Opinion: Jaren Jackson Jr. has already made blocking shots cool. In fact, he’s probably taken it to a level very few could have seen coming.

Last season, Jackson led the NBA in blocks and combined blocks and steals. After missing the first month of the season, he’s not quite there yet, but is within striking range.

David Roddy followed his heroic performance on Saturday with 19 points and another win over the Mavericks on Monday night. 

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“Underdog” averaged a double-double for the Wildcats in 2022-23.

As the Tigers enter the NCAA Tournament for a second straight season, the team reached 25 wins for the first time since 2012-13; improved their seeding from a season ago; beat the AP No. 1 team for the first time in school history; and won the American Athletic Conference tournament.

As The Daily Memphian and the Institute for Public Service Reporting come up on our fifth anniversaries later this year, we have agreed that we both have outgrown the limitations of our arrangement.

The pet friendly shop will also have a full espresso bar. 

Penny Hardaway and Alex Lomax finally did it. They brought a championship to the University of Memphis.

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A line added to a page on the Shelby County Election Commission’s website the last day of February has turned this year’s race for Memphis mayor upside down.

The special election to fill the vacancy for the state House seat held by the late Barbara Cooper was decided with the January primary. Democrat Justin J. Pearson is running unopposed on the Tuesday, March 14, ballot. He’s already serving in Nashville by appointment.

Strickland says his call Friday for more public data about court decisions on bail and sentencing would be part of existing websites outside of the city government’s data hub. 

Surveillance footage shows an individual wearing a baseball cap with a dark hoodie pulled over his head, light pants and light shoes. 

What to expect from East, Douglass, Overton, Power Center and Ridgeway when the action begins Tuesday.

Any change in electricity provider could require changes in that transmission system, MLGW leadership says.

Jackson State won 15 straight games before losing to Southern University on a buzzer-beater in the semifinal round of the SWAC Tournament.

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The library had been closed since Feb. 2, when Memphis Police Department officer Geoffrey Redd was shot there.

An annual checkup on who the Memphis Grizzlies will be cheering for in the big dance. 

Physicist Alan Lightman has conversed with both the Dalai Lama and humanoid robot BINA48. Lightman is a MIT professor, bestselling author and native Memphian.

The school recently took home 19 awards from the 2023 Tennessee High School Press Association Awards, including Overall Best TV Station for its AHS TigerLife channel on YouTube.

The Daily Memphian has identified all 56 MPD officers who were a part of SCORPION, the now disbanded unit whose officers were criminally charged with the death of Tyre Nichols. One local law enforcement leader says the stats show MPD needs more rigid hiring practices. 

As part of our “Minor Offenders, Major Offenses” series, The Daily Memphian takes a look at Tennessee’s only state-run, hardware-secure juvenile detention facility currently in use. Wilder Youth Development Center opened in 1971, and various officials say it needs to either be replaced or expanded. 

Memphis will have an extended postseason after producing a 20-win season for the first time in 11 years.

Home buyers, real estate professionals and national organizations gathered for the “Live Your Legacy” event on Sunday, March 12.

Coach Penny Hardaway’s Tigers heard their name called on CBS’ Selection Sunday show a little more than an hour after winning their first-ever AAC Tournament title.

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This is what the Tigers had been building toward. This was what Penny Hardaway claimed they were capable of doing all along. 

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Box score: Memphis 75, Houston 65