“Expectations are here,” Desmond Bane said Sunday from the Grizzlies’ final media session. “This is reality, and we came up short. We have to be better.”

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The two victims, both students and football players at Booker T. Washington High School, have been identified. 

Also happening this week: The University of Tennessee Athletics’ department brings its “Big Orange Caravan” to Memphis.

Former Memphis forward Damarien Yates plans to unite with Alabama State coach Tony Madlock, who was a point guard for then-Memphis State from 1989-92.

When she began offering swim lessons nearly 40 years ago, Holly Self had no idea she was starting a family legacy.

The state criminal trial for three former Memphis police officers charged in the 2023 death of Tyre Nichols begins Monday, April 28.

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Memphis had a player taken in the NFL Draft for the first time since 2022, and several others were extended undrafted free agent offers or invitations once the draft concluded. 

The Redbirds came up one win short of sweeping their road series with the Norfolk Tide.

After spending his first few weeks in the Methodist Hospital-Germantown NICU, Jayden Kyles is having a full-circle moment as he fosters his dream to become a pediatrician. 

One of the nation’s oldest optometry colleges is focusing on providing local people with visual impairments the latest technology, like AI-powered glasses.