“Ja Morant will return to the Grizzlies and with that, a new project begins: Restoration, both of his place among the brightest young stars in the NBA constellation and his team’s place as a young contender.”
Young Oscar Tshiebwe was selling bricks to provide for his family when he was discovered at Bismack Biyombo’s basketball camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Next week, they’ll share the court together.
The Tigers fell short despite Madison Griggs shooting 43% from deep on her way to making a season-high six 3-pointers.
Mario Anderson had Oklahoma, USC and Cal in his top four before choosing Memphis.
Also happening this week: The Memphis City Council wraps up for the year, and the Memphis Tigers play top-ranked UVA.
Jahvon Quinerly loved what he heard when the Tigers beat No. 13 Clemson on Saturday. He wants to hear it against when No. 22 Virginia visits Tuesday. But can Memphis deliver?
The $78 million redevelopment of the old Northside High School comes with an ambitious plan to bring back the surrounding Klondike subdivision from decades of blight.
LaTeasha Gaither-Davis founded Therapeutic Focus, which has a new 2,500-square-foot clinic in West Memphis, in 2011. As a child, she and her family struggled to find the services she now helps to provide.
But moving mountains of sand during historic low water levels creates its own problems.
Coach Penny Hardaway’s team returned to FedExForum on Saturday afternoon for the first time in almost a full month — after six straight games away from home — to a raucous White Out crowd and put on a show. DeAndre Williams reflects on offseason, near-return to TigersRelated stories:
Brad Brownell has plenty of praise for Memphis after a win could get coach Penny Hardaway’s team nationally ranked.
Two of the best players in college basketball shared the court at FedExForum on Saturday. But you wouldn’t have known it by reading the headlines beforehand.
“But, as they say, all good things must end. ... Dec. 29 will be my last day at The Daily Memphian, which has served as a five-year encore to 40 years at The Commercial Appeal.”
The mother of 20-year-old Atlanta native Jaylin McKenzie, who was killed in December 2022 when visiting Memphis, has filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Memphis and various police department officials.
“This is the most expensive community center that we have built, ever,” Memphis Parks Director Nick Walker said of the 22,000-square-foot facility at 4221 Macon Road.
“I have asked some fellow lifelong Memphians who know all about the big city/small town nature of our home to share memories from the Christmases of their earliest years.”
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and University of Tennessee Health Science Center announce additions.
Organizers of the More for Memphis plan are pitching elected officials on a new board to assign more than $1 billion in funding to efforts they say would solve the city’s economic mobility problem.
Major importers in Memphis rely on the Canadian National Railway’s service from Prince Rupert because that route shaves 500 miles off the sail time from key Asian harbors.
Failure to secure permanent stadium proves costly, as the team will leave AutoZone Park for Santa Barbara, California.
Our Thanksgiving guide offers recipes to ease your menu-planning worries. And we’ve got a guide to turkey trots and holiday lighting events in case you need something to do besides eat and nap.
The Mississippi High School Activities Association issued a penalty to DeSoto Central on Nov. 4, including a one-year disciplinary probation for the team as well as a $100 fine.
Felix Cavaliere and The Rascals earned rock-and-roll fame with No. 1 hits like “Good Lovin’,” “Mustang Sally,” “Groovin’” and “People Got to Be Free.”
The forum will address juvenile crime, bail, truancy and other factors with speakers including representatives from the Memphis Police Department, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, General Sessions Court and the school system.
The Daily Memphian food, music and basketball reporter and columnist Chris Herrington joins Eric Barnes on Sound Bites to discuss his areas of expertise.