Standouts from Arlington, Brighton, Collierville, ECS, FACS, Lewisburg and MUS are up for consideration this week. 

Not only an alumnus, having graduated in 1977, Mike Clary will retire from being Rhodes’ longest-standing athletic director come May.

The Lakers host the Timberwolves Tuesday for the right to meet the Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs. I think I speak for Grizzlies fans everywhere when I say: “Go T-Wolves!”

Two years ago, Jonathan Pierre was an unranked senior at Hallandale High without many options.

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Here is the box score for the Memphis Grizzlies’s game against OKC Thunder at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City.

The University of Memphis team landed a spot at nationals after they toppled rival Auburn University April 1 at the Southeastern Collegiate Rugby Conference’s Olympic Rugby Sevens Championship. 

Kennedy averaged 9.2 points and 2.6 rebounds per game through 25 contests for the Tigers.

The Memphis Grizzlies have listed their starters as doubtful ahead of the regular-season finale in Oklahoma City. 

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The Grizzlies center is likely to miss the rest of the season. Memphis also made changes to add another frontcourt player to its playoff roster. 

Grizz fans were concerned Friday night when the superstar point guard went to the locker room early in the first quarter with an apparent hand injury. 

Memphis Grizzlies vs Milwaukee Bucks at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee

The Memphis Grizzlies clinched the No. 2 seed in the West by dominating a short-handed Milwaukee Bucks team in the second half. 

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Box score: Grizzlies 137, Bucks 114

Mills spent the past two seasons at Florida State after playing for former AAC foe Houston in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 campaigns.

“We have arrived on the NBA scene,” said Dennis O’Connor, the Grizzlies’ vice president of ticket sales and service. “...We have some superstar players, and we are getting more national recognition than we ever have. 

Is it a scandal that law enforcement officials didn’t throw themselves into investigating a superstar basketball player whose behavior was plainly over the line? No. It would have been unusual if they had.

Trezevant freshman Robynn Thompson and Houston coach Justin Lewis were also recognized.

Daphne Fowler had a big day at the plate in victory over St. Benedict.

Identity of victim revealed in alleged assault in pickup game at Morant’s house last summer. In the past, the victim’s mother sued Memphis-Shelby County Schools over a bullying incident that involved her daughter.

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The lanky rim protector has played fewer than 30 minutes in three of his last five games because of foul trouble. 

The senior currently holds the top Division 2-A marks in both the long jump and triple jump by considerable margins.

Simmons coached five years at Gardner-Webb University and led the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament last season.

The Grizzlies pulled off an improbable comeback in regulation, but went scoreless for the first three minutes of the extra period and turned the ball over four times.

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Box score: Pelicans 138, Grizzlies 131 (OT)