Central High School and Whitehaven High School went toe-to-toe at the Whitehaven Classic Saturday night with Whitehaven winning the season opener for both teams, 40-13.

Memphis football players spent an afternoon hanging out with patients at the Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital before enjoying Fan Fest with Tiger fans. 

Masyn Winn, 21, was batting .288 with 18 home runs, 61 RBIs and 17 stolen bases in his first season with the Redbirds.

Most often used for those unable to make their own decisions, a conservatorship in Michael Oher’s case was a means to allow him to play football at Ole Miss, Sean Tuohy contends. 

Christian Pardue hits a fairway when it counts the most to hold off Briarcrest freshman Hogan O’Keefe.

To the degree Memphis fans care about national television attention, it could have been so much worse.

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The Grizzlies will open the season Oct. 25 at home against the New Orleans Pelicans. 

NBA commissioner Adam Silver and the league have earned the fans’ faith. But we won’t have a clear picture until November when the players step on the court. 

Friday’s game against Bartlett is the first of several tough tests for the Owls.

Billy Richmond III — son of former Memphis Tiger Billy Richmond — is one of the fastest-rising basketball prospects in the Class of 2024.

Returning talent, plus some good-looking transfers, has Gene Robinson’s squad looking formidable as the season begins.

Chris Morris signed with the Tigers in December and entered the NCAA transfer portal in July. 

Deputy athletic director Jeff Crane said Memphis would like to sell at least another 1,000-1,200 more season tickets before the 2023 season starts. Single-game tickets sales are on the rise, he said.

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The Memphis athletic department doubled down on its commitment to combat hunger in the community by volunteering at the Mid-South Food Bank Wednesday, Aug. 16.

Some interesting public vs. private school match-ups on the docket as high school football returns for 2023.

“Anyone with a modicum of common sense can see that the outlandish claims made by Michael Oher about the Tuohy family are hurtful and absurd,” Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy’s lawyer said.

“The story ‘The Blind Side’ tells is built on a matrix of hot-button issues: Race, wealth, religion, public and private schools, as well as high school and college football. That matrix is fertile ground for problems of inequity, exploitation and paternalism. In other words, this garden is actually a minefield.”

The NBA announced the in-season tournament schedule on Tuesday, which provides a glimpse at a few upcoming Grizzlies games. 

Bart Torvik, a college basketball analytics site, projects how Memphis would fare with and without DeAndre Williams.

Eight-event series features three college coaches, including Memphis’ Ryan Silverfield. Tony Barnhart, “Mr. College Football,” kicks things off Aug. 28.

Alex Collins was on a motorcycle that collided with a vehicle in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida. 

Davion Carter has come a long way from the jitters he had during his first snap as a Tiger last season. That starts with watching film, and he’s passing down the habit to the younger players. 

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Sean Tuohy said he was stunned Monday when he read the allegations from Michael Oher.

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