Calkins: If Memphis doesn’t stop losing, it’ll fumble away the future
For the second straight week, the Tigers fumbled away a big lead and a win. But that’s not the bad news. The bad news is what losing could mean for the athletic program.
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October 2021
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How and when electric vehicles will affect Memphis convenience stores
The tsunami of electric vehicles will eventually hit. And the effect on Memphis should be substantial. Memphis has a lot of gas stations, 369, according to a study by the Division of Planning and Development.
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Calkins: Call the Liberty Bowl whatever you like. Just don’t call it good enough
The Liberty Bowl has a new name, which is fine. But the old stadium needs a whole lot more than that.
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Conaway: ‘You’re wrong about that’
When the truth is being denied, when we are increasingly threatened by that denial, we as a society, we as responsible human beings, must stand for truth against any who knowingly trade falsehood for power.
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September 2021
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The Carrolls: Meet Briarcrest’s first family of football (and futbol)
Three sports-minded siblings help make Saints football and soccer teams among the area’s best.
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Ware remembered for ability to put together council votes
Barbara Swearengen Ware died Thursday, Sept. 30, 11 years after she resigned from the Memphis City Council after a plea deal on an official misconduct charge. She served 17 years on the council representing the North Memphis area that included the Douglass community.
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Opinion: Dorothy, this isn’t Arlington anymore
With a short drive time to the proposed Ford Motor Co. campus, suburbs like Arlington and Lakeland are at a crossroads of how to address possible growth.
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Sanford: For Gov. Lee, landing a Ford assembly plant makes his reelection a cinch
The man just brought a Ford assembly plant to the state with more jobs than anyone in this region could have imagined. How can his potential challengers, Republican or Democrat, top that?
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Friday football preview: Region 8-6A unbeatens collide at Germantown
Red Devils host Collierville in key matchup.
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Daily Memphian high school honor roll: ECS golfer repeats as region champ
Senior shoots 4-under at Fair Oaks to advance to next week’s state tournament.
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What Haywood County can learn from the GM plant in Middle Tennessee
From its founding in 1809, to the Civil War and through the 1980s, fewer than 1,000 people lived in rural Spring Hill. Then, in 1985, General Motors came to town.
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Suburbs could become growth point with proximity to proposed Ford plans
Arlington, Bartlett and Lakeland could emerge as the suburban municipalities that benefit most from Blue Oval City given its proximity to the Haywood County site. Arlington and Lakeland also seem prime for more growth in both housing and retail development before Ford’s announcement, this may only accelerate that process.
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Calkins: Penny Hardaway, Memphis Tigers are ‘going to be great’
The Memphis Tigers basketball team had its traditional open practice for the Rebounders on Tuesday. And after taking it all in, let me just say: Holy smokes!
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Friday football preview: Battle of Germantown among the Week 6 highlights
Red Devils travel to Houston with city pride, and serious region ramifications, at stake.
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Coping with pandemic stress: From walks outside to a new furry friend
The director of hospital services at Vanderbilt Behavior Health says the pandemic-associated stress has become like the underlying conditions that make the virus itself more dangerous.
Related Story: A year and a half in, how COVID fatigue is affecting us
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Opinion: Reduce recidivism by expanding inmate mental health care
It is our duty to craft a comprehensive set of requirements that addresses reform and rehabilitation; our failure to do so is a financial and public safety risk to our community.
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Memphis firm designs new Tennessee license plates
“As a lifelong Tennessean and business owner, it was an honor to be selected by the State of Tennessee for this project,” said Jacob Savage, founder and CEO of Speak Creative.
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Memphis basketball: Four preseason storylines to watch as Tigers open practice
How quickly can Emoni Bates transition to point guard? And which other freshmen can crack the lineup?
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Calkins: The Grizzlies are back. And so is the joy!
It may have been the happiest Grizzlies media day in the history of the franchise. And there was good reason for that.
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First Newman Award goes to Orgel, champion for historic buildings
William E. “Billy” Orgel, whose Tower Ventures builds cell towers, has become a towering figure himself in the redevelopment and preservation of Memphis’ historic buildings.
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Who could be the next homegrown Tiger?
The class of 2024 seems to be particularly rich in Memphis-area basketball talent that could draw the eye of Penny Hardaway.
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A year and a half in, how COVID fatigue is affecting us
“We’re tired,” Sutton Mora, executive vice president and COO of the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis (CFGM) said, speaking for one and all. “That’s the word I keep using over and over.”
Related story: Coping with pandemic stress: From walks outside to a new furry friend
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Calkins: The Memphis streak is dead. And Memphis is responsible.
After nearly three years of winning at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, the Tigers lost a football game at home. They have nobody to blame but themselves.
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Key stats and numbers to know against UTSA
Both teams love to run the ball but their defenses aren’t allowing big numbers on the ground.
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Federal funds trigger new type of budget season for city and county
The Memphis City Council and Shelby County Commission are already getting requests from groups that want a share of the money.
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