“God we give you all the praise,” Penny Hardaway wrote on his Instagram. “I thank you for your favor for my mother. The Cancer is in Complete remission. #godisgood #godgotus”

Memphis first baseman Luken Baker came close to tying the franchise record for home runs, but the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp won Sunday afternoon at AutoZone Park.

Tennessee lost the finals opener Saturday, but hasn’t dropped consecutive games since March 16-17 at Alabama. They hope to become the first No. 1 national seed to win the national title since Miami in 1999.

Memphis is unbeaten in nine of its last 10 matches and is fifth in the Western Conference with a 6-6-4 record.

The Vols, the nation’s most prolific home-run hitting team in three decades, fell to the Aggies in the College World Series finals opener Saturday night.

The former MUS standout qualifies for the 2024 Paris Olympics by placing third in the decathlon at the U.S. Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon.

A 6-foot-5, 215-pound quarterback prospect who announced his intent to play for the University of Memphis Tigers is one of the highest-ranked recruits in program history. Hill chose Memphis over Florida.

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Cleophus Hudson, who learned the game while working as a caddie at Memphis Country Club, helped integrate Pine Hill. His son Charles founded the Mid-South Junior Golf Association.

The Memphis Grizzlies star, who will return to basketball in two weeks following shoulder surgery, is finding joy this summer in coaching AAU basketball and holding hoops camps.

A trip to Las Vegas on Saturday will give Memphis a chance for a season sweep — and to continue its recent run of good form.

The 1997 LSU Tigers slugged 188 home runs in 70 games. No team had come close to approaching 188 until this year’s Volunteers, who have 178 in 70 games heading into Game 1 of the best-of-three College World Series finals against Texas A&M.

During an hourlong radio show, the Tigers basketball coach spoke of what would happen to the program he loves if he ever left, and also discussed his mother’s health issues and what he believes has been unfair criticism from local media.

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Mills, a 6-foot-5 guard who transferred to Memphis from Florida State in April 2023, suffered a patellar fracture in his left knee Jan. 4 in the Tigers’ road win over Tulsa. He underwent successful surgery Jan. 9.

Harrison Williams won the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the two-day event in 2023.

The NCAA’s Class of 2025 football early signing period opens Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.

Memphis is represented by five swimmers competing this week at the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials in Indianapolis.

The 6-foot-1 walk-on point guard says his departure from the Tigers wasn’t “really my choice” and last season playing for Penny Hardaway was “the worst experience I’ve experienced.”

Millington’s Everson is the top coach after taking his team to its second consecutive state tournament.

Donovan Clingan is moving up on mock drafts again. Is the price for a trade to land the big man now too expensive?

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Dalton Knecht has always carried a chip on his shoulder throughout his multi-school basketball journey. Feeling overlooked has powered him along his Northeastern Junior College, Northern Colorado and Tennessee stops.

The Grizzlies hold a team option of roughly $14.8 million next season for Luke Kennard and have a decision date of June 29.

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The Volunteers will play another SEC team, Texas A&M, in the three-game championship series beginning Saturday.

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss the future of Luke Kennard with the Grizzlies and the price the team should be willing to pay to bolster its frontcourt.