Jackson sets tone with Grizzlies’ solid defense in win over Raptors
Desmond Bane goes wild in the first quarter again, and Jackson finishes with 25 points and five blocks.Related story:
Young Dolph laid to rest in Memphis
A private service was held for Young Dolph, whose real name was Adolph Robert Thornton Jr., at First Baptist Church — Broad.
Calkins: The Lion offense is back! But will it fix the Tigers?
Penny Hardaway is trying to fix what ails his team by installing the Lion offense. Hey, it seemed to work last year. But was it really the new offense that helped the Tigers get better in 2020-21? The numbers point to something else.
Listen to Tigers beat writers talk Hawaii Bowl and Penny Hardaway’s offense
Memphis beat writers Steven Johnson and Frank Bonner II discuss the importance of the Tigers qualifying for their eighth straight bowl game.
Turning the page: Can Memphis’ new offensive approach give it an edge over Georgia?
Penny Hardaway is going back to his roots and implementing last season’s offensive strategy against the Bulldogs.
Tuesday prep report: Vikings past and present gather to honor Galen Young
Hillcrest retires jersey of former star who died unexpectedly and tragically in June.
Germantown school board weighs masks as other districts lift mandates
The suburb discusses the reason it feels it must mask. Many other school districts in the state have lifted their mask mandate.
City tweaks streets closings for Saturday’s St. Jude marathon
After a year off because of the pandemic, the marathon returns Saturday, Dec. 4, with some changes to street closures. The changes put a priority on reopening streets in the South Main area first.
Former ECS star Barrett Jones to speak at FCA/AutoZone Liberty Bowl breakfast
The ESPN Radio football analyst, a three-time national champion at Alabama, will be featured at the Dec. 27 event.
Historic Edge building reno underway
The vacant Madison Avenue building’s stained glass will be removed but its terra cotta facade will stay.
Tigers Basketball Insider: December set to be huge recruiting month
The Tigers seem in a good position to land at least one big time prospect in December.
Comcast awards $65,000 in grants to four nonprofits for Internet access
Comcast’s grants are designed to help close the access gap for low-income households.
Downtown health/nutrition bar moves forward
Charles Cavallo, who also owns The Cupboard restaurant, plans to fully renovate the ground-floor commercial space, which was once a jewelry store.
DMC awards grant for South Memphis coffee shop
The ground floor will also sell and display local Memphis artwork.
Calkins: For the Memphis Tigers faithful, it’s a time of hope and angst
It’s a strange time for fans of Memphis football and basketball. For both programs, there are excellent reasons to believe — and excellent reasons to doubt.
Everybody say ‘Opa!’ Jim’s Place celebrates 100 years
With a few hundred guests, Jim’s Place celebrated 100 years. And the memories? Untold thousands.
Tigers’ Lester Quinones makes foray into fashion world with Effortles label
The Memphis Tigers guard is introducing his own line thanks to a name, image and likeness partnership with In-House.
Hit & ruin: Vandalism destroys art honoring dead pedestrians, cyclists
The 69 symbolic figures represented the record number of walkers and bikers who were killed on Memphis streets last year.
The Daily Memphian’s Commercial Real Estate Seminar features key leaders who landed Ford
Join us Thursday, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m. for The Daily Memphian’s Commercial Real Estate Seminar.
Metro
Senate Judiciary, City Council hear different versions of crime task force work
The U.S. Justice Department wants to put as many of the charges stemming from the Memphis Safe Task Force surge through the federal system, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said this week.
City of Memphis National Guard patrols to begin Friday, city says
Metro The AM/DM podcast: Navigating and reporting on the National Guard
Premium The Early Word The Early Word: Guard may be here a year, and Pearson takes on Cohen
Business
Inked: Local industrial market leasing skyrockets, Intrator property sold in foreclosure auction
The former Downtown Royal Furniture Co. building, which was slated to become a Dream Hotel and mixed-use development, was sold in a foreclosure sale to the lender of the project.
Health Care City Council calls for meeting to rethink Regional One plan
Premium Transportation & Logistics Memphis-based logistics company acquired
Premium Real Estate The City hasn’t officially bought the Sheraton yet but it’s already repaid $4M on the bonds
Sports
Former Tigers coach John Calipari pleas for Memphis to ‘come together’ for hoops — and more
Former Memphis Tigers coach John Calipari spent Thursday in the 901 to promote this month’s Hoops for St. Jude Tip Off Classic charity exhibition against his Arkansas Razorbacks.
Premium Memphis Grizzlies Herrington: A wide-angle preview of coming NBA season
Premium Memphis Grizzlies One Grizzly said the Ja 3s are ‘the best.’ And it wasn’t Morant.
Memphis Grizzlies It’s the preseason, but Grizzlies have ‘overthinking’ to correct
Food
$15 Deal: Finding love with Abyssinia’s vegetarian combo
For writer Erica Horton, each bite comes with a flood of flavor and memories.
Suburbs
Germantown leaders could raise suburb’s debt limit
The city has a cap of $83 million, but could raise that cap under proposed changes to help with Houston High upgrades.
Arts & Culture
One Artoberfest, two Oktoberfests and Beale Street’s new hoodoo museum
This week, Monster Market opens, Slowdown Cinema screens a vampire classic and Brantley Ellzey takes over Crosstown Arts’ galleries.
Opinion
Calkins: They’re not just cutting a ribbon in Whitehaven. They’re showing us the way.
You know the best way to solve the ills of a community? With hope. There will be plenty of that at Whitehaven High School Wednesday — where they’re cutting the ribbon on a new STEM center.
Podcasts
The AM/DM podcast: Navigating and reporting on the National Guard
Today, members of The Daily Memphian’s metro team talk about what we know, what we don’t know, how we’re tracking data and what we’ve been able to ascertain about the Memphis Safe Task Force’s time in the Bluff City so far.