NIT quarterfinals: Tigers surprise with clutch free throws in win over Boise State

Memphis survives streaky play with defense and depth.

Calkins: D.J. Jeffries makes a ‘winning play’ — and then says something you really should hear

D.J. Jeffries seemed likely to be headed elsewhere after this season ended. Could the team’s run to the NIT final four help keep him around?

For the Tigers, the devil (and the delight) is in the details

Box score: Memphis 59, Boise State 56

By Geoff Calkins March 26, 2021

Premium Memphis Grizzlies

Morant hits 100 games! Let’s celebrate with 100 great moments

Here’s everything from jaw-dropping moves to a baby giraffe.

By Drew Hill March 26, 2021

City of Memphis

Strickland touts PILOTS during joint meeting on incentives

The four-hour online joint meeting of the two legislative bodies Thursday, March 25, was mostly questions and answers. The group agreed to start talking about proposals to change incentives at the second April 15 session with plans for a third joint meeting.

By Bill Dries March 25, 2021

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Purchase expands development site to 12 acres where Racquet Club stood

Property records show that developer Chance Carlisle’s RCM Devco has just added 2.7 acres to the 9.3 acres he plans to develop in East Memphis. The site at 5111 Sanderlin is where the Racquet Club of Memphis closed and was razed.

By Tom Bailey March 25, 2021

Memphis Tigers Basketball

Memphis assistant Tony Madlock hired at South Carolina State

Madlock has worked alongside Hardaway, his former college teammate at Memphis, ever since Hardaway was hired in 2018.

By Danielle Lerner March 25, 2021

Update Education

Proposed legislation could bring 3G schools under Germantown school district

Palazzolo said legislators are considering a bill that would not allow a school from one district to operate inside the boundaries of another.

By Abigail Warren March 26, 2021

Update City of Memphis

Waste Pro says it wants out of contract as city suspends payments

Waste Pro, the company at the center of sanitation complaints in Cordova, is looking to end its contract with the City of Memphis. Meanwhile, Mayor Jim Strickland said there’s been no formal notice to the city and the city moved to end the contract with a 20-day notice last week to either fix the problems or consider the contract ended.

By Bill Dries March 25, 2021

Update Shelby County

Next week, vaccine could be depleted by Thursday at mass sites

“As many doses as I have on hand, that’s how many appointments I will have next week,” said City of Memphis COO Doug McGowen.

By Jane Roberts March 25, 2021

Grizzlies Podcast

Grizzlies quiet at the trade deadline

The trade deadline passed without the Grizzlies making any moves this season.

By The Daily Memphian Staff March 25, 2021

Education

CBU plans in-person classes for fall

CBU will offer summer school online. Fall classes will begin in mid-August.

By Jane Roberts March 25, 2021

High School Sports

Daily Memphian postseason girls basketball awards: Hutchison grabs top honors

The Daily Memphian names the high school girls basketball player of the year, along with coach of the year, freshman of the year and All-Metro teams for Divisions 1 and 2.

By John Varlas March 25, 2021

Real Estate

Building housing Hunter Fan’s logistics HQ is sold

The distribution building that changed hands has been Hunter Fan’s logistics headquarters since 1996.

By Tom Bailey March 25, 2021

City of Memphis

Coronavirus: Health Department reports 10 new deaths

New numbers reported March 25th gave the day a positivity rate of 3.6%.

By Allyson Brown March 25, 2021

OPINION Chris Herrington

The Memphis 10: No more passes for the General Lee, and shots all around

The iconography atop the General Lee is the battle flag of a slavery republic. Violence in the name of white supremacy is its inherent, explicit meaning.

By Chris Herrington March 25, 2021

Health Care

FEMA reimbursing up to $9,000 for COVID burials

The application process will open in early April; FEMA has not yet set the date.

By Jane Roberts March 25, 2021

Food News

MemPops turns 5, offers customers a sweet deal to celebrate

For its fifth birthday, MemPops offers a $2 birthday special in its three brick-and-mortar locations this weekend.

By Jennifer Biggs March 25, 2021

Memphis Grizzlies

Grizzlies Insider: Trade deadline day is here

By the time you are reading this, there’s a chance Memphis could have pulled the trigger on a deal to shape its future.

By Drew Hill March 25, 2021

Real Estate

Smoke shop OK’d to open in ‘least favorite case’ ever

A planned tobacco shop will be allowed to open near Snowden School, but the owner must provide sales documents after the first three months proving that he’s not running a vapor shop, the Board of Adjustment voted.

By Tom Bailey March 25, 2021

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Metro

Rhodes offering panel discussion on Latin American migration

Moderator Michael LaRosa’s latest book, cowritten with a Memphis attorney, will be released the same day.

By Jane Roberts 1 hour ago

Education U of M opens doors to batch of its most-promising prospects

Workforce initiatives at U of M expand their reach

Leaders of the three separate initiatives joined Eric Barnes to talk about their programs this week on the WKNO-TV’s “Behind The Headlines.”

By The Daily Memphian Staff 6 hours ago

Health Care Sleepless Mid-Southerners find relief at Baptist center

Battle for the Bones

The Battle for the Bones is a longtime rivalry between the University of Memphis and the University of Alabama Birmingham. The Tigers claimed the trophy, a bronze rack of ribs, Saturday night. Photographer Wes Hale was there to capture the action.

By The Daily Memphian Staff 5 hours ago