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<strong>Climbers head up a wall during a climb in memory of Jarmond Johnson at Memphis Rox on Sunday, July 13, 2025.</strong> (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)Premium Spirit of Memphis

Calkins: Memphis Rox reopens with ‘climb for Mond’

Two weeks after Jarmond Johnson was shot and killed at Memphis Rox, the gym reopened with a joyful, mournful — and ultimately hopeful — ceremonial climb.

By Geoff Calkins July 13, 2025
Spirit of Memphis

Brilliance, courage defined journalist, and amigo, Karanja Ajanaku

One day in late May 1977, a young Black man took a seat at a desk for his first day as a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.

By Otis Sanford July 12, 2025
Geoff Calkins

Calkins: Jarmond Johnson died ‘a hero.’ Memphis Rox will soon reopen to spread his light.

Jarmond Johnson died a hero, according to officials at Memphis Rox. The celebrated climbing gym is preparing to reopen with a memorial climb in his name. 

By Geoff Calkins July 12, 2025
Guest Columnists

Opinion: ‘Reentry programs work - Memphis needs to invest in them’

“In Tennessee, more than 62,000 people are on parole, probation, or community supervision. In Shelby County alone, approximately 7,000 people are released from prison or jail every year. Most of them are ready to work and rebuild.”

By Patience Lewis-Walker July 14, 2025

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Hiring Feagins was ‘magnificient’
Letter to the Editor: ‘I’ve never experienced concierge-level service’ for trash in Memphis
Letter to the Editor: Conaway’s COVID column included too much scolding
Letter to the Editor: Elected officials should join business leaders on crime
Letter to the Editor: Council members should be ashamed over pay and benefits votes
Letter to the Editor: TDOT needs to realize that ‘neighborhoods are not static’
Letter to the Editor: City Council should wait before raising the mayor’s salary
Letter to the Editor: Three 6 Mafia song a ‘bridge between the past and the present’
Letter to the Editor: Three 6 Mafia song has ‘no place as an anthem for a leader’

  • Opinion

    Opinion: ‘Every time we lose a child, we have failed’

    “Jack didn’t die because he didn’t want recovery. He didn’t die because he was a bad kid. He died because the systems around him were inadequate, uncoordinated, underfunded and broken.”

    By Wendy Sumner-Winter July 13, 2025
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: This is my backyard, and now — all of now — has no place in it

    “Like much of what I learned in the backyard of my childhood, honor has become a quaint deceit.”

    By Dan Conaway July 11, 2025
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Herrington: As NBA offseason fades, how the Grizzlies stack up in the West

    A look at how the Western Conference landscape breaks down after the offseason moves. Where do the Grizzlies rank in the West?

    By Chris Herrington July 09, 2025
  • Opinion

    Opinion: Your Jewish neighbors need you more than ever

    By working together, fostering understanding, and speaking out against hate, we can ensure that Memphis remains a beacon of safety and acceptance for all.

    By Laura Linder July 06, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Whose side is God on?

    The more urgent and humbling question isn’t whether God is on our side. It’s whether we are on God’s side.

    By G. Scott Morris July 06, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Cannabis edibles are not safe for everyone

    “Poisoning from edible cannabis products doesn’t typically result in serious problems for adults, but can cause more severe reactions requiring medical attention in children.”

    By Randy Hutchinson July 08, 2025
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: The Fourth is in all of us

    “July Fourth is in you. Look for it, and realize you’re a revolutionary.”

    By Dan Conaway July 04, 2025
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Herrington: What’s left as Grizzlies shift from free agency to summertime

    The Memphis Grizzlies were crazy-busy in the opening hour of free agency, but there’s still a lot of little items left on the to-do list. Let’s do some housekeeping.

    By Chris Herrington July 03, 2025
  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: Shane Young is leaving Memphis. But Memphis Inner City Rugby is changing lives for good.

    Shane Young came to Memphis for the mountains. Hey, everyone makes mistakes. But he leaves a thriving MIRC.

    By Geoff Calkins July 03, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: ‘Death spiral will continue for public transit’

    “There is time for all Memphians of good will to ask their council representatives to properly fund MATA for daily riders, the businesses that employ them and the good of the entire city.”

