The entertainment lineup surrounding the 34th Southern Heritage Classic has been released.

Here is a cursory tour of where the team stands and the business left to conduct. 

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Memphis closes a 12-game road trip and the second half of its 2023 International League season with a 16-6 win over the Iowa Cubs.

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Kaue Costa scored 18 times and assisted on 11 others as the Lynx finished 16-1-1 and won their third title overall with a 3-0 victory over Chattanooga Boyd-Buchanan.

Ja Morant’s childhood friend, Davonte Pack, said during the deposition that the “fight” was minimal. 

After decades of decline, Downtown started to rebound — and perhaps nothing spurred the comeback quite like the 2000 opening of AutoZone Park at Third and Union. The whole atmosphere changed. Or as now-retired AutoZone executive Ray Pohlman remembers: “Downtown was cool ... it just flourished.”

With the start of the early signing period having come Wednesday, a look at the Memphis Tigers’ Class of 2024 football signees and NCAA transfer portal pickups.

Alex Simmons will be the third head coach at the University of Memphis for the former Houston High basketball star. 

Memphis 901 FC has now won seven of its last eight games and is unbeaten in 12 straight overall. The next match will be July 1 against Phoenix.

Former Memphis Tigers All-American guard Kendric Davis is still a free agent, despite a since-deleted social media announcement from his agency.

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Mike O’Neill recounts his battle with cancer in new memoir, “Don’t Back Down: A True Story of Perseverance Through Faith, Determination and a Positive Attitude.”

Lawson spent two seasons with the Tigers, making NCAA Tournament appearances both times after transferring to Memphis from Oregon.

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Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman expects David Roddy, Jake LaRavia, Vince Williams Jr., Kenneth Lofton Jr., Jacob Gilyard and GG Jackson would be available for summer league play.

“Once Ja’s reintegrated into the team environment, he’s at the very least going to be able to participate in individual work, conditioning, medical. I think there’s further dialogue as to other things he potentially can be involved in.”

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Grizzlies GM Zach Kleiman spoke firmly about the next steps for Ja Morant following his 25-game suspension.

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The Grizzlies selected Tarik Biberovic with the No. 56 pick in Thursday night’s NBA draft. 

The Grizzlies selected South Carolina guard GG Jackson with pick No. 45 in the 2023 NBA draft. Jackson showed flashes of potential but was inconsistent with the Gamecocks last season. 

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“I show my team clips of him playing defense all the time,” said Travis Ford, Marcus Smart’s coach at Oklahoma State. “His ability to guard so many different guys aside from his position and stay in front of people is amazing.”

Matt Riser didn’t hold back on his high expectations for the Memphis baseball program during his introductory press conference. 

The case revolves around an alleged fight during a pickup game at Ja Morant’s house.

Here are The Daily Memphian’s postseason baseball awards, featuring our offensive player of the year, pitcher of the year, coach of the year and all-metro teams for Divisions 1 and 2. 

The former Memphis Tigers All-American guard is expected to either go undrafted or be selected among the final picks of the second round in the 2023 NBA draft.