There are 20 article(s) tagged Mike Miller:

• October 2019

  • Food Fight: Let it Fly Sports Bar vs. The Wing Guru

    Two Memphis basketball figures-turned-restaurateurs are squabbling over who has the best hot wings. There's only one way to find out who's right. 

    By Chris Herrington October 18, 2019

  • New Eats: Let It Fly

    Mike Miller’s Let It Fly might be a sports bar, but the menu, with some help from restaurateur Melissa Cookston, is a cut above.

    By Jennifer Biggs October 04, 2019

  • Ranking the 10 best moments of Memphis Madness

    There were highlights through the curtain-raising Memphis Madness, including rappers, recruits and rim-rattling dunks as the Tigers unveiled the team wanting all the smoke.

    By Drew Hill October 04, 2019

• September 2019

  • Calkins: Mike Miller's Let It Fly Sports Bar is his labor of love

    Mike Miller's new sports bar is scheduled to open Oct. 7. Every bit of it is a reflection of Miller himself. 

    By Geoff Calkins September 30, 2019

  • Calkins: The Penny Hardaway era is a real-life fantasy

    Penny Hardaway is holding his inaugural fantasy camp this weekend. The man can somehow make kids of us all. 

    By Geoff Calkins September 22, 2019

• August 2019

  • How the question ‘what if’ drove Precious Achiuwa from Nigeria to Memphis basketball star

    If you told Precious Achiuwa he would be playing for Memphis a year ago, he probably wouldn't believe you. 

    By Drew Hill August 09, 2019

  • Tigers recruiting notebook: Memphis in good shape for 2020

    When asked if he thinks Memphis is any closer to filling out its 2019-20 roster, Penny Hardaway said he "really doesn't know yet."

    By Drew Hill August 07, 2019

• July 2019

  • Memphis coaches Hardaway, Norvell golf to aid community

    Mike Norvell said it "means everything" that his coaching platform matters in the city of Memphis. 

    By Drew Hill July 24, 2019

  • Analysis: Where Memphis basketball stands for each Peach Jam target

    It's still early in the recruiting process for most of the Tigers 2020 priorities. 

    By Drew Hill July 12, 2019

  • Even without coaches, Peach Jam is an eye-opener for Tigers recruits

    Changes to the NCAA's recruiting calendar mean coaches have to wait to evaluate players at Peach Jam.

    By Drew Hill July 11, 2019

  • How Boogie Ellis turned 2018 Peach Jam into a chance to play for U of M

    One phone call to Memphis assistant Mike Miller changed the trajectory of Boogie Ellis' recruitment, according to his AAU coach.

    By Drew Hill July 10, 2019

  • Memphis basketball Nike EYBL Peach Jam preview

    Wednesday morning marks the beginning of Peach Jam and one of the most critical weeks in Memphis coach Penny Hardaway’s defense of his recruiting crown.

    By Drew Hill July 08, 2019

• May 2019

  • Mason Miller still focusing on basketball after Memphis Tigers offer

    Mason Miller, son of assistant coach Mike Miller, is focusing on basketball after Memphis offer. 

    By Jonah Jordan May 14, 2019

• March 2019

  • Damion Baugh ready to grow as a point guard under Penny Hardaway

    Guard Damion Baugh picked the Tigers over TCU and Texas Tech. 

    By Jonah Jordan March 14, 2019

• February 2019

  • LeBron James and Penny Hardaway share friendship, mutual respect

    The longtime friendship between Penny Hardaway and LeBron James could help Hardaway on the recruiting trail, using the NBA star's words as a conversation starter with players.

    By Jonah Jordan February 26, 2019

• January 2019

  • Tigers’ defense follows the game plan and throttles UCF offense in FedExForum

    The Memphis Tigers followed assistant coach Mike Miller's scouting report in the 77-57 win over UCF.

    By Jonah Jordan January 28, 2019

  • Sons of U of M assistant coaches forge own identities on Houston High court

    University of Memphis assistants Tony Madlock and Mike Miller are making sure their sons forge their own way for Houston's basketball team.

    By John Varlas January 18, 2019

• December 2018

  • Memphis among final four choices for Trendon Watford

    Four-star forward Trendon Watford tweeted his final four potential schools Friday afternoon and the Memphis Tigers made the cut.

    By Jonah Jordan December 14, 2018

• November 2018

  • Other Voices: Laravie shines as his hoops hero watches from Tigers bench

    Christian Brothers University guard Joe Laravie walked onto the floor of the FedExForum on Friday night and scanned the opposing sideline.

    By Jonah Jordan November 02, 2018

• September 2018

  • Sam Mitchell: Memphis Tigers assistant teaching lessons of life and basketball

    His right foot is in a big black boot, but Sam Mitchell is at his desk, at work inside the new gleaming University of Memphis basketball practice facility. It is deep into the summer before the first season of the Penny Hardaway Era, the restoration project already in go-mode with rising ticket sales, legitimate, local, Top-150 recruits on the first roster and the hope, if not the promise, of more elite players in the pipeline and on the way.

    By Don Wade September 18, 2018