Should Congressman Steve Cohen, re-elected Nov. 6 with an even higher than usual 80 percent of the vote, be worried about holding on to office into the 2020s (and his own 70s)? 

Sources report that Superintendent Dorsey Hopson will resign after five years of leading Shelby County Schools. Rumors of Hopson’s departure have been flying for months.

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It’s not always so simple, but in the modern NBA the team with the best perimeter scorer and playmaker has a pretty big advantage, and it was advantage Grizzlies as Mike Conley scored 28 points to lead the team to its fourth straight win, 98-88, over the Dallas Mavericks (7-9).

James Wiseman, the nation’s top college basketball prospect, will announce his college decision Tuesday morning on ESPN's SportsCenter.

Mike Conley scored 28 points, Marc Gasol had 17 points and 15 rebounds and the Memphis Grizzlies broke open a close game in the fourth quarter to beat the Dallas Mavericks 98-88 on Monday night.

Soon after I arrived in Knoxville to lead the Institute of Agriculture in 2006, I fell in love with the University of Tennessee. It is a special place because of the people and their commitment to the students and citizens all across the state of Tennessee. There is something about the spirit found within this university. It is real. It is sincere. It is palpable. It is authentic.

Mimeo.com, a cloud-based content distribution and printing company, is changing the area code of its corporate headquarters from New York City to 901.

Parents spend $500 billion annually on their adult children, but they’re only putting $250 billion away per year toward their own retirement, according to a new study by Merrill Lynch and Age Wave.

As Franklin Haney tells it, his trouble started when President Donald Trump passed him a business tip. It came on an otherwise delightful night last spring as they dined at adjacent tables in Florida’s exclusive Mar-a-Lago resort.

More than 60 women ran for elected office in 40 races throughout Shelby County during the 2018 election cycle, resulting in several historic firsts and government representation being a little more reflective along both gender and racial lines in the county.

It’s got to be Memphis, right?

Tyler Harris stepped to the line with 2.9 seconds left needing to hit three straight free throws to tie the game and send it into overtime.

On a mid-November Saturday night inside FedExForum, it felt like mid-March and the first round of the NCAA Tournament. For 45 minutes – through regulation and the first overtime – Memphis and Yale competed, overcame, refused to blink.

At 10-5, the Grizzlies are in a playoff race again after a two-year absence. But in an unusual double-dip, they may also be in a Rookie of the Year race for the first time in a decade, since O.J. Mayo finished second to Derrick Rose in 2009.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam announced New York-based Mimeo.com, a cloud-based content distribution and printing company, is relocating its headquarters to Memphis.

James Wiseman, the nation’s No. 1 prospect, will announce Tuesday his decision on where he will play college basketball during an appearance on ESPN’s SportsCenter at 11 a.m. CST.

The Downtown Memphis from 2014 when I moved back home from Austin, compared to the Downtown I experience and represent today, is almost night and day.

Marc Gasol made four three-pointers on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis and each one extended the Grizzlies’ lead over the Minnesota Timberwolves from single to double digits. Gasol added three blocks and drew a key late charge on opposing center Karl-Anthony Towns as the Grizzlies beat the Timberwolves 100-87 to improve to 10-5 and into a three-way tie for third place in the Western Conference.

Let posterity note that rookie Jaren Jackson Jr. set a new career scoring high with an alley-oop dunk that doubled as a "Whoomp! There It Is!" request, a FedExForum rite of passage that pushed the Grizzlies lead to a game-high 14 points in the third quarter of an eventual 112-104 win over head coach Dave Joerger, suited-and-booted Zach Randolph, and rest of the oh-so-familiar visiting Sacramento Kings.

Forget the turkey and pumpkin pie. This Thanksgiving, Whitehaven is serving up donuts.

Tony Allen started to hand Zamarion Boyd the Thanksgiving basket, but then, noting the size of Zamarion — who is just five — Allen reconsidered and handed the basket to Zamarion’s brother instead.

Memphis (2-1) fought off a scrappy Yale (1-1) squad 109-102 in double overtime at FedExForum Saturday night. 

Tyler Harris scored 22 points, Jeremiah Martin added 20 as Memphis had to go to double overtime Saturday night before defeating Yale 109-102.

The first phase of Lamar Avenue’s long-awaited overhaul is expected to begin next spring and be completed by November 2021.