There are 16 article(s) tagged Michael Oher:

• August 2024

  • Greatest Memphis athletes who just missed the list

    How hard was it to pick the greatest 25 Memphis athletes of the century? All the people on this list were left out. Which is crazy. Because they are deeply accomplished athletes, too.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 02, 2024

• December 2023

  • Oher attorneys subpoena ‘Blind Side’ author

    Michael Oher’s legal fight with the Memphis Tuohy family over “The Blind Side” film and using his name, image and likeness has pulled in famed author Michael Lewis. 

    By Samuel Hardiman December 12, 2023

  • Tuohy/Oher texts and emails reveal conflict, affection

    The ongoing public saga between the Tuohy family and former NFL player Michael Oher seems to have begun at least two years ago.

    By Kambui Bomani December 06, 2023

• November 2023

  • Tuohys will stop referring to Oher as adopted son

    The announcement essentially puts an official end to the familial relationship Oher, 37, has shared with the family for about 20 years. 

    By Aarron Fleming November 29, 2023

  • Lawyers for Michael Oher want the Tuohys to stop using his name

    Oher has been battling the Tuohys in court about a conservatorship that gave the couple control over Oher’s finances, education and medical decisions as well as the ability to sign contracts on his behalf.

    By Aarron Fleming November 17, 2023

  • New court filing shows payments Michael Oher, Tuohys received for ‘The Blind Side’

    Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy have filed an accounting of the funds that were received while they were conservators of retired NFL star Michael Oher, whose life story rose to prominence with the 2009 film, “The Blind Side.”

    By Aarron Fleming November 17, 2023

• September 2023

  • Judge to terminate Michael Oher’s conservatorship

    A local judge said Friday, Sept. 29, she will end the conservatorship over Michael Oher, the retired NFL football player whose life story rose to prominence through the 2009 film “The Blind Side.”

    By Aarron Fleming September 29, 2023

  • Tuohy family files response to Michael Oher claims

    Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy deny, in new court filing, that they tried to exploit Michael Oher for personal gain. The movie “The Blind Side” was based on his story.

    By Ben Wheeler September 15, 2023

• August 2023

  • Show me the money: Oher wants Tuohys to file account of funds

    Michael Oher, the lineman portrayed in “The Blind Side,” pushes Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy to disclose financial information from his 19-year conservatorship. 

    By Aarron Fleming August 23, 2023

  • Tuohy lawyers contest Oher’s claim he didn’t know about conservatorship

    Attorneys for Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy said Wednesday, Aug. 16, that Michael Oher has known about the conservatorship he is now seeking to end for more than a decade, despite what he claimed in a Monday court filing. 

    By Aarron Fleming August 21, 2023

  • Tuohy lawyer: Oher previously demanded millions, threatened negative press

    “Anyone with a modicum of common sense can see that the outlandish claims made by Michael Oher about the Tuohy family are hurtful and absurd,” Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy’s lawyer said.

    By Aarron Fleming August 21, 2023

  • ‘Blind Side’ NFL lineman Michael Oher says he was tricked by Tuohy family

    Michael Oher, the former NFL and Ole Miss offensive lineman and former Briarcrest football star whose life story rose to prominence in the 2009 movie “The Blind Side,” now says that life story is a lie. 

    By Samuel Hardiman August 21, 2023

  • Sean Tuohy responds to ‘Blind Side’ allegations: ‘We are going to keep loving Michael (Oher)’

    Sean Tuohy said he was stunned Monday when he read the allegations from Michael Oher.

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    ‘Blind Side’ NFL lineman Michael Oher says he was tricked by Tuohy family

    By Geoff Calkins August 21, 2023

  • What is a conservatorship, and what does it do in the Michael Oher case?

    Most often used for those unable to make their own decisions, a conservatorship in Michael Oher’s case was a means to allow him to play football at Ole Miss, Sean Tuohy contends. 

    By Ben Wheeler August 18, 2023

  • Herrington: Rewatching ‘The Blind Side’ after Oher/Tuohy revelations

    “The story ‘The Blind Side’ tells is built on a matrix of hot-button issues: Race, wealth, religion, public and private schools, as well as high school and college football. That matrix is fertile ground for problems of inequity, exploitation and paternalism. In other words, this garden is actually a minefield.”

    By Chris Herrington August 16, 2023

• June 2020

  • Bus tour of Memphis’ black history adapts to social distancing

    A Tour of Possibilities is rolling once again, after being closed due to the pandemic. Now, the tour guide talks via Zoom to customers in their cars.

    By Jared Boyd June 21, 2020