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Memphis Grizzlies Is it too early to think about playoff positioning? The Grizzlies secured at least a season-series tie with the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City Friday night, beating the Jazz in their building for the second time in the season’s first seven games. The win moves the Grizzlies to 5-2 and tied with the San Antonio Spurs for fourth place in the Western Conference. -
Memphis Tigers Basketball Tip-Ins and Turnovers: Tigers use new ways to count attendance and other notes
Memphis cruised to a 95-68 win over CBU in the final exhibition game of the season. Here are the tip-ins and turnovers from the win. -
Geoff Calkins Calkins: With its all-Memphis backcourt, Tiger basketball could spark a party in the 901
Now that the exhibition portion of the season is over, I offer the following thought: The Memphis Tigers could win the tournament. -
Business Strickland backs regionalism in new economic development push
An emerging plan for a better local economic development strategy will include a healthy dose of regionalism, Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says, and adhere closely to recommendations from ad hoc groups calling for better research, closer management of companies looking at Memphis and setting and sticking to goals for pursuing specific industries. -
Memphis Tigers Basketball At the Horn: Martin, pressing defense leads Tigers past CBU
Jeremiah Martin scored 24 points, Kyvon Davenport added 16 as Memphis ended its preseason exhibition schedule with a 95-68 victory over Christian Brothers on Friday night. -
Education In a competitive education market, private schools are going one-on-one with parents
With public schools, municipal schools and charter schools, Memphis-area private schools are adjusting the way they interact with prospective student families to make sure they stand out in a competitive market. -
City of Memphis Early voting ends with ‘robust’ turnout, Medicaid stand by Dean
Early voting in advance of the Nov. 6 Election Day ended Thursday evening with Shelby County turnout expected to remain below 200,000 and below the early voter turnout for the November 2016 presidential general election. -
Business River Parks Partnership selects firms to lead Tom Lee Park redevelopment
The Memphis River Parks Partnership has chosen two firms to lead the redevelopment of Tom Lee Park. -
Public Safety Shelby County Medical Examiner testifies at death penalty trial
Memphis police officer Sean Bolton was shot eight times last year on a Parkway Village street, and one of the bullets to his thigh pierced an artery killing him, according to Shelby County Medical Examiner Dr. Marco Ross. -
Public Safety Tremaine Wilbourn trial: Prosecutors call officers, neighbors on Day 4
The night Memphis police officer Sean Bolton was shot and killed on a street in Parkway Village, Jacoba Boyd was one of the first officers to make the scene and used his paramedic training to try to save his friend’s life. -
High School Sports Unpretentious and unmatched, Lausanne’s Eric Gray closes in on career touchdown mark
It happened once – and only once. But there was a time when Eric Gray quit on the football field. -
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies Game Day: Jaren Jackson Jr.’s fouls, Andrew Harrison’s departure, and the weekend matchups
As the Grizzlies head out on a three-game Western Conference road trip, a quick look at a couple of the team issues of the moment and the matchups this weekend: -
Sports Freedom Prep’s Cook building program, molding young men ‘one brick at a time’
When Jerald Cook looks at his Freedom Prep Academy football team, he's able to view his players through a coach's lens. But he's also able to view them through a dad's. -
Collierville Swimming goes to the dogs at new Collierville Canine Club
It was Ella’s ninth birthday and she wanted to go swimming. -
Real Estate Latest tenants at Lake District bring retail presence to more than 100,000 square feet
The Lake District has secured six more tenants, effectively boosting its committed retail presence to more than 100,000 square feet. -
Memphis Tigers Basketball CBU redux? Another win over Memphis isn’t likely, but there is history
November 12, 2014, inside FedExForum: CBU 74, Memphis 70 in overtime. -
High School Sports Daily Memphian high school football playoff preview
The playoffs have arrived. And whether your team went 10-0 in the regular season or didn't win a game at all, the cliche is true. Everyone is 0-0 now. -
Visual Arts A viewer’s guide to the Indie Memphis Film Festival
Indie Memphis, which begins on Thursday, contains multitudes, with an endless number of films big and small, feature and doc, across multiple venues and multiple days. -
Public Safety Jury hears account of police officer’s death in Wilbourn trial
Marquis Wright was smoking a cigarette in the driveway of his uncle’s home when he saw Memphis police officer Sean Bolton struggling with a suspect and then saw that man shoot the officer. -
State Government Blackburn leading Bredesen in three new polls for U.S. Senate seat
With less than a week left until the Nov. 6 election, Republican U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn is leading former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen in three new polls released this week. -
City of Memphis Appeals court stays most of ruling on voter registration forms
The Tennessee Court of Appeals stayed Wednesday, Oct. 31, the effect of most of a ruling last week by Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins governing how the Shelby County Election Commission handles a backlog of voter registration forms. -
Education Suburban school districts finish high, SCS sees bright side of low ACT scores
Suburban school districts here finished at the top of Tennessee’s ACT scores, while Shelby County Schools came in near the bottom but is seeing improvement among its economically disadvantaged students and has four high schools above the state average of 20.2, its best score ever. -
Greenstein: From Memphis to Pittsburgh – words of comfort
Editor’s note: Rabbi Micah D. Greenstein of the Temple Israel was invited to speak at the Jewish community vigil Sunday night at the Memphis Jewish Community Center. Here is a transcript of his remarks. -
Memphis Tigers Football Jones aiding in building a foundation of local prospects
The helicopter navigated through the baseball lights and utility wires to touch down on the front lawn of the Billy J. Murphy Athletic Complex on Friday, Oct. 26. -
Education Tennessee students improve slightly on ACT in a year when national scores backslide
Tennessee’s average ACT score ticked up slightly this year, again landing above 20 and defying national trends on the college entrance exam, according to results released on Wednesday.
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