Fans attending the first round of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational on Thursday at TPC Southwind will find a deep, 63-player field competing for a $10.25 million purse.

Poverty, crime and implicit bias have a devastating effect on black male students. Researchers found the educational achievement gap between black and white students amounted to "the economic equivalent of a permanent national recession.”

Rory McIlroy got help from a FedEx robot Wednesday. But the way he talked about the raw emotions of the British Open showed his humanity. 

In need of a good week, Dustin Johnson likes his chances at TPC Southwind.

Brooks Koepka loves Majors. And the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational is the next best thing.

Justin Rose comes to Memphis getting ready to work on his defense of the FedEx Cup championship.

Memphis coach Penny Hardaway wants to see his young team grow up on its upcoming trip to the Bahamas. 

With a promise to give lawmakers more freedom, Cameron Sexton of Crossville vaulted to victory Wednesday as House Speaker-select, a month ahead of a special session to replace resigning Speaker Glen Casada.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a place of miracles. And it turns out those miracles extend to golf.

ALSAC/St Jude has a message for every audience; the one no one will miss is how much fun the tournament is for the kids.

Demand is high for industrial acreage on Presidents Island, and the property that the Navy is giving the Port Commission is the largest available undeveloped tract on the island.

True Temper Sports has rebranded itself as TRUE Sports and will move its 35 headquarters jobs from the suburbs into Downtown's One Commerce Square.

Twenty-year-old Matthew Wolff comes to TPC Southwind on a high after first professional victory.

Tee times, pairings for the second round of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational at TPC Southwind on Friday.

One of six announced candidates, Deputy Speaker Matthew Hill, has made 14 $1,000 contributions through a political action committee to House Republican colleagues, including Rep. Tom Leatherwood of Arlington, state records show.

Justin Thomas, No. 9 in the World Golf Rankings, has not won all year. But despite playing TPC Southwind for the first time this week in the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, be believes he's trending in the right direction to change that.

British Open champion Shane Lowry has withdrawn from the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational.

The inaugural WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational has a winner. His name is Brooks Koepka and even though he was not feeling great, he held off all challengers after he took the lead on the sixth hole.

70 Peer Power Success Coaches are ready to go into Shelby Count Schools.

Even the most casual golf fan should have plenty to do at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational this week.

A cool week in Memphis? At this time of year? Tournaments organizers have plainly thought of everything. 

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee seems to have shifted his thinking in recent months on state-sponsored emblems of the Confederacy. If he's willing to go a little further, he could find a real leadership opportunity. 

Harris vetoed the allocation at the urging of local labor unions and worker advocates, because more than 330 U of M employees make less than $15 an hour.

This week marks a historic few days in the city of Memphis, as the first World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational gets underway at TPC Southwind. Visit the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational live notebook for the latest notes and quotes from the tournament.

Rep. John Mark Windle, a Democrat who was promoted to full colonel in the Tennessee Guard this year, voted against the voucher bill legislation. Windle said he sought the guidance of Tennessee ethics authorities about a report that Casada had suggested Windle's voucher support could lead to a promotion to general.