I hate to push Christmas on you when Halloween isn't even here, but we all know I'm not the first to do that. And this is for a good reason.

It’s the start of another Memphis Grizzlies season. What exactly does that mean?

Memphis Redbirds manager Stubby Clapp’s name emerged Tuesday afternoon as a possibility for major league positions with two organizations, including the parent St. Louis Cardinals.

On the cusp of this Memphis Grizzlies season, the franchise’s 18th in Memphis, the prevailing questions have been been about the team: How good can they be? How concerning were their preseason struggles? But let’s take a moment to talk about you.

The numbers that the Briarcrest volleyball team has put up this season speak for themselves. Heading into this week's Divison 2-AA state tournament in Murfreesboro, the Saints are 37-2 overall and 15th in the nation, according to MaxPreps.

First Horizon National Corp. assured analysts Tuesday it’s poised to deliver solid returns by maintaining its historic stronghold in Tennessee and growing market share in the Carolinas, South Florida and Middle Tennessee.

The Sears department store in Wolfchase Galleria is among the 142 Sears and Kmart stores that will close as a part of the new bankruptcy filing by Sears Holdings Corp. early Monday, court filings show.

Zombies didn’t take over a runway at Memphis International Airport Monday morning, but it sure looked like it. A mass-casualty disaster exercise featured 117 students, moaning, limping and generally pouring on the theatrics as they pretended to be victims of an airliner crash landing. The mock disaster, which closed Runway 36L/18R from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, began with explosions and fireballs around 10:30 a.m., attracting fire trucks and ambulances to the airfield southwest of the terminal.

A week or so ago, we took a look at some of the campaign videos that surfaced in the suburbs, primarily in the mayoral races in Bartlett and Germantown.

As The Daily Memphian enters its second month as a publication, we wanted to thank you for reading us and for subscribing to our email editions and the site. We appreciate it immensely.

The city’s largest emergency shelter for the homeless holds a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for the first phase of a $34 million project replacing its outdated facilities Downtown with a 52,875-square-foot complex.

Memphis (4-3, 1-3 American Athletic Conference) fell to No. 10 UCF (6-0, 3-0) in Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. The 31-30 loss marks coach Mike Norvell’s first with a losing conference record. 

Shelby County’s elections administrator is guaranteeing her office will process some 33,000 new voter-registration applications before early voting starts Wednesday, after being queried by U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen.

Everyone’s happy the NBA preseason has shrunk. Not long ago, eight games was the norm. Now every team plays between four and six. The result is fewer games that don’t count, padded out by players who won’t be on regular season rosters; more air into an 82-game real season that needed extra rest time. Win-win, right?

I experimented – up to a point – with the new service in Memphis called Lawn Love, which provides grass mowing, leaf removal or other yard services with the touch of a mobile app or click on the website.

They were in range, that’s what hurts. Or that’s one of a thousand things that hurt after a loss like that.

The Tigers blew a 13-point halftime lead to No. 10 UCF at home. The Knights shut Memphis out in the second half and avoided an upset in Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Karl Dean says he would support legislation to legalize sports betting in Tennessee, but Republican candidate Bill Lee doesn’t want to gamble on it.

Finishing up the final lap of the preseason, the Memphis Grizzlies showed more of a regular-season rotation early. The Houston Rockets showed midseason form on their 3-point shooting. The Rockets unloaded their 3-point arsenal, all the way down to a Chris Paul 30-footer in the first half, building a 27-point lead en route to a 121-103 victory over the Grizzlies on Friday night in the preseason finale for both teams.

Taylor Swift may have gotten all the media attention for potentially upping the vote.

When my wife was a girl, she and her seven brothers and sisters liked to trick their sweet, unworldly grandmother into posing for the camera with her middle finger held high. They told her it meant, “I love you but I don’t like what you’re saying.”

I remember the days when Germantown officials would snicker and mock the antics of the Memphis City Council.

Greater Memphis Chamber chairman Richard Smith says the organization welcomes input from local elected officials on the process of replacing its president and CEO, but the Chamber does not need to make it a public process.

The Shelby County Commission and Mayor Lee Harris have taken steps to show the U.S. Department of Justice there has been a change in the approach on Shelby County Juvenile Court issues. 

By the end of the first quarter, Memphis running back Darrell Henderson had rushed 12 times for 115 yards and a touchdown. Whatever the team’s fate Saturday against No. 10 UCF, there was not going to be any chance that second-guessers could point to the nation’s leading rusher not getting the ball enough.