During a pandemic and the fight for social justice, why aren't we listening to the ones on the playing field?

Memphian Marquita Bradshaw caught the political world by surprise Thursday, winning the state’s Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate and spending only a fraction of the money that frontrunner James Mackler spent.

Laird Veatch warily eyes the status of the football season; Mike Norvell's best player makes his position clear; and an innocently made but still offensive gesture at a baseball game lands a coach in trouble. 

Health officials offer no guarantees but believe the odds of getting through the school year – albeit with some positive COVID-19 cases or even clusters – is reasonably good, assuming all those involved remain vigilant about social distancing and wearing masks and the overall community's transmission rate continues the recent downward trend.

When our world turned upside down on Jan. 25, 2002, Pastor Steve Montgomery and the Idlewild Presbyterian congregation not only fed our souls, but also our bodies.

Hassell, who has collaborated with Brian Eno, Talking Heads and Ry Cooder, remembers a transformative introduction to music in his hometown: “You just never forget the things that happened first in your life.”

Memphis wins the statistical battle but can't find the net in a frustrating Group G defeat.

It’s amazing how many smiling faces an important, relieving 30-point blowout of the Oklahoma City Thunder can produce — from street signs to the sideline.

The four-star forward is the first prospect to join Penny Hardaway's class of 2021. 

The Tigers’ unit improved substantially last season, but his strategy has to account for the speed of the offense, and the added wrinkle of the pandemic.

Until last week, the COVID-19 Hospital Impact Model for Epidemics (CHIME) from the University of Pennsylvania predicted 1,500 daily hospitalizations around that time. 

Online practice offers appointments six days a week from acute care to helping people manage chronic disease.

On “Behind the Headlines,” the president of the University of Memphis says some students have been living on campus through the pandemic, in part because of the digital divide and because some students will have the flexibility to remain off campus after the return with hybrid classes.

Ja Morant who scored 19 points, had everyone holding their breath when he landed on his hip just before halftime.

The Shelby County Election Commission got requests for nearly 20,000 absentee ballots and about 17,000 of the mail-in ballots were cast in Thursday's election. Some voters anxious about waiting for the ballots to come instead voted in person on election day or during early voting. And some ballots were disqualified because of specific state laws.

MUS graduate Jack Crosby is the first Shelby County golfer to win the Tennessee State Amateur since 2014.

The new standards for reopening bars and allowing gatherings are based on trends in cases and positivity rates.

U.S. District Court Judge Sheryl Lipman denies temporary restraining order seeking release of medically vulnerable and disabled detainees from the Shelby County Jail at 201 Poplar. 

Idlewild Presbyterian Church celebrates life, mourns death of their beloved, retired pastor.

Health department adds 141 employees, funded with CARES Act money that expires Dec. 31.

Layman, who redshirted last season, is leaving after LSU transfer Peter Parrish joined Memphis. 

Memphis takes on the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Orlando bubble.

Forward Josh Minott is close to making his pick, with the Tigers in the picture.

The city applied for a building permit Aug. 5 for a $12 million fleet maintenance facility and fuel center at 3720 Knight Arnold Road in southeast Memphis.

The Shelby County Health Department reported 264 new coronavirus cases and two new related deaths on Friday, August 7.