Buckley: Survival in Memphis no easy chore for the Showboats
The UFL Memphis Showboats take the field at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, Saturday, April 6, 2024, for the first home game of the season. (Greg Campbell/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
What will it take for survival in a Memphis market that tends to spit out its minor-league football franchises like pickled pig tongue?
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