Topic: Memphis Tigers
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December 2018
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Mike Norvell had just returned to his office from a day of recruiting in Memphis high schools when he saw a tweet from my former colleague Mark Giannotto speculating about his future. -
Chapter Six: Why the Penny Hardaway bobblehead means so much
At precisely 11:42 a.m. Saturday, the Memphis Tigers ran out of Penny Hardaway bobbleheads. -
Calkins: Penny’s Tigers show they are getting better in win over South Dakota State
After eight games, after four wins and four losses, after trips to Baton Rouge, Orlando and Miami, the Memphis Tigers are the one thing you should have really wanted them to be at this point in the season.
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November 2018
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Chapter Four: Penny Hardaway has his greatest triumph – then frets about being a laughingstock
ORLANDO – Just a few days earlier, Penny Hardaway had been sitting along the baseline at the Landers Center, watching three gifted recruits light up the court. -
Road Recap: Charleston tops Tigers 78-75 in Invitational
Six games into Penny Hardaway’s first season as the Memphis Tigers’ head coach, this much is clear: The heralded freshmen will thrill and they will aggravate. In the end Sunday night against Charleston, there was more frustration than joy as the Tigers fell 78-75 in the fifth-place game of the AdvoCare Invitational in Orlando. -
Calkins: After embarrassing loss, Penny Hardaway lashes out at Penny Hardaway
ORLANDO — Penny Hardaway sat in front of the microphone in the wake of Oklahoma State’s blowout win over the Memphis Tigers in the AdvoCare Invitational and decided to really lay into the individual he thought was responsible for the listless performance. -
Chapter One: The second Penny Hardaway era begins at Memphis
When Penny Hardaway debuted at Memphis the first time, people wore tuxes. -
Calkins: Memphis headed to fifth straight bowl game (unlike some schools you know)
You know what school hasn’t been to five straight bowl games?
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October 2018
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Local two-star wide receiver commits to Memphis Tigers
Two-star wide receiver Cameron Baker from Germantown High committed to Memphis on Monday evening, the latest local player to join coach Mike Norvell's future team. -
Healing Henderson facing aggressive Pirates defense
Head coach Mike Norvell thought star running back Darrell Henderson was headed for the endzone when he burst into open space against the Missouri defense. -
Calkins: DJ Jeffries bails on Kentucky for Memphis and the power of Penny wins again
He couldn’t even wait until 10 a.m. -
Calkins: Penny Hardaway’s first game is a blast
The man never sat down. -
Calkins: All eyes on Penny Hardaway as he makes exhibition debut
Let’s start with what he’ll wear. What will Penny Hardaway wear in his first game as Memphis coach? -
Missouri rolls over Memphis 65-33 in Columbia
The Memphis Tigers suffered their second consecutive defeat and dropped to 4-4 overall, 0-3 on the road, with a 65-33 loss to the Missouri Tigers Saturday in Columbia. It’s the most points that Memphis has given up since 1947. -
Calkins: Penny Hardaway’s first season won’t be defined by wins or losses
The American Athletic Conference coaches predicted Monday that the Memphis Tigers will finish fourth this season. -
Points Aplenty: UCF scoring in bunches at “warp speed”
In 2017, UCF had the most prolific offense in the land – leading the nation with 48.2 points per game. After that undefeated season, head coach Scott Frost was off to Nebraska. Josh Heupel, who had been offensive coordinator for the high-flying Missouri attack the previous two seasons, replaced Frost. -
UCF Knights less than likable
The UCF Knights might have become America’s latest college football darlings (see State, Boise, and the Jan. 1, 2007 overtime victory against Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.) -
Calkins: For Memphis to beat No. 10 UCF, Brady White has to be great
You know what is unfair to Brady White? -
Calkins: Penny Hardaway brought the stars out to Madness, just not who you’d think
Resh Short drove in from Cincinnati. He hopped in his car and pointed it toward Memphis and arrived by the time the doors opened at 6 p.m. -
UConn brings nation’s worst defense to Memphis
For most of the first half, Connecticut kept last weekend’s game with undefeated Cincinnati competitive. The Huskies trailed by a touchdown late in the first half and were driving. An apparent touchdown turned out to be merely a close call when the receiver was ruled to have touched the sideline. -
Hardaway wants an active, selfish Kyvon Davenport
Forward Kyvon Davenport was never better than in the Memphis Tigers’ first-round 79-77 victory over USF in the American Athletic Conference Tournament last March. Career-high 29 points, nine rebounds, 10-for-13 from the floor, 4-for-7 from 3-point range. -
Calkins: The complete, colorful history of Memphis Madness
Derrick Rose brought down the house with a preposterous dunk. Rapper Rick Ross canceled on his first Madness visit but made it for the next. Gary Parrish won a chicken-wing eating contest, Larry Finch returned (after he was fired) to coach an alumni game and D.J. Stephens paid tribute to one of the greatest Memphis players ever by wearing his jersey for a dunk contest. All these things happened at Memphis Madness, which is what John Calipari renamed it sometime along the way. So here’s the complete and colorful history of the event, drawn from my notes, columns, memories and newspaper archives. -
New season, same truth: Jeremiah Martin vital to Tigers
The peak and the valley arrived on a Thursday night in late February at FedExForum.
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September 2018
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Norvell updates Jackson Dillon’s status and Tigers depth chart
Memphis Tiger fans held their breath as sixth-year senior linebacker Jackson Dillon was helped off the field in the second quarter during the Tigers’ 52-35 win over the South Alabama Jaguars on Saturday. -
Calkins: Nick London - rapper, basketball player, son of former Tiger Paris London - does it for St. Jude
Paris London, the former Memphis Tiger, is standing in a crowd, holding his phone up to capture his son on video, and it’s possible he has never been happier.
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