Friday really was a tough day for the Tigers on the conference realignment front as the Big 12 added three more schools and the Big Ten two.

The Tigers were pushed to their limit by the Dominican Republic Select Team before escaping with an overtime victory.

Photographer Greg Campbell was on site for the 7th annual Ed Murphey Classic at Rhodes College on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. The Classic, named for University of Tennessee track standout Ed Murphey, continues Saturday at 3 p.m. on Beale Street with the Murphey Mile and pole vault competition.

It’s hard to gauge the level of production expected from this year’s Memphis football receivers, but senior Joseph Scates believes the Tigers are headed toward something worth talking about.

Daily Memphian player of the year returns for Collierville but there’s plenty of other talent around town as well.

Next week, the 70 best players in the world will be here — right here — to play the game like no one else in the world can.

Despite being half-brothers, this is the first year Jayden and Ashton Hardaway are living in the same city. They’re also teammates for the first time ever and looking to take advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

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Morant’s every public appearance (in literal, not marketing terms) is subject to attention and interpretation. 

Desmond Bane donated backpacks and tickets for children of the Boys and Girls Club on Thursday. He also gave an update on his injury recovery and his communications with Ja Morant. 

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With a more competitive schedule, a Mr. Football finalist back on board and plenty of other talent, Bulldogs look to be “battle-tested” come November.

Ja Morant has a lot of new ink and it includes some imagery every local fan can recognize. 

Santo Domingo native David Jones, who played for the Dominican Republic National Team in its exhibition game win over Memphis on Wednesday, expects to join Memphis later this month.

This is almost an entirely new-look Memphis squad that had four of its players physically join the group in the last eight days alone. It was a Tigers game unlike any other.

The Tigers lost four games by seven points or less last season. Coach Ryan Silverfield plans to fix that in pursuit of an AAC championship. 

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Memphis opens preseason practice as Pac-12, Big 12 and Liberty Stadium talk swirls around a Ryan Silverfield-coached team that needs to show better than mere mediocrity.

The St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend is the largest single day fundraiser for the hospital.

Memphis has brought in a load of transfers to help make the team better, but the Tigers will still need strong production from the athletes who have been in the program.

The Memphis Tigers spent the first night of their weeklong Dominican Republic trip on a golf range. Though they hadn’t even played one of their three scheduled exhibition games yet, Caleb Mills' competitive fire was already burning.

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The University of Memphis women’s soccer team plays the first of three exhibition games Aug. 7. Head Coach Brooks Monaghan expanded on the team’s new norm of being national contenders, due to last year’s postseason run. 

The Tigers start fall camp on Wednesday, and here are three observations that weren’t completely answered during spring practices.

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As always, questions were accepted on the Memphis Grizzlies, the wider NBA and “there’s more to life than basketball.”

The best player in school history has graduated, but the returning Knights are looking to “run their own race.”

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This year’s U.S. Open winner will be making his second appearance at TPC Southwind.

First Friday of the season is Aug. 18.

As it turns out, the Tigers might see St. John’s transfer David Jones in the Dominican Republic after all.

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