Navy hands Tigers third straight loss
Memphis ends the 2025 regular season on a three-game losing streak.Related content:
Box score: Navy 28, Memphis 17
NCAA box score for college football game played between the Memphis Tigers and the Navy Midshipmen on Nov. 27, 2025.
‘We needed to answer:’ From church kitchens to city streets, volunteers serve holiday meals to the hungry
Memphians across the city spend part of their Thanksgiving holiday helping to feed the hungry.
Buckley: Pressure? Penny Hardaway is feeling it. Which maybe isn’t all bad.
After snapping a four-game losing streak, Memphis Tigers basketball coach Penny Hardaway opens up about the stress he’s been feeling.
$15 Deal: Bayou’s crawfish basket
The crawfish are plump and juicy, tucked onto a bed of crispy seasoned fries that soak up just enough of the drippings to keep every bite interesting.
Opinion: Even now, there’s much to be thankful for
Gratitude is what steadies us when the ground shifts. It reminds us that even when hope feels hard to hold, love hasn’t left the room.
Calkins: It was just an unfinished knitting project. Here’s why it brought them to tears.
At West Cancer Center, a knitting group finishes the projects of those who have died. Here’s the story of one of those projects. It’s a reminder of the good in the world.
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.”
Houston’s to be demolished
Demolition will cost $54,000, according to a permit filed with the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning and Development.
Clutch defense, Edey’s return mark Grizzlies overtime road win
Basketball is sometimes called a “game of runs,” and this one was that for 45 minutes.Related content:
Memphis picks up comfortable win over SIU, snaps 4-game skid
In a game in which 14 different Memphis players logged minutes, the Tigers had three players in double figures.Related content:
St. Mary’s trio designs, builds, programs ‘Turkeybot’
Lauren Rogers, head of the Upper School at St. Mary’s said the school has a “moral obligation” to staunch the widening gender gap in STEM education.
Daily WordRow: Nov. 27
Are you a Wordle fan? Try WordRow, a similar game. It’s free to play.
Sudoku: Nov. 27
Here are today’s sudokus perfectly baked on a 9x9 grid.
What Daily Memphians think*
“A beautiful story about a group of beautiful women. My dear sister-in-law, Conne Bellet, was a member of that group until cancer took her from us.” — Pam Crawford about Calkins: It was just an unfinished knitting project. Here’s why it brought them to tears.
“I love this story; playing tourist in our city is always magical for me.” — Monique Fisher about Table Talk: The holiday pause is the perfect moment to savor Memphis
“Sounds like a soap opera. What a lot of drama.” — Susan Caldwell about Defense pushes back on claim Lindsey Whiteside sentence was won by fraud
* Select comments upvoted by Daily Memphian readers.
Daily Jigsaw: Happy Thanksgiving!
This jigsaw puzzle is a photo of a Thanksgiving turkey and was provided by Corky’s BBQ.
Metro
14-year-old charged with rape in St. George’s case, police say
Teenager charged with aggravated rape in one of two alleged assaults at St. George’s Independent School in recent weeks, becoming the second person arrested in the investigation.
Behind The Headlines Richmond wants to stay in charge at Memphis-Shelby County Schools
Premium Shelby County Judges order Clerk’s, Sheriff’s offices to fix delays
Public Safety 11 face federal charges after interactions with Task Force officers
State Government State now has until December to appeal National Guard ruling
Business
Inked: Whitehaven Starbucks sold, apartments dodge foreclosure
A 48-unit apartment complex sold for $2.6 million, while a Memphis industrial building sold for $3.6 million.
Real Estate Daily Memphian seminar to focus on city’s real estate, growing tax base
Premium Real Estate North Memphis Grocery Project on hold until more ‘heads and beds’
Spirit of Memphis WWII hero and pioneering scientist dies at 100
Real Estate Downtown restaurants and nail salon awarded $50K for renovations, Baron Von Opperbean to get more money soon
Sports
Box score: Memphis 74, Southern Illinois 58
Box score for the NCAA basketball game between the University of Memphis Tigers and the Southern Illinois University Salukis at FedExForum on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025.
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies ground Pelicans in overtime
Memphis Grizzlies Box score: Grizzlies 133, Pelicans 128
Premium Memphis Tigers Football No regrets: Memphis QB Brendon Lewis plays through pain for a reason
Premium Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies 25: Jonas Valanciunas had a big personality to match his big game
Food
Belly Acres belly-up at Bartlett’s Union Depot
A Belly Acres restaurant planned for Union Depot in Bartlett is off the table as the business endures financial headaches and is closing locations.
Premium Dining Guides What to order: Hog & Hominy’s collards and hominy
Suburbs
DeSoto school board asks lawmakers to revive bill that could remove one of its own members
This move comes as board member Michele Henley faces sustained pressure for supporting convicted former youth pastor Lindsey Whiteside.
Premium North Mississippi ‘Just doing what I was supposed to do': Captain goes into water to reach trapped teens
Arts & Culture
Memphis Movies This Week: New ‘Knives Out,’ a chance to see the ‘Wizard’
Also opening this week: “Zootopia 2” hits the big screen along with Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen and Miles Teller.
Spirit of Memphis This kids’ film festival is about digesting complex ideas — and having fun
Opinion
Opinion: Embracing the best moment of life
“May this Thanksgiving week awaken the power within each of us to give and receive thanks, to uncloud our minds from the unnecessary things and embrace the best moment of life.”
Podcasts
The AM/DM podcast: Dating, apps and the Bluff City
If you’re single and not “on the apps,” you’re not really trying to find love.