Williams, a four-star signee in Memphis’ 2023 class, has his preliminary hearing postponed for the second time in less than a month.

Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins talks about about what having both Smart and Jaren Jackson Jr. — the NBA’s past two Defensive Players of the Year — will mean to the team. 

Bartlett will soon become the next suburb with a pickleball facility as a private entity is converting the former Malco movie theater on Bartlett Boulevard.

Nikki McCray-Penson, 51, was a Collierville native, who had a standout career in high school, college, then in the WNBA and for Team USA. 

Grizzlies second-round draft pick GG Jackson scored 23 points and showed off his skill set in a summer league loss to the Utah Jazz. 

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The Phoenix Suns bet on themselves in a trade of draft compensation with the Grizzlies. 

Memphis’ USL Championship club is back home at AutoZone Park after seeing its 12-match unbeaten streak come to a close.

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington share their thoughts on the addition of Derrick Rose and Memphis’ start to summer league.

Jake LaRavia is off to a promising start through two summer league games for the Memphis Grizzlies while Kenneth Lofton Jr. had an impressive opening game.

Speaking for the first time since the end of the season, Taylor Jenkins shared the key for replacing Ja Morant and what to expect from the addition of Marcus Smart. 

Former Grizzlies defensive standout Tony Allen will play in the Big3 for 3’s Company. The basketball league will come to FedExForum on July 15. 

The headline for the Grizzlies-Thunder Summer League contest wasn’t Chet Holmgren or Kenneth Lofton Jr., as expected, but Jake LaRavia, the team’s top pick in the 2022 draft. 

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The Tigers may not duplicate their 16 interceptions from last season, but passing yards allowed per game should decrease while the defensive line produces more sacks. 

Penny Hardaway’s late offseason roster magic puts Memphis a couple developments away from having a team as talented as most heading into the 2023-24 season.

MUS product Maurice Hampton Jr. started his college career as a two-sport athlete. After spending the last two years only playing baseball, he’ll be back to playing football games for the first time since the 2020 season. 

The Sounds handed Memphis five losses in a six-game International League series at AutoZone Park.

The Grizzlies played from behind for much of the game, but sealed their victory with a David Roddy/Kenneth Lofton Jr. combo in the game’s final minute.

The negotiation period for NBA free agency is now mostly over, but the big moves of the offseason have perhaps just begun.

Nine former Tigers are expected to play in the NBA’s 2023 Summer League.

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The problem with common sense, as the saying goes, is that it’s so uncommon. Memphis businessman Bill Courtney is trying to change that with his new podcast, “An Army of Normal Folks.”

Former DeSoto Central standout Austin Riley and former Evangelical Christian School star Brent Rooker were named Sunday, July 2, as reserves for the MLB All-Star Game that will be played July 11 in Seattle.

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“We would head back to Busch Stadium and find our spot on the fold-down, red plastic chairs — the ones you would have to peel the backs of your thighs off of each time you would stand up to cheer. Because it was hot. So, so hot.”

The former Whitehaven High star played at Missouri and Jackson State before signing this year with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent.

The Grizzlies will generate a trade exception by doing the sign-and-trade that sends Brooks to Houston.

The three assistant coaches and three players Alex Simmons brought from Gardner-Webb have helped make the transition to Memphis much easier.