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Memphis Grizzlies
Ten games does not a season make, but it’s close enough to draw some preliminary conclusions. The Grizzlies have played four games at home and six on the road. Record-wise, they’ve played two of the league’s three best teams (Warriors, Nuggets) and three games against two of the league’s three worst (Suns, Wizards). What do we think we know so far? Here’s an annual taking of the temperature, now at a new home. Ten takes after ten games. -
Business
Big River Crossing: No longer a bridge to nowhere
When Big River Crossing initially opened, many wondered if it would be a bridge to nowhere. Over the past two years, that question has been answered. -
Real Estate
Resurgent Crosstown draws CrossFit Hit & Run
CrossFit Hit & Run’s Midtown location will move early next year to Crosstown, directly across Autumn Avenue from Crosstown Concourse. -
Business Leaders propose joint venture for Chamber, EDGE
Local government and business leaders have joined together to propose new changes to the economic development process, which includes a new joint venture to oversee how the Greater Memphis Chamber and the EDGE board recruit new jobs. -
Real Estate
Target notifies state of Cordova closure, 173 workers affected
The closure of Target’s Cordova store could affect up to 173 employees, according to a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) Act notice filed with the state of Tennessee. -
Memphis Grizzlies
Grizzlies Game Day: Conley, Gasol will try to get back on track to start three-game homestand
After losing both halves of a road back-to-back, what will home-cooking mean for the Grizzlies big two? I mean Shelvin Mack and Dillon Brooks, of course. -
Memphis Grizzlies
Grizzlies Postgame: Grizz hand Nuggets second loss
Winning big is fun, but winning close is better. The building back-and-forth tension is a richer, deeper experience, creating the kind of basketball games that keep you up, sifting through the string of moments lingering in your mind. These games seem longer, in a good way, because all 48 minutes matter. -
Memphis Grizzlies Gasol’s closing free throws, Grizzlies defense send Memphis past Denver
Marc Gasol scored 20 points, including the go-ahead free throws with 4.6 seconds remaining, to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to an 89-87 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night. -
Metro
Cohen, Kustoff sound off on impact of Democrats retaking control of House
Both Memphis U.S. Reps. Steve Cohen and David Kustoff easily won re-election Tuesday night and are preparing for a new Congress after the Democrats regained control of the 435-member House of Representatives for the first time since 2010. -
Memphis Tigers Football
Audible: Tigers trying to win for today and tomorrow
Let’s start with an honest self-assessment: The Memphis Tigers did not expect to be 5-4, did not imagine losing at Tulane and, in the wake of the way the Midshipmen’s season has veered off course, probably can’t believe they lost at Navy. -
Lakeland
Lakeland: Challenger Cunningham ousts Bunker for Lakeland’s top seat
Challenger Mike Cunningham unseated incumbent Lakeland Mayor Wyatt Bunker on Tuesday in a victory that further strengthened an opposition group against the current administration. -
Real Estate
Apartment project near Loflin Yard tacks on warehouse renovation
Developers planning a mixed-use apartment and commercial building next to Loflin Yard in Downtown Memphis have upped the ante, adding a warehouse redevelopment to the project. -
Geoff Calkins
Calkins: Penny’s first win ‘felt like home’
Jeremiah Martin dropped in one 3-pointer, then he dropped in another 3-pointer, then FedExForum erupted in joy. -
Main Event: Penny’s debut successful with the help of veterans; youngsters struggle
When the University of Memphis hired the city’s favorite son last March, Penny Hardaway spoke of returning the program to the glory days and the feeling that it was like a “family reunion.” -
Shelby County
Kelsey fends off strong challenge from Democrat Salinas in state Senate race
Incumbent Republican state Sen. Brian Kelsey appears to have held off Democrat Gabby Salinas in one of the most competitive races District 31 has seen in recent memory. -
State Government
Lee makes history; Blackburn rolls over Bredesen
Republican Bill Lee roared to victory Tuesday as the next Tennessee governor, making history by becoming the state’s first GOP governor-elect to follow a Republican governor in office. -
Metro
Majority of Shelby County voters turn out for the vote
For the first time in 24 years a majority of Shelby County voters showed up for an election other than the presidential general election. -
Suburbs
Memphis women’s soccer team back in the NCAAs and aiming to stay a while
As the season rolled along, it became clear that this Memphis women’s soccer team was going to chase history. -
Memphis Tigers Basketball
Chapter One: The second Penny Hardaway era begins at Memphis
When Penny Hardaway debuted at Memphis the first time, people wore tuxes. -
Sports
Tip-Ins and Turnovers: New intro, pennies promotion highlight win
Memphis (1-0) overcame second half shooting struggles to down Tennessee Tech 76-61 in head coach Penny Hardaway’s first game. -
Let’s stop tearing down community and build something we can all be proud of
In early October the National Civil Rights Museum, along with Bridges and Facing History and Ourselves, launched a campaign to encourage empathy. -
Otis Sanford
Sanford: Decisions – whether at the voting booth, in the classroom or in life – have consequences
“People make choices. Choices make history.” -
State Government
Lee, Dean approach final day at the polls
At nearly every stop, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee recalls a moment in his campaign when he introduced himself to a Cumberland County man and got an unexpected response. -
Memphis Grizzlies
Road Recap: Warriors 117, Grizzlies 101
We’ll find out by Tuesday night whether there’s a “blue wave” in the midterm elections. But on Election Day eve, the Grizzlies ended their three-game West Coast road trip submerged by a familiar Golden wave. -
City of Memphis
Both sides of partisan divide push Memphis voter turnout
At his next-to-last campaign stop in his bid for the U.S. Senate Monday evening, former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen had trouble getting in the door of Jim Neely’s Interstate Barbecue in South Memphis.
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