Memphis football kicks off its season on Saturday. Here’s a best-case (and, yes, worst-case) scenario for each game on the Tigers schedule. 

Memphis will return to AutoZone Park for Hometown Heroes Night on Wednesday, Sept. 11.

Can you solve this week’s word search?

The Memphis Tigers’ new athletic director isn’t keen on the new AAC commissioner’s interest in discussing the idea of a different playoff for Group of Five teams that don’t crack the College Football Playoff.

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SEC football commentator Paul Finebaum digs into the Tigers’ College Football Playoff chances, Ole Miss and Tennessee expectations and fond Memphis memories. 

Shelby County suburbs are urging the state to invest in an appropriately sized juvenile-detention facility.

The comedian, DJ, video producer and ‘poet laureate of Alabama football' is new to Memphis-Shelby County Schools. But he’s not as new to Memphis as you might think.

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A new initiative from the city’s Economic Development Growth Engine (EDGE) offers money to local businesses to help them pay for adequate lighting or landscaping, both of which can deter crime.

The alleged Focuz Lounge shooter remains in jail on a $1 million bond. The Railgarten shooting suspect walked with no bond. These results highlight the lack of consistency among defendants during bond settings.

More than 2,300 students who were expected to attend district schools haven’t shown up.

The flight, which originated in Cancun, was on its way to Chicago.

Similarly sized cities have two to three ReStore outlets. Memphis has never had more than one.

For a budget totaling $121,240,700, 51% of Southaven’s proposed budget would go to public safety. 

The 50-year-old Black Business Association of Memphis has a new name, a fresh website and a recently launched tool for members that uses AI to help them find their target audiences.

Frederick Agee, DA for Tennessee’s 28th judicial district, filed a complaint with the Tennessee comptroller’s office and the TBI about state Sen. Brent Taylor posting the personal information of a criminal defendant on social media.

Memphis and Ohio have met just once previously.

In Knoxville, no program faces more pressure than football.

The sixth-ranked Rebels enter the season without star tailback Quinshon Judkins but with arguably the deepest and best collection of pass catchers in the Southeastern Conference.

Tops’ burgers are a classic done right and consistently named some of the best in Memphis. Their new burgers pile on the barbecue and brisket. 

Intrator purchased the five-plus acres in 2019 for a proposed $1.1 billion Pinch District project; it was expected to include two hotels, 900-plus apartments and 220,000 square feet of office space. 

The event will feature personal stories of triumphs and challenges from City Silo’s Scott Tashie, Biscuits and Jams’ Monique Williams and Trust Marketing mother-and-son powerhouses Beverly and Ryan Robertson.

Did the Grizzlies do all they could to get better this offseason? Drew Hill and Chris Herrington look back before looking ahead to October.

Former Superintendent Jeff Mayo is remembered as a great leader by the Arlington Community Schools. 

“No law or rule that allows Shelby County to utilize taxpayer funds to circumvent the will of the people,” reads a memorandum defending Halbert from ouster. “The people voted for Ms. Halbert.”