Last month, a source told The Daily Memphian that Memphis basketball legend and Lane College coach Andre Turner had agreed to join Penny Hardaway’s staff.

Bill Walton hit 21 of 22 shots to defeat Memphis State in the 1973 national championship game. But he never became a villain in this city. There was too much mutual respect.

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With less than a week to go until the Tigers’ June 1 start of summer workouts, coach Penny Hardaway looks to be in position to have most of his team on campus.

The Tennessee Vols, fresh off their SEC baseball tournament title, were selected Monday as the top seed for the 2024 College Baseball Tournament. 

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer had his most iconic college performance against then-Memphis State in the 1973 NCAA title game.

It should be a redemption year for the Memphis sports scene as a whole in 2024. But if you’re asking which team is most likely to lead the way, the answer is Memphis football.

Here are the top Memphis-area performances through the TSSAA state track and field championships.

Tennessee won the best-of-three opener Friday but fell 3-2 in 14 innings Saturday and then lost Sunday’s deciding game, 4-1.

Tennessee (49-11), the regular-season SEC champions, notched their fifth conference championship since the tournament began in 1977, most recently winning it in 2022 and including three straight from 1993-95.

Former Ole Miss Rebels QB Jordan Ta’amu put on quite a display as the DC Defenders handed the Memphis Showboats their eighth straight loss Sunday.

Marlon Santos, Oscar Jimenez score the goals as Memphis continues to climb in the standings.

More than 1,800 runners participated in the event’s 5K, 10K and half-marathon races that began and ended at King & Union Bar Grocery located at 185 Union Ave.

Sathvik Nath and Noor Sandhu of Lausanne and Hutchison’s Melanie Woodbury end the season with losses in their respective finals.

When the NCAA and its five power conferences agreed to permit schools to pay players for the first time in college-sports history, athletes, coaches, administrators and fans throughout the country were left with so many questions.

Saints score eight times in the first inning before finally prevailing in extra innings.

For years, Memphis has competed at the highest level in college sports. That is in jeopardy now. The NCAA and the Power 5 have agreed that Power 5 schools can pay roughly $20 million a year in direct payments to college athletes. How is a school like Memphis supposed to compete?

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Sophomore and freshman lead the Dragons past Brentwood in Class AAA track championships.

Local athletes — especially from Central, Collierville and Whitehaven — shine on the final day of track and field competition.

Student-athletes could start receiving millions of dollars as soon as the 2025 fall semester.

Former St. Agnes standout delivers the final point and helps Stanford win its second NCAA championship in three years.

UConn guard has skills that would fit in Memphis, but would he be willing to play a position other than point guard?

Shot putter and discus thrower Ashton Hearn and the 4 x 800 relay team are the stars as several locals shine in Division 2 track and field.

A big day for CBHS athletes highlighted Wednesday’s Spring Fling action.

The Brothers can extend their state record with a victory Thursday over Chattanooga McCallie.

Parth Upadhyaya and John Martin discuss the several new additions to the Memphis Tigers’ roster, David Jones’ future and more.