Calkins: Times they are a-changin', as the NFL throws its support behind Just City
The NFL has granted $200,000 to Just City as part of the league’s social justice initiative. The money is important – but so is the message the money sends.
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January 2021
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October 2020
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Tennessee online sports betting preview: Launch incentives
Each of the four companies brings a different twist to Sunday’s Day 1 of legal online betting in the state. State of Tennessee’s bet on mobile sports gaming about to go live
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NFL quarterly awards: Memphis edition
2020 has been a banner year for former Tigers in the NFL; which alums are standing out?
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Sports Notebook: NBA bubble may live on, and R.I.P. ‘Gibby’
Also: Vince Carter is a good sport, and this is what Patrick Mahomes should be called.
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September 2020
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Former Memphis Tiger to compete on ‘The Amazing Race’
The former Tigers running back will pair with a former Carolina Panthers teammate.
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How one decision changed the future for Antonio Gibson and U of M Tigers
The Washington Football Team’s running back finds himself in an unexpected situation.
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Sports Notebook: What declining TV ratings for NBA, NFL mean
Is it possible that the COVID-19 pandemic taught the American sports fan how to live without being glued to the TV? And find out how former Memphis pitcher Jonathan Bowlan is doing.
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NFL kickoff: Former Memphis Tigers playing on Sunday
Several former U of M football stars shine in NFL, including Antonio Gibson, who could be the primary option out of the backfield for the Washington Football Team.
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Fantasy Football: It just makes real life better, especially now
In a pandemic-altered world, these Memphis attorneys are among those appreciating diversion and Thursday's return of the NFL.
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July 2020
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Fred Smith helps make Washington’s NFL team do the right thing
The team name in question, of course, is Redskins. It has been a standing insult to our country’s first peoples since the team was created in 1933.
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June 2020
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Wade: National anthem never asked to be at every game; maybe it shouldn’t be
It began as a poem written during the War of 1812. A century later “The Star-Spangled Banner” was our unofficial national anthem. Today, without the social injustice conversation that accompanies it, we might barely notice it at all.
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May 2020
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Former Melrose star Johnathon Johnson poised to make most of NFL opportunity
After a frustrating senior season at Missouri, Johnathon Johnson will look to make his mark in Washington when NFL training camps open.
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April 2020
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Calkins: No, there won’t be football
Dr. Jon McCullers loves sports as much as you do. But he has some bad news.
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January 2020
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Calkins: Go Tennessee Titans! (Because Nashville could use the break)
It's time that Memphians come together to support the Tennessee Titans. Because we shouldn't hoard all the joy.
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April 2019
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Two former Tigers still have opportunities after going undrafted
Two former Memphis Tigers signed deals as undrafted free agents after going undrafted in the 2019 NFL Draft.
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February 2019
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From quality control to OC in the NFL, Arthur Smith works his way up
Arthur Smith, son of FedEx founder Fred Smith, has worked his way into the title of Titans offensive coordinator, a rung-by-rung ascent with the Titans started in 2011 when he was a defensive quality control coach.
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January 2019
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Pollard becomes latest Tiger to declare for the NFL Draft
Running back/kick returner Tony Pollard declared for the NFL Draft after his redshirt junior season.
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December 2018
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Ridgeway football team stars in NFL playoff commercial
The Ridgeway football team showed up on national TV over the weekend, earning a starring role in NFL playoff commercial.
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Henderson entering NFL Draft after historic season with Tigers
Memphis running back Darrell Henderson will enter the NFL Draft after leading the Tigers to a pair of American Athletic Conference championship games, the star running back announced on Twitter Wednesday.
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October 2018
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25 years ago we thought the NFL screwed us; turns out it did us a favor
In an alternate universe the Memphis Hound Dogs are playing the NFL’s Thursday game tonight. In the real world it’s the eve of the Memphis Grizzlies’ first NBA preseason home game against the Atlanta Hawks.
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