Coach Penny Hardaway’s 2025-26 Memphis Tigers roster is composed of several players who have yet to reach their potential at the college level.

Penny Hardaway was scheduled to talk about his basketball team. But he spent more time talking about the challenges facing Memphis fans — and the city he has always called home.

This month, sing “The Boy Is Mine” at FedExForum, see Peter Frampton at the Orpheum and more.

Over the summer, the Memphis Grizzlies made a big investment in Santi Aldama and placed a bet on Jock Landale. Now, injuries could force both into the starting lineup. 

“Before this actually gets signed, we will have paid $8 million that we don’t officially own yet,” said City Council member Jerri Green.

With the Tigers riding a 10-game win streak and a potential College Football Playoff spot on the line, could ESPN’s College GameDay visit Memphis again?

Two other schools also move up as Germantown drops following a loss to DeSoto Central.

The first significant deployment of Tennessee National Guard troops to Memphis is expected by Friday, Oct. 10.

“Absent an emergency or in the case of criminal misconduct, I do not believe the terms of elected officials should be shortened. As such, I hereby veto,” Harris wrote.

This jigsaw puzzle is a photo of a new statue outside of the FedExForum taken by The Daily Memphian photographer Patrick Lantrip.

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The Memphis Safe Task Force has allegedly made hundreds of arrests since its launch last week. But how law enforcement is tracking those arrests is unclear.

Recent arrest affidavits suggest the Memphis Safe Task Force is reliant on traffic stops and instances of stop-and-frisk policing. 

The Grizzlies watched an early lead slip away but still left Monday’s preseason opener with a positive outlook. 

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NBA box score for the preseason game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Detroit Pistons at FedExForum on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.

Commissioners also began to talk Monday, Oct. 6, about the county’s other financial problem that prompted the Tennessee comptroller to bar approval of any new bonds for the next year.

Sanicola served as an NCAA head coach at Division III schools St. Joseph’s College (Maine) and Southern Maine from 2023-2024.

Jada Lin leads by three strokes in Division 2-AA girls. Patrick Gatti of CBHS is the co-leader in D2-AA boys, and Jackson Whaley of Collierville is in good shape in Class AA boys.

The Memphis Tigers are off this week, and are spending the extra time finding ways to improve before playing traveling to UAB on Oct. 18. 

MPD’s presentation to the Memphis City Council comes after the first week of a state and federal anti-crime surge in the city. 

The new financial leader of the logistics giant’s less-than-truckload division spinoff is a former exec of a Fortune 100 company.

The church has purchased 8 acres near its current property to adapt to growth as necessary. 

The Grizzlies are also currently without Jaren Jackson Jr., Zach Edey and Brandon Clarke.

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