Calkins: Happy ‘Mr. Bruce Day’ for those who celebrate. (Maybe all of us should.)
It was “Mr. Bruce Day” at Immaculate Conception Cathedral School Friday. And if you don’t know what that means, let me tell you. Because we all could use it today.
Kerrick Jackson expected to be Tigers’ new baseball coach
Kerrick Jackson would be the first Black baseball coach in the Memphis program’s history.
Farragut rally victimizes Houston in AAAA title game
Houston finished off one of its best years in 23 seasons under coach Lane McCarter.
Strickland pushes for stronger federal and state gun laws
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland called Friday, May 27, for “strong federal laws with reasonable restrictions on weapons” and “stronger state laws punishing gun crimes and more intervention with those at-risk of using guns.”
Collierville, Lausanne boys tennis make it a clean sweep
Dragons and Lynx each add singles and doubles titles Friday to go with their team championships earlier in the week. Houston holds off Powell to advance to title game; Covington reaches AAA finalRelated stories:
Recipe Exchange: Jim’s Place East Asparagus Mousse
Two blasts from the past: Jim’s Place East and asparagus mousse. Why say no when it’s so easy to say yes?
Multiple Lake District commercial openings expected by end of year
Yehuda Netanel updated Lakeland’s Economic Development Commission on the progress of the various pieces of his $400 million development.
UTHSC chancellor says pandemic is ‘paradox’ for medical schools, research
Dr. Peter Buckley said those sticking with a career in medicine may be health care’s “greatest generation” even as others are leaving because of what they saw and did during the worst of the pandemic.
Six finalists in line for Olive Branch police chief post
Olive Branch Mayor Ken Adams has narrowed the list of finalists who’ve interviewed for the job of police chief Don Gammage, whose last day will be June 30.
Collierville Superintendent receives solid review in third year
Collierville Schools Board of Education is confident in its superintendent. As part of the solid review, he received a $15,000 bonus.
Oh, snap: This week’s best photos
The Daily Memphian staff photographer Mark Weber has been busy this week covering events around Memphis while Patrick Lantrip traveled to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to capture the action at Spring Fling, a statewide competition for high school athletes. Take a look and vote for your favorite.
Digital art, work of Maurice Sendak are headed to Brooks
On the Sidebar, Eric talks to Patty Daigle, the associate curator of modern and contemporary art at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.
It’s time to fire up the grill and drag out the ice cream machine
On this week’s Sound Bites, Jennifer Biggs and Chris Herrington talk about some of their favorite summer foods and what’s good on the grill and what’s not.
Photo Gallery: Spring Fling concludes
The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association’s Spring Fling XXIX, a seven-sport, Olympic-style competition in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, concluded Saturday with losses for two Memphis area baseball teams — Covington High and Houston High.
Metro
This Week in Memphis: School closure meeting and a new Chamber chair
Also happening this week: A Memphis Christmas rom-com airs on BET+, and Santa helps people cross Union Avenue.
Premium Metro ‘Goofiest, happiest dog in the world’ has spent nearly 1,500 days in a shelter
Premium Public Safety Before Task Force, there was Operation Viper — and nearly 500 arrests
Spirit of Memphis Marathon runners are called St. Jude Heroes, but ‘everyone knows’ young patients are the truly brave ones
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Marathon runners are called St. Jude Heroes, but ‘everyone knows’ young patients are the truly brave ones
More than 22,000 runners took part in the St. Jude Memphis Marathon Saturday, which officials hope will raise $16 million for the hospital
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Sports
Grizzlies flex bench strength to knock off Trail Blazers
Memphis’ bench outscored Portland’s bench 69-35, tying its season high for bench points. Box score: Grizzlies 119, Trail Blazers 96 Aldama scores 22 points, Grizzlies build big lead in 119-96 win over Trail BlazersRelated content:
Memphis Tigers Football Memphis Tigers headed to Gasparilla Bowl
Sports AutoZone Liberty Bowl matchup: Navy vs. Cincinnati
Memphis Grizzlies Aldama scores 22 points, Grizzlies build big lead in 119-96 win over Trail Blazers
Memphis Grizzlies Box score: Grizzlies 119, Trail Blazers 96
Food
Bartlett now jittery with many new coffee shops
An abundance of coffee shops have opened in Bartlett in the past year, making for a competitive market for those seeking a piping hot brew.
Recipes Recipe Exchange: Phillip Ashley Rix’s sweet potato pie
Suburbs
Bartlett now jittery with many new coffee shops
An abundance of coffee shops have opened in Bartlett in the past year, making for a competitive market for those seeking a piping hot brew.
Premium Real Estate Lakeland board considers rezoning land along US 70
Arts & Culture
Gallery: An Orange Mound metal marker
The Orange Mound neighborhood marker is located at corner of Park Avenue and Airways Boulevard.
Premium Visual Arts Memphis Movies This Week: Oscar contender ‘Hamnet’ and a super-sized ‘Kill Bill’
Opinion
Opinion: ‘The moral obligation to extend hospitality to the migrant and the stranger’
“Regardless of political affiliation or denomination, Christian people must speak clearly and with one voice that such treatment of the immigrant or cultural outsider in our midst is immoral and in direct opposition to the way of Jesus.”
Guest Columnists Echols: Thinking about what’s behind our thinking
Podcasts
‘I don’t think I have seen a mug shot that is not Latino or African American,’ county mayor says about Task Force arrests
On “Behind The Headlines,” Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said he has tried to meet with federal officials from the Memphis Safe Task Force to talk about his concerns ICE agents are racially “profiling” Memphians.
The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Former TV journalist revealing deeper truths
Games
Daily Jigsaw: Brain on a chip
This jigsaw puzzle is a photo of a gum-stick-size chip used to test an antiviral, and it is courtesy Caleb Jia.