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The Memphis Grizzlies have lost the last three and six of the last eight. Desmond Bane thinks the team can rebound. “It’s on us,” he says.

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Desmond Bane had has first career triple-double for Memphis, but Dyson Daniels stole the ball from him with 3.8 seconds remaining. Caris LeVert got the ball and streaked down the floor for a layup that beat the horn.

This is the box score for the NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Atlanta Hawks on Monday, March 3, 2025, at FedExForum.

Memphis’ all-star forward Jaren Jackson Jr. turned his left ankle in the first quarter of Monday’s Grizzlies-Hawks game at FedExForum.

In 2024, ABB’s revenue in the U.S. was $9 billion, more than a quarter of the ABB Group’s total. The company, present in all 50 states, has 17,000 employees and 40 facilities nationwide. 

Memphis' annual Ostrander Awards may not be held this summer as the organization struggles to find funding.

“Even the most beautiful garden will have a weed every now and then,” the DeSoto County district attorney said. “I don’t mind plucking a weed here and there, and I’ll actually do it every chance I get.”

A win over the Roadrunners would allow the Tigers to clinch a share of the AAC regular-season championship and the No. 1 seed in the AAC Tournament.

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Cost estimates total about $88 million, up from an estimate of about $84 million a year ago. It’s the first major expansion since the venue opened in 2000.

“All future dollars will be spent right here in Collierville, and no more will have to go to another entity,” Collierville Schools Superintendent Russell Dyer said.

A bill requiring Tennessee school districts to adopt a policy prohibiting students from using cellphones and other “wireless communication devices” during instruction time passed in the state House of Representatives Monday.

Vanessa Murtaugh, 46, was indicted Feb. 27 for statutory rape by an authority figure and aggravated statutory rape. 

Recent documents filed with the Division of Planning and Development said a local restaurant group is the proposed tenant for 5000 Poplar Ave.

Frustration has built for the Memphis Grizzlies since the All-Star break, and it doesn’t take detective-level work to figure out why the team has taken such a downswing. 

Memphis football announced its spring game, and two former Tigers offered feedback on who they expect to be productive in 2025. 

“This project is a reflection of that shared experience — two cities with so much talent and so much to say. ... Memphis and St. Louis are both places where success doesn’t come easy, but that’s exactly why it’s so worth it.”

Monday in Nashville, the TSSAA’s executive council passed a one-time transfer rule for high school athletes.

The Associated Press Sports Editors organization recognized several of The Daily Memphian’s sports staff members for their writing and reporting in APSE’s annual journalism awards competition.

Memphis has wins over No. 8 Michigan State, No. 11 Clemson and No. 15 Missouri.

Mayor Lee Harris also said he wants to meet with attorneys and other elected officials to see if further steps need to be taken.

The gynecologist did not tell patients that he was re-using the devices, prosecutors said, and also billed Medicare and Medicaid as if the procedures were necessary.

This week’s jigsaw features a photo by Daily Memphian photographer Mark Weber of students at Arlington Elementary School.

Are you ready for it? Here are today’s sudokus. 

At the Women and Business seminar, three local women highlight the importance of seizing opportunity. “You say, ‘Yes, and;’ quit playing off your back foot, and get on your front foot.”