After months of being cooped up at home, people are traveling again. That may pose some new challenges in the hospitality industry, though.

The remarkable Sweetens Cove Golf Club inspired Parks Dixon’s campaign to bring its designers to Memphis and turn them loose on Overton’s storied but long neglected nine.

Kylan Bernard, Landen McNair lead Bartlett to team championship, just ahead of Central.

An all-Memphis championship match in Division 2-A boys singles will be part of a busy morning at Adams Tennis Center.

David Martin scores the winner for focused Brothers.

The Grizzlies guard’s 47 points in Game 2 in Salt Lake City set records tumbling. This was well-documented, but the litany deserves both repetition and elaboration.

At least one fan was ejected for making offensive comments to Ja Morant’s family. 

Former executive director of Memphis charter school indicted on theft and forgery charges after she was accused of stealing $4,500 from the now closed school. 

The twin brother of Memphis star safety Quindell Johnson has played football all his life; now he’s ready for business.

Dr. Chikezie Madu, a science teacher at White Station High School, is one of the state’s six finalists for the Presidential Awards in Math and Science Teaching.

The football season opener on Sept. 4 vs. Nicholls State is scheduled for 6 p.m.

U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty is one of the co-sponsors of legislation that could provide funding to repair the Hernando DeSoto Bridge, build a new bridge across the Mississippi River, or both.

Shelby County is about 51% toward its goal of vaccinating 700,000 people, according to the county Health Department. As of Thursday, 355,102 total people are vaccinated with 270,297 of them fully vaccinated.

Collierville Schools received a $2 million grant that will allow them to fly with community partners, training in mechanics, flying and drone operation.

It is the first time since 1993 that it will be in a prime-time slot. 

The Tennessee and Arkansas departments of transportation now know exactly how they will repair the I-40 bridge. 

No, the Grizzlies won’t have a full house for Saturday’s Game 3 against the Jazz. But that’s no reason to be angry. Buy a ticket and soak it in. The Grizzlies will have more people in the building Saturday than since before the pandemic. It’ll feel like playoff basketball is supposed to feel.

Groovin’ and Grillin’ events are returning to Germantown as part of the city’s summer concert series. While movies will not return this year, hot dogs, hamburgers and music will be available.

Both of Collierville’s spray parks are open. Passes are needed ahead of time to use the one at W.C. Johnson Park.

The Memphis Grizzlies won’t increase capacity ahead of Games 3 and 4, but they are making limited tickets available on the Pinnacle Level. 

Memphis didn’t win Game 2 in Utah Wednesday. But any Grizzlies fan who watched the game had to be pumped. The Grizzlies now have home-court advantage and the best player in the series. Saturday night at FedExForum should be wild.

May 26, 2021: The Utah Jazz defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in Salt Lake City in Game 2 of the first round of the NBA playoffs.

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Morant scored a career-high and franchise single-game record 47 points, but Utah’s 3-point shooting stopped Memphis, evening the series at 1.

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Box score: Jazz 141, Grizzlies 129