Just before the season started, some national media suggested Penny Hardaway was on the hot seat. Well, if Hardaway was on the hot seat, the man has spent the week dumping a bathtub of water from the Pacific Ocean on the flame. 

Memphis was led by Tyrese Hunter’s 23 points and some aggressive team defense. The Tigers will play at 4 p.m. CST Wednesday vs. Auburn in the Maui Invitational championship.

This is the box score for the NCAA Maui Invitational game between the Memphis Tigers and the Michigan State Spartans on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, at Lahaina Civic Center in Hawaii.

Memphis City Council members expressed support for the violence-intervention funding but delayed a vote. The council also discussed ways to overcome the stalled fight against blight.

The Memphis Police Department’s new fugitive task force has made around 614 arrests in the two months it has been operating, Col. Frank Winston told Memphis City Council members Tuesday, Nov. 26.

The Daily Memphian has kept track of notable Group of Five teams each week. Teams have fallen in and out of the tracker based on the outcomes of games played.

MLGW’s $2.5 billion budget doesn’t include any rate increases for the current year, but a previously passed 4% electric rate increase will take effect next year. 

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Standouts from Collierville, Covington, Fairley, Southwind and Tipton-Rosemark earn invitations to Nissan Stadium on Dec. 1o.

The Memphis City Council has an eye toward the future of Downtown and MLGW’s place in it.

Ja Morant was ruled out of Wednesday’s game against the Pistons with a knee contusion. 

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As the holiday season dawns, Bartlett Chamber officials are taking advantage of Small Business Saturday by spotlighting local artists at the Bartlett Holiday Market.

The Tigers and Grizzlies tag teamed on Monday to give Memphis “one of the best days” of November basketball imaginable. 

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Desmond Bane said people can’t stop telling him about how frequently his commercial plays during Memphis Grizzlies games.

Uncle Lou’s Fried Chicken is set to move to a freestanding building in early 2025, something Lou Martin has been wanting to do for a while. 

Many have likely driven by it hundreds of times with barely a glance, but this cemetery in the heart of Memphis has stories to tell.

The Tigers now have wins over four KenPom top-100 teams.