When the University of Memphis plays at Tulane Friday night, the Tigers will face a team with a 1-3 record coming off a 49-6 drubbing by Ohio State. And that lone victory? Over Southland Conference member Nicholls.

After talk comes action. On Monday morning, the Grizzlies assembled in the Don Poier Media Center near the eastern edge of FedExForum for an audience of Memphis (and Japanese) media. On Tuesday morning, suited and high-top-sneaker booted, they migrated west to the Forum practice court to assemble for their head coach.

It's going to take some work. But Houston's girls golf team is solidly in the mix for a second-straight state championship.

The first official practice of the Penny Hardaway era ended the way you might expect.

Memphis 901 FC, the city’s new professional soccer team which begins play in March, will compete in the top tier of the United Soccer League, according to the re-branding of the league’s structure announced Tuesday. 

Pinnacle Financial Partners, the official bank of the Memphis Grizzlies and FedExForum, has signed a representation deal with the Grizzlies’ top draft pick, Jaren Jackson Jr.

From time to time throughout this season, The Daily Memphian will convene a quartet of our writers, veteran Grizzlies watchers all, to bat around the questions of the moment. We’re calling it Turn Four, in tribute to the play call -- translation: get Z-Bo the bleeping ball -- that Lionel Hollins or Dave Joerger would call out whenever the Grizzlies needed to settle down and get a bucket.

Four-star forward DJ Jeffries and his family stepped on the University of Memphis campus last weekend with a sense of familiarity with the coaching staff and program.

Chandler Parsons’ most recent trip out of the country was not to Cancun, Mexico. Remember that hot-take social media moment, Parsons and his crew sporting “Chancun” caps for their All-Star break vacation and Grizzlies fans losing their minds?

Jaren Jackson Jr. was hanging out in the Grizzlies locker room. This was not long ago, before an informal workout. Marc Gasol walked in, looking sharp.

With halftime adjustments by coach Mike Norvell and the Memphis Tigers staff, quarterback Brady White sat in the shotgun facing a four-man rush as the third quarter opened. 

Here is your guide to the TSSAA Division 1 large boys and girls state golf tournaments, which take place Tuesday and Wednesday at WillowBrook Golf Course in Manchester, Tenn. 

The Memphis Grizzlies open camp on Tuesday, and in the pre-camp tradition, players, team officials and coach J.B. Bickerstaff took turns answering questions about the season.

Memphis Tiger fans held their breath as sixth-year senior linebacker Jackson Dillon was helped off the field in the second quarter during the Tigers’ 52-35 win over the South Alabama Jaguars on Saturday.

Paris London, the former Memphis Tiger, is standing in a crowd, holding his phone up to capture his son on video, and it’s possible he has never been happier.

Three-star defensive end Cole Mashburn committed to the Memphis Tigers Saturday as part of his official visit.

The Memphis Grizzlies will hold their annual Media Day gathering on Monday, and will hit the training-camp hardwood the next day. Many questions will be asked amid Media Day scrums, but the most important ones won’t be answered on that day or even, fully, in the days and weeks that follow. But it’s a start.

The Memphis Tigers defeated the South Alabama Jaguars 52-35 Saturday night at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. Memphis’ third win of the year was a back-and-forth contest with 1,030 total yards gained and 14 total touchdowns between the teams.

Brady White handed the ball to Darrell Henderson who then flipped the ball to Tony Pollard who headed back around left end and into the end zone. 

Friday night at Crump Stadium, Fairley learned what other teams have learned this season. If Central's left hand doesn't get you then the right one will.

When the final horn signals completion of the 25 periods comprising the day’s practice session, Ryan Silverfield exits the field with football still on his mind.

The Memphis Tigers enter their Week Four matchup with South Alabama wanting to build some consistency. 

Here are this week's high school football statistical leaders. The leaders do not include games played on Thursday, Sept. 20. For corrections and omissions, please e-mail jvarlas@dailymemphian.com. 

(2) Germantown 49, Douglass 0 

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.”