Chris Herrington July 27, 2020

  • DeCarcerate Memphis calls for transparency in federal law enforcement initiative

    DeCarcerate Memphis, a task force made up of criminal justice advocates and others, formed to demand transparency and accountability of the federal Operation Relentless Pursuit initiative launched in January in the city. The initiative includes a federal task force to fight violent crime. 

    By Yolanda Jones July 27, 2020

  • Chris Hope Foundation will help house families of seriously ill children

    The Chris Hope Foundation is celebrating its five-year anniversary and a new house for families with a child in one of the Memphis children's hospitals should be ready in September.

    By Christin Yates July 27, 2020

  • Big warehouse near FedEx home office, TPC Southwind is sold

    A South Carolina real estate investment firm just bought the Southwind area's 817,000-square-foot warehouse that had been used for decades by Nike.

    By Tom Bailey July 25, 2020

  • Play On: Ja Morant back to work, but father Tee Morant left to watch from afar

    Ever since Ja Morant started playing basketball, father Tee Morant hasn't been shy about saying what needed to be said for the greater basketball good. It's why Ja, albeit lovingly, calls his dad "my first hater." 

    By Don Wade July 24, 2020

  • MLGW pole blocks Grind City from opening taproom

    Owners have spent nearly $11 million building Grind City Brewery Co. near Uptown. They are frustrated that the taproom's opening has been delayed for months while they wait for MLGW to move a power pole from the middle of the access drive. 

    By Tom Bailey July 24, 2020

  • Conaway: Every swing is our shot on the world stage

    Even if we can’t be there, we should join the rest of the world and watch. Even if you don’t like golf or don’t understand it, watch these guys play it like nobody else can.

    By Dan Conaway July 24, 2020

  • C-store/gas stations fuel American dream for hard-working couple

    Rooziman and Nighat Shah have just bought 45 acres at Hacks Cross and Shelby Drive, with plans to build a convenience store/gas station as well as a 16,000-square-foot shopping center on the corner. They own more than 100 C-stores in and around the Memphis area.

    By Tom Bailey July 23, 2020