After the No. 21 University of Memphis basketball team fell to Mississippi State at FedExForum on Saturday, the Tigers are taking the loss in stride.

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Box score: Mississippi State 79, No. 21 Memphis 66

Concerts scheduled for this weekend at the Central Avenue event site were suddenly canceled or moved to Loflin Yard and all the events previously listed on the Railgarten website have been deleted.

No. 21 Memphis (9-3) fell behind by 16 at the half and could not mount a comeback as Mississippi State knocked off the Tigers, 79-66.

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Box score: Mississippi State 79, No. 21 Memphis 66

Memphis athletic director Ed Scott said he never imagined that on a work trip he’d lose his friend of 14 years. Tigers associate AD Marlon Dechausay suffered a heart attack while in Hawaii for the Maui Invitational. He died Dec. 4.

Memphis football writer Frank Bonner II, basketball writer Parth Upadhyaya and columnist John Martin discuss this year’s football season and the raised level of expectations for Memphis basketball as it prepares for its final two non-conference games. 

University of Tennessee drum major Christian Carroll, of Collierville, is only the third Black drum major in the school’s history.

There have only been three Black drum majors in the more than 150 years since the University of Tennessee marching band was founded.

Analysts say FedEx Freight, worth $30 billion, should be traded against its peers, not locked up inside. 

After filming on “The Ultimate Gift Wrapping Challenge” wrapped in Pennsylvania, Vanessa West and Adrienne Myers met again — this time back home in Memphis over lunch at La Baguette. 

Word Flower is a fun and challenging game people of all ages can play.

Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy gave an update on his office’s V11 initiative during a taping of WKNO’s “Behind the Headlines.”

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In a “Behind the Headlines” interview that will air Dec. 27 on WKNO, State Senator London Lamar talked about her Facebook post about Tuesday’s emotional school board meeting.

An employee at the Cordova Party City location said the two local stores are franchises and are not planning to shutter.

All of those pardoned by the governor have been out of prison for at least five years.

The Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering Phoenix football team brought home the Class 1A TSSAA High School BlueCross Bowl Football Championship, the first charter school to win the title, and had a parade to celebrate.

Due to its recent success, the task force doesn’t plan to alter its approach in the coming year. 

Claire Smith led Patriots to second straight title. Kim Robinson guided Trojans to their first crown in program history.

Clark, who was the longest-tenured assistant coach under Tigers head coach Ryan Silverfield, will also coach the defensive back for the Boilermakers. 

Did Draymond Green play the worst basketball game of all time? Chris Herrington breaks it down and also looks into Zach Edey’s return to the starting lineup.

Maureen Fraser takes the office of mayor in Collierville. Tony Salvaggio’s first elected step in Germantown is as an alderman. And the question of Germantown and a full-time mayor still must be addressed.

Coach Josh Heupel doesn’t much care for the narrative that the Vols, with its checkered history over the past 15 years, is content just to have reached the College Football Playoff.

The Bulldogs provide Penny Hardaway’s team a chance to pick up a fourth Quadrant I win. 

The move would be part of a plan to improve the Memphis Police Department without entering into a binding consent decree with the Department of Justice.

“Rather than demonizing judges when they make a bad call, we need to provide judges with better information, so they can make better calls. And that’s what the DA’s office has done,” writes District Attorney General Steve Mulroy.