Now that he’s reached Day 1 on the job, what are the most pressing issues for the athletic director?

How have the Tigers progressed in the off-season and what should we expect come November?

For those wanting to play, the city noted that all rounds must be booked online and pre-paid through August.

This week’s jigsaw puzzle features an image from The Smash & Grab Burger Lab taken by photography intern Benjamin Naylor for The Daily Memphian.

If funding pressures disrupt construction timelines for the new schools, Shelby County Commissioner Charlie Caswell knows what he wants to see: “Frayser’s coming first.” 

A country star comes to Snowden Grove, a rock star hits Live at the Garden, a rap star celebrates 25 years of the song that brings women running to the dance floor, and an annual gathering celebrates blues.

Are you ready for today’s puzzles? 

Playwright Jeremy O. Harris selected a piece by Keegon Schuett from more than 2,000 entries from 55 countries to win the 2024 Yale Drama Series Prize. Schuett is a graduate of Collierville High and the University of Memphis.

Chris Sinnock, a social worker at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, cites bias against condoms and dating apps as two of the elements contributing to the spread of HIV.

Tucked away in a Germantown shopping center, Blue Honey Bistro is a hidden little gem. 

The Daily Memphian has selected the greatest 25 Memphis athletes of the century. Nos. 16-20 include two Grizzlies, a Tiger quarterback, one of the greatest kickers in NFL history and a baseball player who could be back in the news this week. 

A nearly $400,000 scam has a local construction firm and the Memphis River Parks Partnership embroiled in a yearslong legal dispute. 

Owners Rebekah and Scott Tashie said their original location at 5101 Sanderlin Ave. will always be special to them as it was their first project together, but they needed a larger space.

Also happening this week: The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board takes up a new overtime policy and considers a Grizzlies Prep all-girls school.

The sixth-year Memphis Grizzlies point guard stood before a record Racer Hoopalooza crowd Saturday night and accepted his entrance into the school’s Class of 2024 Athletics Hall of Fame.

Its two-week experiment is running now in the world’s largest cavitation channel on Presidents Island. 

“The purpose of Judaism, and all sacred faith traditions, is not to teach people to repress their appetites as evil but to train people to control their appetites because they are God-given.”

Shelby County ranks second nationally with new HIV infections, behind Miami. Tennessee Department of Health estimates show HIV rates in Shelby County have increased 36% overall since 2018, while new cases among people ages 15-19 have risen 40%.

“Lately, I’ve been treading in the waters of the mundane. Groceries, laundry, text messages that require responses. Neither a cup of coffee nor the moon have been history lessons that reach backward nor spiritual meditations that reach upward.”

The vote totals in Thursday’s race for General Sessions Court clerk could be a larger political indicator than who is the next clerk. Also reaction from Cohen, Kustoff and Blackburn to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to D.C.

An addition to the growing smashburger scene can be found at the Smash & Grab Burger Lab, where Kidd Martin is cooking up one of the city’s best burgers.

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

Recent articles about big changes coming to Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium inspired this week’s crossword puzzle.