Memphis set to host Columbia transfer forward for official visit
A commitment from Arop, a 6-foot-11 wing who averaged 2.0 points and 1.5 rebounds in 6.5 minutes per game at Columbia last season, would complete the Tigers’ 2025-26 roster.
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August 2025
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What to order: Slider Inn’s Melty Mary is more than a liquid meal
No one does a bloody mary like Slider Inn. Forget a celery stalk or lemon wedge as garnish; this drink comes with an entire Angus beef slider.
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Despite delays, $33M Greyhound redevelopment still going
The project, which also includes the former Schlitz Brewery, will feature both residential and commercial units.
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Here’s where the $550 million for FedExForum renovations is coming from
The draft financing proposal obtained by The Daily Memphian spells out the sources of the money — and the timeline for spending it.
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How prepared will the Tigers’ late addition be for the season opener?
Nevada transfer receiver Cortez Braham is officially listed on the Memphis roster after committing to the Tigers on July 31. How much of the playbook will he be comfortable with by the season opener?
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Calkins: The Grizzlies want to stay in Memphis. Let’s make it easy for them.
The Grizzlies lease negotiations are nerve-wracking. What is a Memphian to think?
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The city plans to keep the Grizzlies. Here’s a look inside the negotiations.
Records and sources say there is a real, tangible pathway for Memphis to keep the Grizzlies. However, barriers remain for what is one of the country’s smallest NBA markets to keep its sole major league franchise.
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The Early Word: Grizzly negotiations and another trial over Dolph’s death
Another Smith could join the FedEx board, a former Tiger may make Magic and Slider Inn offers brunch in a glass.
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TCAP results 2025: See how your Memphis-area school scored
The Daily Memphian’s chart includes scores for all public schools in Memphis and Shelby County, including charters and campuses in the suburbs.
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Mississippi honors two DeSoto schools for reading program
Two DeSoto County schools have begun an innovative program to help students in younger grades do better in reading comprehension.
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Tony Barnhart: Memphis football has to ‘keep plugging’ for next opportunity
“If you’re Memphis … it’s all about putting your best foot forward for when the next TV contract comes along,” CBS Sports college football insider Tony Barnhart said Monday. “Right now, at this time, it didn’t work out for Memphis. Maybe next time, it will.”
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Memphis safety suffers season-ending injury
With the Tigers open the season with a home game against Chattanooga on Aug. 30, one player is out for the season. This is the second straight year he has suffered a significant injury during preseason camp.
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Visionary woman’s emancipation experiment rooted in Germantown’s past
A symposium will explore how, before German immigrants created the Germantown community, Scottish immigrant Frances Wright started Nashoba Plantation as an emancipation project.
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ICE raids and ethnic restaurants may be recipe for empty dining rooms
“Our lunch rush isn’t nearly as busy as it used to be. And it seems like everyone is trying so hard to speak English,” one local restaurant worker said.
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Former Tiger Lester Quinones agrees to deal with Orlando Magic, per report
Quinones spent last season with the Philadelphia 76ers and New Orleans Pelicans on a two-way deal.
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Memphis women’s soccer beats Ole Miss for third straight season
When Memphis beat Ole Miss 3-2 on Sunday night, coach Brooks Monaghan managed to add something new to his lengthy list of accomplishments.
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The Early Word: ICE fears impact restaurants, old church seeks new purpose
Mixed-use Greyhound project delayed, Tigers tap new QB and remembering the Beatles in Memphis.
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In conservative DeSoto County, progressive group takes root
Indivisible DeSoto MS, founded three months ago, has become a visible presence on the Hernando Square, aiming to rebuild democratic participation and more.
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US could soon be down 100K health care workers. Local colleges have prescription to fill the gap.
While nursing is the nation’s largest health care profession, nursing-school enrollment is not growing fast enough to meet the projected demand for registered nurses.
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Ask the Memphian: Did The Beatles’ show in Memphis lead them to stop touring?
The Beatles stopped in Memphis during their August 1966 tour amid a backdrop of protest. The supergroup never toured again, and Memphis could have been a factor in the decision.
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Redbirds recap: Memphis wins fifth straight at Charlotte
The Memphis offense continued its home run push with three two-run home runs in the win.
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Read the room: Push for county commissioners to ‘vote your party’ on school board gets chilly response
Also Republican contender for governor John Rose on Medicaid expansion and “Tennessee values,” and Democratic contender Jerri Green on debating Senator Marsha Blackburn.
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Tigers receiver bets he can beat his brother’s receiving yards record
Accomplishing that milestone would put Ger-Cari Caldwell in rare company.
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Memphis’ Very Special Games rolled the dice on fun and won big
What began as a lunch-break idea sketched on sticky notes has grown into a multimillion-dollar company with Ransom Notes, Abducktion and Venns with Benefits.
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Sundays! Sundays! Sundays! were for drag racing at Lakeland International speedway
Nitro-burning hot rods used to speed along two lanes of asphalt on the land where the partially completed The Lake District now sits.
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