“With 11 games to play as the Grizzlies get ready to face Utah on Tuesday night, the team currently just below the NBA’s ‘play-in’ line. These are precarious times and have just grown more so.”
“Penny Hardaway hasn’t had the success he would have wanted at Memphis. But given the changing basketball universe, his presence matters more than it ever has.”
“The Tigers were broken after that ugly finish to the 2023-24 season. Credit Duncan for quietly helping glue it all back together.”
There are more than 53 Muslim countries in the world, and more than 60 majority-Christian countries. There is only one Jewish country, so why would good people of all faiths not recognize the right of the only Jewish state to simply exist?
“Someday what we are after in the face of LeBron will be found in the face of God.”
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“We have to get our act together. The city and county mayors need to sit down together for a cup of coffee. Strong coffee. A pot of it.”
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“My continuing hope is that our leaders in Washington, D.C., will look more to Tennessee as an example of how government should work for the taxpayers and not the other way around.”
Eleven-year-old Maci Barrett gave Penny Hardaway a bracelet expressing her support for the coach. Now FedEx is flying Maci and her family to Seattle for the NCAA Tournament.
We don’t need uncontrolled, thoughtless regulations that limit economic growth, says Bill Dance, but we do need well-thought-out rules that allow construction and progress while protecting our surroundings.
Maybe we shouldn’t have been surprised the Memphis Tigers are a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament. They’ve certainly earned the respect.
“We have over 10,000 abandoned homes in disrepair, with overgrown yards, piles of trash, and more. It’s time to shift accountability back to where it belongs and make neglectful property owners pay up.”
Foster: “By prioritizing community investment, Shelby County can address the root causes of crime rather than perpetuating a cycle of incarceration.”
“I’m fully aware that we didn’t have it all right back then. But today, I lament the passing of the past by submitting this list of Top 5 Everyday Experiences from My Childhood That My Kids Know Nothing About.”
Nearly every problem, both real and imagined, that citizens have with the Memphis Police Department can be solved by ensuring that each new cadet hired is a man or woman of character, Worth Morgan says.
The Cavs are something like what the Grizzlies could be. They made it clear Friday night.
“For me, Lent is a time for reflection. The journey so far, the journey at present, and the journey to come. That’s what I feel called to do these 40 days.”
“Educating children helps society to flourish. Denying education is a recipe for stagnation, more crime and increased misery for all.”
Penny Hardaway was named American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year Tuesday. Is that because an 11-year-old girl gave him an unexpected gift? OK, maybe not. But he did just ask her for two more.
Basketball players, like other humans, are complex, and maybe Morant more than most. There’s no precise formula to get the best of Morant on the floor with mood, health, on-court approach and on-court outcomes all interrelated.
“If Memphis is serious about its future, we need to stop treating arts education like an afterthought.”
Consumers pull more Better Business Bureau reports on roofers than other kinds of businesses. Some who don’t later wish they had.
“I honestly don’t spend much time thinking about the lives of prostitutes, but during my kids’ bedtime story last week, the topic came up.”