Alex Simmons: Women’s basketball ‘always existed’ but getting noticed now
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.
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.
NFL linebackers Darius Harris from the Kansas City Chiefs and Nakobe Dean from the Philadelphia Eagles orchestrated a football camp at their alma mater for about 200 kids.
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The University of Tennessee Volunteer (54-11), playing in the university’s fourth consecutive super regional, can advance to the College World Series with a victory over Evansville (38-25) on Saturday.
Colorado Springs poses a formidable challenge for Memphis and its emerging midfield pairing.
Here are The Daily Memphian’s postseason boys lacrosse awards, featuring our player of the year, coach of the year and all-metro teams for Divisions 1 and 2.
Former Memphis Tiger and current Golden State Warrior Lester Quinones visited Hoop City Basketball Club’s summer camp in Memphis on Thursday.
Executive director Steve Ehrhart addresses the question of where he anticipates this year’s AutoZone Liberty Bowl will be played.Related story:
The 66th AutoZone Liberty Bowl will be broadcast on ESPN.
It’s mock draft season, so let’s see which players some of the major news outlets have the Grizzlies selecting at No. 9.
Here are The Daily Memphian’s postseason softball awards, featuring our player of the year, coach of the year and all-metro teams for Divisions 1 and 2.
Germantown’s Seth Rider is headed to Paris to compete in the 2024 Olympic Games.
The first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff will kick off with a first-round game Dec. 20 and conclude with the title game one month later in Atlanta.