Bruno Lapa and Lucas Turci get on the scoresheet as the home team continues to pick up the points.

When Denise Linebarier saw the email, she thought it was a scam. There was no way 901 FC was trying to get her attention. But after an investigation, it was determined this message was no dupe.

Four candidates are expected to interview for the Memphis Tigers vacant AD position. The winning candidate who’s hired could be announced as soon as the end of the month.

Rich rejoined coach Penny Hardaway’s staff last July after previously spending two seasons with the program from 2019 to 2021.

Dylan Dreiling’s single into the left-center gap drove in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the ninth inning as Tennessee rallied to beat Florida State 12-11, capping a night when Christian Moore became the first player in 68 years to hit for the cycle at the College World Series.

The coach won back-to-back state titles while at Rossville Christian School.

Olympic trials will be a learning experience — and hopefully a springboard — for Eva and Roos Rottink.

The College World Series opens Friday with North Carolina playing Virginia and Florida State facing Tennessee in Bracket 1.

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.

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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.