My father died the other day. Age 99. He knew just how lucky he was. We kids were lucky, too.

The New Orleans Pelicans ruined MLK Day by defeating the Memphis Grizzlies. But Jonas Valanciunas has a brilliant plan to make it right.

If you see some of the old Memphis Grizzlies in the Tennessee Titans, that's not an accident. The offensive coordinator is native Memphian Arthur Smith. 

Ja Morant loves Murray State. Murray State loves Ja Morant. There is a hopeful lesson for Memphis in this, too. 

Upsets are a part of basketball. Especially this year. But that doesn't seem to apply to Memphis coach Penny Hardaway, whose Tigers defeated Cincinnati Thursday, and who keeps winning all the games he's supposed to win.

Ja Morant took on James Harden and the Houston Rockets on a night that helped define the new Memphis Grizzlies.

It's time that Memphians come together to support the Tennessee Titans. Because we shouldn't hoard all the joy. 

On the day James Wiseman was supposed to return from suspension, the Memphis Tigers rallied to beat South Florida by refusing to give up. 

On the same day ESPN proclaimed Memphis to be an NCAA Tournament "bubble team," the Tigers looked like one in losing to Wichita State.

Jimmy Hayslip was the official scorer at the University of Memphis for 53 years. He did it out of gratitude. 

The Grizzlies are not aiming to just build a team for this year's playoffs. They are aiming to build a playoff team for many years to come. And they gave Memphis fans another glimpse of it Tuesday night, as they defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Memphis-Georgia game may not be the matchup everyone anticipated, but the Tigers continue to make positive strides despite the departure of James Wiseman.

After the K.J. Lawson booing hullabaloo, Geoff Calkins asked the people: Who or what is it appropriate for Memphians to boo in 2020? 

The final book says Penn State outscored Memphis 53-39. That is numerically correct. But anyone who understands the inglorious history of Tiger football understands that this day was a Memphis win.

Memphis is at the Cotton Bowl. Not just the football team, the city, the long-suffering but now celebrating people of the 901.

As Brady White weighs his future in football, he can relish in the fact he took the Memphis Tigers to the pinnacle of the program's history.

While Memphis defeated Jackson State on Saturday, the family of a manager from the mid-1980s got back a prized possession.

Life after Wiseman has begun for the Memphis Tigers, a turn that was unexpected based on the freshman center's excitement when he committed to the team.

The James Wiseman era at the University of Memphis is over. It ended not with a Sweet 16, not with a Final Four, but with an Instagram post.

In front of a deafening crowd in Knoxville, the Memphis Tigers get the best win of the Hardaway era.

Ryan Silverfield wasn't the favorite but he went out and won his "dream job."

Ryan Silverfield wasn't handed the Memphis job. He earned it with this work this week — and over the last four years. 

Mike Norvell wrote a warm, gracious letter to Memphians Tuesday. In that spirit, here's a letter from a Memphis fan named Jay Adkins — right back to Norvell.

Some thoughts on Ryan Silverfield, Laird Veatch, the Memphis football job, Memphis attendance and what it means to be alive. 

Mike Norvell is headed to Florida State. Can Memphis make a third straight great coaching hire? That is the challenge that lies ahead.