Interim athletics director Jeff Crane says the stadium funding is right on schedule. 

A few thoughts on three Grizzlies-relevant items of NBA news this week.

Davis most recently spent six seasons as coach of Detroit Mercy, with stops at Indiana, UAB and Texas Southern.

High school receiver Andrew Leslie announced his decision to commit to the Tigers on Instagram. 

In Memphis, Xavier Tillman Sr. was a model of professionalism. His NBA Finals appearance for Boston in Game 3 was a reward for his patience. 

The two-way standout led Arlington to the state tournament for the first time in five years. 

Marlon Santos’ penalty late in stoppage time salvages a point, and evens the score, for the home team.

Former Tigers star DeAndre Williams reunites with Penny Hardaway as he gets set to embark on a new chapter.

Related story:

Louisville ‘working really hard’ to start series with Memphis basketball

“Nobody believed Jerry West would take a job with the Grizzlies. He was too famous, too big, for this town. But West never thought that.”

Related story:

Jerry West, a 3-time Hall of Fame selection and the NBA logo, dies at 86

The programs have faced each other 86 times, with Louisville leading the all-time series 50-36. They last met on Dec. 16, 2017, when the Cardinals beat the Tigers 81-72 in New York’s Madison Square Garden as part of the Gotham Classic.

Three former Memphis-area high school baseball players had a front-row seat for one of the wildest — and at the same time most inspirational — stories of the college baseball season.

West worked in the front office of the Memphis Grizzlies from 2002-2007. He was also general manager of eight NBA championship teams with the Los Angeles Lakers.

The CWS opens Friday, and for the first time since the event expanded to eight teams in 1950, only two conferences will be represented on the college game’s biggest stage.

While the fandom and media coverage of women’s basketball has grown to new heights, Memphis women’s basketball coach Alex Simmons doesn’t want to lose the momentum. 

Memphis will not only be replacing senior starting quarterback Seth Henigan next season, but it will also need some new star pass catchers.

What level of center addition are the Grizzlies, with three stars on big contracts and a tax bill looming, willing or wanting to make? Here are 20 possibilities.

“I’m blessed to work with a talented group of writers who continue to be recognized on the national and state level,” Daily Memphian sports editor David Boyd said.

For the Tigers, there’s still one big void to fill, and that’s the one that David Jones left when he opted to keep his name in the NBA Draft. Who could that be, and what dominoes does Penny Hardaway need to fall for it to be a reality? 

With much preseason talk surrounding the Tigers and the College Football Playoff, we looked at indicators that helped each Group of Five representative advance to a New Year Six Bowl in the last five years.

Tennessee (55-12) advances to the College World Series for the second straight season and seventh time overall.

McKenzie Long of Ole Miss captured titles in three events. Also, a former Whitehaven High School star earns All-American honors in men’s championships.

Memphis had a season-high 27 shots in Saturday’s match, but could only manage a goal by Luis Fernando. They’ll be back at AutoZone Park Wednesday to host Rhode Island FC.

It was Mayor Paul Young vs. Mayor Lee Harris on the basketball court Saturday. And it was not always a pretty sight. But the impulse behind it was beautiful. Isn’t that what really counts?

Former Memphis Grizzlies forward Tony Allen received the Heal the Hood Foundation’s first-ever Heroes of Change Award during halftime of the high-profile basketball game. 

Kip Fougerousse, Cal McInnis and Brendan Hord each hit a home run to help Evansville beat No. 1 national-seed Tennessee 10-8 to avoid elimination at the best-of-three Knoxville Super Regional.