It appears coach Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Tigers will again get a shot at beating one of the nation’s top teams before beginning American Athletic Conference play.

Competition gets going in all sports at various sites in and around Murfreesboro.

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You know the Memphis NBA team is named the Grizzlies because they moved from Vancouver. But why did the Vancouver team have that name? 

Here are the stories behind the stats for the teams and individuals from the Shelby-Metro area taking part in Spring Fling.

Memphis Redbirds manager Ben Johnson tied Chris Maloney for most wins all time as the club’s manager on Sunday afternoon. 

Forty-five different area schools will be represented in Murfreesboro this week.

Brooke Ehrhart, vice president of development at Make-A-Wish Mid-South, said the Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council tournament this year will grant a Senatobia, Mississippi, child’s wish to swim with pigs in Hawaii.

Fifty years ago, a team of Magicians now largely forgotten won the only college basketball national championship Memphis has ever known.

The Memphis Redbirds fell short in game five of a six-game series against the Nashville Sounds.

Nike’s Elite Youth Basketball League session is expected to bring more than 400 basketball coaches and scouts to the Memphis area and fill more than 8,000 hotel rooms across the city.

Memphis defeats San Antonio 24-22 Friday at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, to improve to 2-6 on the season.

Shane Cox gave Memphis a chance when he hit a two-run single to left field to tie the game at 5-5 in the top of the ninth inning.

Designated hitter Luken Baker clubbed two home runs, the 87th and 88th home runs of his Memphis career.

Casey Vargo leads the way with eight goals as the Eagles take control early against University School of Nashville. Also, a rough day for local baseball teams as Collierville, Houston and MUS are eliminated from postseason play. 

The former University of Memphis assistant coach and Mitchell High head coach takes over LeMoyne-Owen’s basketball program. 

Will Milwaukee trade Giannis? Do only the healthy teams advance in the NBA playoffs? Can we get a conference quota in the draft lottery? Do you remember Luigi Datome? And much more.

Just less than a quarter mile from Tiger Lane, some of the best high school basketball players in the country will all be under one roof as part of the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League.

At last week’s Division 2-A west regional meet, Kimbriel Winfield of St. George’s qualified for state in four events.

Memphis struggles to score again in loss to Nashville. But next week is all about the BBQ Nachos.

The shoes will be available for purchase via the SNKRS app on Friday, May 16. 

Win the series and the Tigers are headed to the American Athletic Conference tournament. If Memphis loses, it will be on the outside looking in for a second straight year.

Gracen Adams scored with four minutes remaining to give the Houston Mustangs a home sectional match Saturday.

Redbirds manager Ben Johnson is currently three wins from becoming the all-time winningest manager in Memphis Redbirds history.

On this episode of The Daily Memphian’s Memphis Grizzlies podcast, Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss Herrington’s multipart column ranking the most valuable players on the Memphis roster.

“John Calipari is game to return to Memphis this fall to play an exhibition game to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital? That sounds like an fine idea. It’s just time.”

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