At a recent Collierville High football practice, the state-of-the-art sound system was blaring a selection of Top 40 classics at an ear-shattering volume loud enough to be heard across campus. “Coach (Mike) O’Neill likes to keep it turned down,” said Dragons athletic director Jeff Curtis in all seriousness. “It definitely bumps. Hopefully, we won’t have any neighbors that get upset.” 

Welcome, Memphis Express!

They are no longer a football team without a name.

Here are this week’s Daily Memphian Power 12 high school football rankings, plus the complete area schedule for Week 6. All games are at 7 p.m. unless noted. 

Here are The Daily Memphian high school athletes of the week for the week of Sept. 10-17. 

The American Athletic Conference announced the Memphis conference basketball schedule Wednesday with the Tigers opening against Gregg Marshall and the Wichita State on Jan. 3 in the first conference game of Penny Hardaway’s coaching career. 

Father and son were both still in uniform. Dad had just managed the Memphis Redbirds to their second straight Pacific Coast League championship. His uniform was damp with champagne.

Head coach Mike Norvell is searching for consistency on both sides of the ball headed into Saturday’s game against the South Alabama Jaguars. 

The Memphis Redbirds were leading the Durham Bulls 8-0 in the fifth inning of the Gildan Triple-A National Championship Game Tuesday night when NBC Sports Network took a moment to interview John Mozeliak, the St. Louis Cardinals president of baseball operations.

The Memphis Tigers drove down the field to the 2-yard line in the second quarter in the loss to the Navy Midshipmen. Head coach Mike Norvell dialed up an outside zone to the left on second and 1. 

Head coach Mike Norvell announced linebacker Keith Brown is out for the season with an undisclosed injury. 

Here is the complete Week 6 high school football schedule for Memphis-area teams. All games are at 7 p.m. unless noted. 

From a competitive standpoint, the Memphis Grizzlies’ 2018-2019 schedule is the kind of unremarkable to which NBA schedule-makers aspire.

When former Tiger Anthony Miller caught his first NFL touchdown Monday night, he didn’t forget from where he came.

What did you do this summer?

Head coach Mike Novell spoke at his Monday luncheon press conference with reflections on Georgia State victory and the Tigers upcoming game against South Alabama.

Memphis Tigers running back Darrell Henderson was named the American Athletic Conference’s Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Monday, Sept. 17 – the first such honor of the junior’s career.