Buckley: What a week for Penny Hardaway’s Tigers
With Malcolm Dandridge sitting out, Memphis’ roller coaster season rides on with a win over FAU.
With Malcolm Dandridge sitting out, Memphis’ roller coaster season rides on with a win over FAU.
Only two players — Jayden Hardaway and Malcolm Dandridge — on this year’s Tigers were members of the program for that heartbreaking NCAA Tournament loss last March. That didn’t matter.
Memphis beat Florida Atlantic 78-74 on Sunday afternoon in front of a striped-out FedExForum crowd that seemed just as hungry for revenge as Penny Hardaway and his team. Penny Hardaway says he’s ‘waiting’ to learn more about Dandridge situation Tigers secure ‘that get-back’ for Memphis — and for each otherRelated stories:
Memphis announced Saturday that it would withhold Malcolm Dandridge from all competition until further notice.
Also happening this week: Shooting suspect’s mental health evaluation is expected and the Shelby County Commission takes up a controversial solar project.
The art of creating bottle trees has become a worldwide phenomenon, especially common in the Southeast, and a class at T.O. Fuller State Park looks into the tradition’s origins.
County Commissioner Henri Brooks found out three years ago she was adopted through the Tennessee Children’s Home Society, a notorious black-market adoption operation. Her lawsuit against the state could open a “floodgate.”
Here is a brief history of the scandal surrounding the 25-year tenure of Georgia Tann as the head of the Tennessee Children’s Home Society in Memphis.
Those in favor of the proposed House Bill 2043, which would eliminate the state tax on groceries if it passes, got together Saturday — where else? — outside a supermarket.
Theatre Memphis and Dixon Gallery and Gardens are on their fifth year of conducting the partnership event that’s immersive to the public and centered around women’s art.
“Customers have been asking us for the past two years to be open after they get off work,” Eggxactly Breakfast and Deli owner Wendell Jackson said. “I didn’t want to overwork my employees, but they agreed to Fridays and Saturdays.”
Saints use another big run to eliminate MUS. FACS hangs tough to down Columbia Academy while ECS rolls past Goodpasture. And, Arlington wrestler wins state.
Bartlett Library users will receive new City of Bartlett Library cards beginning July 1, as the city splits from the Memphis Public Libraries system.
Hattiloo Theatre will host the regional premiere of “Succession” Feb. 23 - March 24. In the production, a promising young Black actor, uses his charm and cunning to outsmart his mentor. It’s the penultimate show of the Black theater’s 17th season.
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art was selected by Rhode Island leaders in the arts, historical preservation and Black history to receive the oldest known stained glass depicting Jesus as a person of color, also known as the “Black Gospel Window.”
“When a gaggle of kids come in my kitchen door covered in dirt — all red-cheeked and sweaty — cackling and out-of-breath because of some prank they played or game they made up, nothing makes me happier.”
What would Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson have to say about the current state of religion and state in America? They would remind us that we are not a Christian nation.
“As the first-generation male to graduate college in my family, I understand firsthand the transformative power of education. It’s about exposure and opportunity. Education allows individuals to lift themselves and others.”
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University of Memphis College of Communication and Fine Arts announces a promotion.
Also happening this week: Beale Street celebrates B.B. King’s 100th birthday, the city’s first Southern Trans Celebration brings advocacy Downtown.
Along with providing care for conditions like brain tumors and seizures, the institute is also training a new generation of neurologists.
Noah Mendlinger hit a two-run single with two outs in the top of the 12th inning to put Memphis in front.
DJ Naylor and Reny Alfonso join Sound Bites podcast host Holly Whitfield to talk about Celtic Crossing reopening, Irish pubs and more.
Ahead of the roll call vote, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn spoke in favor of Dunavant, calling him an “experienced prosecutor.”
Vendors selling all kinds of collectibles also make up a huge part of the Memphis Comic Expo, with everything from vintage toys, posters, books and gaming cards to statues.
Todd Dixon — a nurse, triathlete, Sunday-school teacher, husband and father — died at 54. Now an entire street in East Memphis is flying Chicago Cubs flags in his honor.
To the dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Memphis, its mission begins — but doesn’t end — with data.
Today’s jigsaw puzzle features a Patrick Lantrip photo of Rowan, a young orangutan born at the Memphis Zoo.