    By Leo Arnoult, Dennis Lynch July 05, 2025
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Herrington: The Grizzlies worked fast in free agency. Could they be done?

    An hour and eight minutes into free agency, the Grizzlies had reached four agreements and were one reported contract buyout away from having the 15-man roster the team could take into next season. 

    By Chris Herrington July 01, 2025
  • Premium Memphis Tigers Football

    Buckley: Memphis Tigers coach feels like he’s working in the pros. Again.

    “A decade after leaving the NFL, it’s basically as if the Memphis Tigers' Ryan Silverfield is back coaching professional football.”

    By Tim Buckley June 30, 2025
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Herrington: What are the Grizzlies doing this summer? Just listen to them.

    Don’t expect fireworks from the Grizzlies in the days ahead with either big additions or big departures.

    By Chris Herrington June 28, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: ‘Empowering small businesses to shape Memphis’ future’

    “Every storefront that opens, every local business that expands and every entrepreneur who secures funding contributes to the economic vitality of our city.”

    By Joann Massey June 28, 2025
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: After 25 years, it’s time to put some local teeth in our game

    “We don’t need to borrow an identity. Nashville has been borrowing ours for decades. When my ad agency handled the NBA Grizzlies introduction to Memphis, I tried to make that point.”

    By Dan Conaway June 27, 2025
  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: It’s the end of an era in Memphis. Here’s Sister Trudy to explain.

    One hundred and forty-one years ago, the first Sisters of Charity of Nazareth arrived in Memphis. On Monday, the last one left town. But Sister Trudy Foster left behind a legacy — and some words to live by.

    By Geoff Calkins June 27, 2025
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Grizzlies Draft Day Notebook: Coward cost, JJJ impact and the second round

    Let’s pause between 2025 NBA Draft rounds to take stock with some next-day notes and reactions to the Memphis Grizzlies’ first-round move, how it might impact the rest of their summer and second-round expectations.

    By Chris Herrington June 26, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Memphis has the chance to lead the AI revolution

    “Memphis is at a crossroads, and the path to vitality lies in bold economic development.”

    By Kemp Conrad June 26, 2025
  • Premium Otis Sanford

    Sanford: Addressing Memphis’ challenges requires more than talk

    First it was Kash Patel — then Stephen A. Smith and Roland Martin.

    By Otis Sanford June 26, 2025
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Herrington: Grizzlies bet on potential stardom

    How good will the rookie be? That’s always a key question. But this time another looms: How soon?

    Related content:

    Grizzlies trade up in NBA Draft, select Cedric Coward

    Grizzlies Draft Day Notebook: Roundups, reactions and more

    By Chris Herrington June 26, 2025
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Herrington: Memphis Grizzlies’ NBA Draft intrigue starts at No. 16

    Chris Herrington outlines four different things the Memphis Grizzlies could do with their first-round pick in this week’s 2025 NBA Draft. 

    By Chris Herrington June 24, 2025
  • Premium Sports

    Calkins: Nobody can replace Fred Smith. (But he told us how to handle this, too.)

    It’s impossible to imagine Memphis without Fred Smith. So what happens next? 

    Related content: 

    ‘Most important Memphian of all time’ has died

    By Geoff Calkins June 23, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Trump’s defunding of universities is an attack on knowledge itself

    “It is hard to understand how defunding scientific research and the arts, and preventing the enrollment of international students, aligns with the administration’s stated goal of combating antisemitism.”

    By Micah Greenstein June 22, 2025
  • Premium Dan Conaway

    Conaway: Wide-eyed wonder, our town discovered

    “He got out of the car knowing his grandfather better, and his grandfather found his own hope in the wide eyes beside him.”

    By Dan Conaway June 20, 2025
  • Premium Memphis Grizzlies

    Herrington: When free agency arrives, spotlight’s on Grizzly Santi Aldama

    As the NBA offseason rolls down the on-ramp, there’s been so much noise around the Memphis Grizzlies that one of the team’s biggest and most unavoidable issues has felt forgotten.

    By Chris Herrington June 19, 2025

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