Calkins: Good news, Memphis. Kendric Davis is who we thought he was.
Kendric Davis was brilliant in his home debut. He scored 26 points, collected seven assists and looked exactly like the player Memphis needs him to be.
Kendric Davis finally arrives for the Memphis Tigers
Star point guard Kendric Davis scored 26 in Memphis win over VCU and looked good doing it.
Buckley: Penny stayed on the Tigers’ neck all week
Embarrassed by what happened in a loss to Saint Louis, Memphis took it out on VCU.
Memphis blows by VCU in home-opener
Things started off slow for Memphis against VCU. Then Kendric Davis happened.Related stories:
Box score: Memphis 62, VCU 47
NCAA men’s basketball box score for the Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022 game between the University of Memphis and Virginia Commonwealth University at FedExForum in Memphis.
Tigers’ women’s soccer falls to Arkansas in penalty kick shootout
The Memphis women’s soccer team’s historic season ended in a penalty kick shootout, 3-2, to Arkansas, Sunday, Nov. 20, in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Brooklyn Nets pull away from ailing Memphis Grizzlies
Dillon Brooks kept the Grizzlies in the game for three quarters, but Brooklyn pulled away in the fourth quarter. Related stories:
Box score: Nets 127, Grizzlies 115
Scores from the Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022 game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center.
Enchanted Forest at MoSH is a winter wonderland
The two-level exhibit, which opened on Saturday, includes 43 holiday decorated trees, a selfie station, a gingerbread village and a snow-covered Christmas village.
Tennessee QB Hendon Hooker done for season with knee injury
Hooker has been one of the best quarterbacks in the country and a leading Heisman Trophy contender as the Volunteers (9-2) became a surprise entry into the College Football Playoff race.
Number of Downtown office workers may have decreased by 40%
In 2019, before the pandemic began, Memphis had an adult, daytime worker population of 47,337 people.
Calkins: The perfect way to retire No. 59 — with a 59-0 win
“On Danton Barto’s day, the final scoreboard blazed with his number.” It was a fine way to retire the jersey of the all-time great Memphis linebacker, who died in 2021 at age 50.
Tigers force first shutout since 2015 in win over North Alabama
Memphis scored a season-high in the 59-0 win over North Alabama. The Tigers had 38 points by halftime. Tigers seniors’ final home game is one to rememberRelated stories:
Dreaming of a Whitehaven Christmas: Parade marks holiday season
“You have the baby majorettes, the grown-up majorettes and all the different bands from all the schools. I love it — It’s kind of like a battle of the bands.”
DCS workers, foster parents speak out with ‘calls of desperation’
One baby in Memphis was separated from her mother for much more time than necessary because of dysfunction at the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services. After quitting, a former DCS worker says her hair is growing back.
Brooks Museum artwork honors Tom Lee
“I want the viewer to connect with the characters in the painting. I want the viewer to know the history of Tom Lee,” local artist Carl. E. Moore said.
Rare 100% response rate a shot in the arm for cancer research
West Cancer Center & Research Institute recently completed a clinical trial that eliminated treated tumors in 12 weeks without adverse effects.
Echols: Thanksgiving traditions for the modern family
“The modern American — me, included — can barely sit through a wheat-harvesting description without checking her phone for something a tad more interesting.”
Inmate seriously injured in altercation with cellmate
Preliminary information indicates a detainee at Shelby County Jail is in critical condition after an altercation with his cellmate.
Movers & Shakers
Trezevant Foundation, Memphis Stone & Gravel and Big Cypress Lodge announce new additions.
Metro
MLGW takes step toward buying Cordova property
MLGW previously considered moving the utility’s headquarters to the same building, but backed off on that plan.
City of Memphis Council members to push Gov. Lee to reject Guard deployment
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Public Safety The AM/DM podcast: How a new MPD position rankled the department
Business
The latest on Google’s West Memphis data center? It could add water recycling.
Google plans to limit its water usage to “domestic needs” and cover all the energy costs needed to power its West Memphis facility.
Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers
Premium Business Peabody renovations ‘complete departure’ from old look
Premium Transportation & Logistics What a giant train merger has to do with National Guard in Memphis
Sports
Breaking down the Tigers’ unblemished home record against power conference schools since 2015
The Memphis Tigers will host Arkansas on Saturday. Memphis has won all five of its home games against power conference schools since 2015, including three against SEC opponents.
High School Sports Tuesday prep report: Northpoint scores crucial victory over St. George’s
High School Sports At Bolton High, a revived girls soccer program is playing for pride and joy
Premium Geoff Calkins Calkins: Memphis has a rich history of playing the SEC. Is it coming to an end?
Food
Wiseacre’s OG location isn’t just for beer anymore
Since its inception, Wiseacre’s Broad Avenue taproom has relied on a rotating cast of food trucks. But now the brewery is opening its own in-house sandwich shop.
Suburbs
Collierville Schools to improve cell service at high school, hears site purchase updates
Collierville Schools is hoping cell service is soon improved in the high school area. District leaders also heard an update on two sites they are purchasing.
Arts & Culture
Networking event adding pitch competition, creatives night
“Here we have an event where people are coming together, hundreds of people consistently, for eight years, having a fantastic time,” the founder said.
Opinion
Calkins: Memphis has a rich history of playing the SEC. Is it coming to an end?
For almost exactly 60 years, SEC teams have been traveling to the Liberty Bowl to play Memphis in football. Saturday might be the beginning of the end.
Podcasts
The AM/DM podcast: How a new MPD position rankled the department
In the wake of Tyré Nichols’ death, the Memphis Police Department decided it had an absence of supervision in the field, and set out to fix that problem by creating a new position — the second lieutenant. But that solution caused a string of other problems.