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The University of Memphis’ celebration of the first Black student-athletes to compete in each sport will start Saturday when five are honored during the football season opener at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.
The 901 Fund is a charitable name, image and likeness collective for the University of Memphis that was only connected with football and men’s and women’s basketball until now.
The annual induction ceremony will take place on Feb. 25 at the Penny Hardaway Hall of Fame building.
Choose901, Grind City Brewing and the Memphis Grizzlies are among organizations and businesses celebrating the unofficial local holiday, which falls on Thursday, Sept. 1.
The initiative will honor 50 years of women’s sports programs while helping generate philanthropic support to enhance the student-athlete experience for all female athletes at Memphis.
Brands, sponsors and other supporters will have access to reach all Tigers athletes by using the new marketplace website.
‘Memphis deserves better than to be fretting about conference realignment again. It needs the Big 12 to implode once and for all.’
The university said the strain stayed within the athletic department and did not bleed into the broader campus or Memphis community.
In coronavirus' wake, the University of Memphis athletics department is cutting 14% from administrative and sports operational budgets and personnel savings for the 2020-21 school year. Some coaches and administrators, however, are stepping in to financially support the department and the Tiger Scholarship Fund.
Memphis announced Thursday that three student athletes and a staff member have tested positive for COVID-19.
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