“We’ve gotta practice harder,” Dain Dainja said after Memphis’ preseason charity exhibition loss to No. 2 Alabama on Monday. 

Are you ready for today’s puzzles? 

Cheeseburgers are on the menu when the Grizzlies get to Philadelphia on Friday, courtesy of newly signed center Jay Huff. 

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Memphis is officially through its two-game exhibition season, which concluded with a 96-88 loss to No. 2 Alabama in Huntsville.

So, what have we learned about this team?

Calvin Austin III returned a punt for a touchdown and hauled in a lob by Russell Wilson as Pittsburgh beat New York 26-18.

Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins voiced his frustrations with his team’s defense after Memphis blew a 20-point lead to the Chicago Bulls.

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The Tigers fell 96-88 to the Crimson Tide after trailing by as many as 21 points and never once leading.

The County Commission delayed consideration of Jamita Swearengen’s request for more money for her staff. Lakeland and Arlington TIFS and Juvenile Court were also on the agenda.

The sheriff’s office began an operation focused on McLemore Avenue’s Club Insight in February 2023. Over the more than year-long investigation, sheriff’s detectives found that the drug-trafficking operation spread throughout Memphis and Shelby County.

Throw the beads! The flight will operate daily from the end of February to the beginning of March 2025.

The Tigers were 2-of-4 on fourth downs in a 33-28 win over Charlotte. Two days later, Ryan Silverfield explained his decision-making process.

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The fast food chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2023, allowing the company to operate while planning to pay its creditors.

“No legal resolution and no sentence can diminish the anguish of Liza’s murder,” Eliza Fletcher’s family said in a statement.

Here are Sunday’s sudokus. 

Standouts from Brighton, Covington, East, ECS, Fairley and Germantown are up for consideration this week. 

“In order to see this design at its full potential, you have to completely let go of common sense,” artist Madison Montgomery said in a written explanation of her work.

“Resurrection Fern,” the second full-length album from the 24-year-old, is a product of stepping fully into adulthood. 

The sheriff’s office and juvenile court are still at loggerheads over who should run the new youth detention center and how to get detainees to court. Where will it end?

Musk has said he wants xAI to be the most “truth-seeking” artificial intelligence, its training not swayed by ideology. At present, its training appears to not be swayed by anyone, including Musk. 

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

This week’s jigsaw puzzle features a photo of the crowd at the Memphis Comic Expo at Renasant Convention Center.

Democratic and Republican partisans met Saturday, Oct. 26, on the parking lot of the county’s most popular early voting site while Trump supporters waved banners on Poplar Avenue. Four days of early voting remain.

The “Developing Memphis” seminar featured Chance Carlisle, CEO of Carlisle Corp.; Ernest Strickland, president and CEO of the Black Chamber of Commerce, and Stephen Townsend, licensed architect and senior project manager for UrbanARCH Associates.