There are 12 article(s) tagged NFL:

• July 2020

  • Fred Smith helps make Washington’s NFL team do the right thing

    The team name in question, of course, is Redskins. It has been a standing insult to our country’s first peoples since the team was created in 1933. 

    By Michael Nelson July 06, 2020

• June 2020

  • Wade: National anthem never asked to be at every game; maybe it shouldn’t be

    It began as a poem written during the War of 1812. A century later “The Star-Spangled Banner” was our unofficial national anthem. Today, without the social injustice conversation that accompanies it, we might barely notice it at all. 

    By Don Wade June 30, 2020

• May 2020

  • Former Melrose star Johnathon Johnson poised to make most of NFL opportunity

    After a frustrating senior season at Missouri, Johnathon Johnson will look to make his mark in Washington when NFL training camps open.

    By John Varlas May 07, 2020

• April 2020

  • Calkins: No, there won’t be football

    Dr. Jon McCullers loves sports as much as you do. But he has some bad news. 

    By Geoff Calkins April 06, 2020

• January 2020

  • Calkins: Titans’ OC Arthur Smith got where he is the Memphis way — with grit and grind

    If you see some of the old Memphis Grizzlies in the Tennessee Titans, that's not an accident. The offensive coordinator is native Memphian Arthur Smith. 

    By Geoff Calkins January 18, 2020

  • Calkins: Go Tennessee Titans! (Because Nashville could use the break)

    It's time that Memphians come together to support the Tennessee Titans. Because we shouldn't hoard all the joy. 

    By Geoff Calkins January 13, 2020

• April 2019

  • Two former Tigers still have opportunities after going undrafted

    Two former Memphis Tigers signed deals as undrafted free agents after going undrafted in the 2019 NFL Draft.

    By Jonah Jordan April 29, 2019

• February 2019

  • From quality control to OC in the NFL, Arthur Smith works his way up

    Arthur Smith, son of FedEx founder Fred Smith, has worked his way into the title of Titans offensive coordinator, a rung-by-rung ascent with the Titans started in 2011 when he was a defensive quality control coach.

    By Don Wade February 10, 2019

• January 2019

  • Pollard becomes latest Tiger to declare for the NFL Draft

    Running back/kick returner Tony Pollard declared for the NFL Draft after his redshirt junior season. 

    By Jonah Jordan January 12, 2019

• December 2018

  • Ridgeway football team stars in NFL playoff commercial

    The Ridgeway football team showed up on national TV over the weekend, earning a starring role in NFL playoff commercial.

    By John Varlas December 31, 2018

  • Henderson entering NFL Draft after historic season with Tigers

    Memphis running back Darrell Henderson will enter the NFL Draft after leading the Tigers to a pair of American Athletic Conference championship games, the star running back announced on Twitter Wednesday.

    By Jonah Jordan December 12, 2018

• October 2018

  • 25 years ago we thought the NFL screwed us; turns out it did us a favor

    In an alternate universe the Memphis Hound Dogs are playing the NFL’s Thursday game tonight. In the real world it’s the eve of the Memphis Grizzlies’ first NBA preseason home game against the Atlanta Hawks.

    By Michael Nelson October 04, 2018