ESPN crowns The King as guest picker for College GameDay on Beale Street
All of the speculation regarding the guest picker for college games on Saturday's ESPN broadcast. All hail the King of Prognosticating.
Calkins: It’s a blue-letter day in Memphis
It's "GameDay" in Memphis— a day many never thought they'd live to see.
EDGE to consider loans for Orange Mound grocery store, preschool day care
Stepherson Inc. plans to operate a new Superlo Foods grocery store and Constance Cherry wants to open her second Creative Home Academy location in Orange Mound.
House shifting budget hearings to pre-session schedule
New House Speaker Cameron Sexton is moving the House Finance, Ways & Means Committee's department budget hearings to a November-December schedule, away from the long practice of holding them during the regular session.
Rhodes receives $300,000 from DOJ for sexual assault prevention, programs
Rhodes will implement a strategic plan, including setting up training programs that will center on sexual assault prevention, victim support and responding to interpersonal violence and stalking.
Conaway: They took his balls; we’d like them back
When they were building FedExForum, they had to put up protective bollards around the plaza, and Andy Dolich came up with the idea of painted balls: basketballs, baseballs, tennis balls, soccer balls.
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For the first time, taxpayers can redirect up to $1,700 ($3400 married couples filing jointly) of federal taxes to fund scholarships at the school of their choice.
Metro
The shift in UT’s emerging Memphis campus
University of Tennessee Health Sciences leaders talked on “Behind the Headlines” about new construction on campus and why the higher-education “cliff” of declining enrollment isn’t a factor.
Update Transportation & Logistics FAA says airplane departures can resume after nationwide ground stop
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Business
Lakeland looks to limit apartments as rental-development interest grows
With new rental units being built now and more being planned, Lakeland officials recently discussed ways to limit future apartment development.
Health Care The shift in UT’s emerging Memphis campus
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Update Transportation & Logistics FAA says airplane departures can resume after nationwide ground stop
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Sports
Grizzlies bench scored 76 in dominant win over Pelicans
The Grizzlies bench scored 76 points and the Grizzlies won by 31 to keep their NBA Cup hopes alive on Friday in New Orleans. Related content:
High School Sports TSSAA second-round playoff report: Lausanne squashes Lakeway Christian
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Food
Recipe Exchange: Fratelli’s Cafe’s orzo pasta salad
Fratelli’s orzo pasta salad goes back to the restaurant’s roots and was created by the cafe’s original owner, Sabine Bachmann.
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Suburbs
Lakeland looks to limit apartments as rental-development interest grows
With new rental units being built now and more being planned, Lakeland officials recently discussed ways to limit future apartment development.
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Arts & Culture
New Sultana Museum takes in lives lost and lives lived after 1865 disaster on Mississippi River
The $12 million museum chronicles the 1865 riverboat explosion’s casualties, survivors, rescuers and Civil War history. It opens Saturday, Nov. 14, in Marion, Arkansas.
Premium Performing Arts Arts Beat: Evan Linder wrote ‘Byhalia, Mississippi’ to get the South right. Now, he’s directing it in Memphis.
Opinion
Calkins: Charles Huff told some blunt truths about Memphis recruiting. But couldn’t he have fibbed?
“Charles Huff wasn’t lying when he said that he could take Memphis players with him if he gets a better job. But he would have been better off to fib.”
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Podcasts
The shift in UT’s emerging Memphis campus
University of Tennessee Health Sciences leaders talked on “Behind the Headlines” about new construction on campus and why the higher-education “cliff” of declining enrollment isn’t a factor.
Memphis Tigers Basketball Calkins: Why Ed Scott is so fired up about Memphis athletics — and why he’s done talking about Penny Hardaway until the end of the year
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Sudoku: Nov. 14
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