Calkins: Memphis and conference realignment. Is the dream officially dead?
For decades, now, University of Memphis fans have dreamed of making it into a power conference. Is that dream now officially dead? If so, what does the future hold?
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July 2022
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High school football 2022: Derrick Bobo ready to tackle high expectations at Melrose
The former star defensive back at Whitehaven will lead his team onto the field for the first time on Aug. 20 when the Golden Wildcats open the 2022 season at home against White Station.
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The Early Word: Remembering Rev. Autura Eason-Williams; plus, The Hub breaks barriers
State Rep. Torrey Harris was arrested in Nashville, Shelby County’s air pollution program faces problems and Collierville campers are all smiles.
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Greased Lightning: Test-driving Ford’s all-electric pickup
Staff at The Daily Memphian recently test-drove the F-150 Lightning, Ford’s first-ever all-electric — and surprisingly quiet — pickup truck.
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Inked: St. Jude expanding, Central BBQ remodeling
This week’s Inked covers news on two new buildings and a parking garage on St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital campus and revised site plans for Central BBQ’s renovation in Midtown.
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Why is FedEx closing its data centers and moving to the cloud?
The logistics giant is closing its remaining data centers and moving completely to the cloud, a decision that it says will take two years.
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Historic Dixie Greyhound Station, Schlitz Brewery to see new life
The $44 million Uptown redevelopment project is expected to begin later this summer. But the original office of Dixie Greyhound chairman James Frederick Smith — his title still on the door — will be kept much as it is today.
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The Early Word: More on the Downtown mass shooting threat; plus, uplifting Uptown news
The Collierville Police receive state honors, the Shelby County Commission delays a “no-confidence” vote and a pair of Memphis twins are dancing with themselves.
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From the island to the Grizzlies, Santi Aldama is ready for next NBA step
Memphis is a long way from home. But, “I’m ready to go. I want to get some minutes and help the team win. That’s really what it’s all about,” Aldama said.
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The Early Word: Fugitives go to jail, pets go home and FedEx goes to the cloud
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland wants to stage an intervention, the University of Memphis is creating an arts corridor and we take a Ford F-150 Lightning for a spin.
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To thine own self be true: Massage therapist savors peaceful push and pull of work
A former construction worker with a fondness for Shakespeare, Vincent Miller kneads away University Club clients’ stress while filling his own need for tranquility.
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MPD’s fugitive team works to clean up the streets
The unit became operational Feb. 22 as part of a crime-reduction strategy conceived by MPD Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis.
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Soon-to-open center key to U of M’s ‘Central Avenue Arts Corridor’
The Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center includes state-of-the-art classrooms, rehearsal spaces and a performance hall that can accommodate nearly 1,000 people.
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Elmwood executive director’s got a plan, and it’s busy
Elmwood is a cemetery, yes, but with 80 acres, some of the best statuary in the region and a history that represents pretty much every decade of the last 170 years, it has become a Memphis destination.
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Sanford: Will Strickland’s popularity outweigh voter preference in term limit referendum?
Memphis voters have tended to favor incumbents. Since the mid-1960s, only three sitting mayors have been denied reelection.
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Memphis’ hotel pipeline and why a convention center hotel is still needed
Despite the influx of nearly 7,000 hotel rooms over the next few years, the lack of rooms adjacent to the Renasant Convention Center remains challenging.
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The Early Word: Early voting starts today, but the Grizzlies’ summer league title run is over
The Memphis City Council approves a backstop for One Beale (kind of), Downtown’s Hadden Street will become a public plaza and a popular food tent is coming back to the FedExCup Playoffs.
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Kenneth Lofton Jr. is just ‘Junior’ and he’s a joy to watch
No, the Grizzlies’ undrafted signee is not the son of the major league baseball player. Junior’s dad works at an oil refinery in Texas, and he is his son’s biggest role model.
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Herrington: What summer play says about Ziaire Williams, Kenneth Lofton Jr. and other Grizzlies
Here’s an evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses and what they might be able to contribute to the rotation and bench.
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Grizzlies Insider: Physicality blocks Grizzlies from summer league title
Memphis nearly had the chance to play for their second summer league title in three seasons, but a loss to the Boston Celtics on Thursday finally put them out of reach.
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The Early Word: Joris Ray is on paid leave, and public money can now pay for private school
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland wants to go in for round three, St. Jude commits even bigger bucks to research and treatment and we tell you where to find the “single best taco in town.”
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Calkins: How one perfect drawing gave Ja Morant and a local artist exactly what was needed
Matt Terhune couldn’t get himself to pick up his pencil and start a new art project. Until he saw a photo of Morant with 2-year-old daughter Kaari. What followed is a story about Twitter, art, basketball and — this is the important part — love.
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Table Talk: French fries, dogs dine out and monthly lunches are back
It’s National French Fry Day, our Summer Avenue series has concluded and our Friday lunch was so much fun that we’re bringing them back once a month.
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For Grizzlies’ Ziaire Williams, ‘confidence is a hell of a drug’
The 20-year-old Williams spent last season becoming a professional. He hopes this summer league experience can elevate him the way it did for Desmond Bane.
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The Early Word: ‘Young Rock’ will film in Memphis, and Downtown gets a fancy convenience store
A disbarred attorney received big bucks from local politicians, the Memphis City Council blocks funding to enforce the state’s abortion law and Memphis Grizzlies forward Santi Aldama is having a hot Grizz summer.
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