PJ Haggerty struggled from the field, making only 7 of his 23 shots in Friday’s NCAA Tournament first-round game against Colorado State.

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The Memphis program was built on special seasons. Penny Hardaway knows he has a chance to deliver another to the city he loves.

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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.”

After seven years, Penny Hardaway was finally able to celebrate a regular-season title at Memphis Friday night. He was finally able to cut down a net in the city he loves so much.

“We need to do something now to protect both inmates and employees.”

“Even though we were in those same places at the same time, we were not the same. My public pool was in the Fairgrounds; Howard’s was in Orange Mound. At Katz, he’d have his water fountain, and I’d have mine.”

Memphis Pom is 50! Time flies when you’re having fun. So how is the group going to celebrate? With a reunion dance at Friday’s game, of course.

“What we saw was inspiring — and it should serve as a roadmap for what’s possible here in Memphis, regardless if that’s through our local board of education or through state intervention.”

“This Coffee Dance we’re all doing with the way we make our morning joe is the way we wake up, it’s the way we ease into the day. Each of us is quietly declaring our own preferences over and over again, every single time the Earth goes round.”