Trio of 64s set the early pace
Jim Herman, Carlos Ortiz and Matthew Wolff are at the top of the leaderboard after each shot 6-under 64s.
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Golf
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Premium Memphis Tigers Basketball
Tigers basketball mailbag: Jalen Duren, potential starting five, must-win matchups
Keeping in mind last season’s rocky nonconference performance, what do the Tigers have to face this year?
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Golf
FedEx dedicates plane to St. Jude patient
The program, in its ninth year, names a plane after a patient who is also a child of a FedEx employee. This year’s honoree is 17-year-old Kenzie.
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Golf
Players continue to go low in first round
Harris English ties front-nine record with a 28 at WGC-FedEx St. Jude Tournament.
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Memphis Grizzlies
Grizzlies Insider: Summer league learning opportunity for assistant coach Darko Rajakovic
The Grizzlies assistant is serving as the temporary head coach while in Salt Lake City.
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Golf
WGC-FedEx St. Jude Field Guide: Ancer to Zalatoris
Which competitor drives a purple Lamborghini? Who has a barber named Lee Trevino? Find out here.
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Update Memphis Grizzlies
Grizzlies forward Killian Tillie is nervous, but not about summer league
Killian Tillie will wake up at 6 a.m. Thursday to watch two members of his family compete in the men’s volleyball semifinal at the Olympics.
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Geoff Calkins
Calkins: Bryson DeChambeau is unvaccinated, unrepentant — and delusional
Isn’t Bryson DeChambeau supposed to be smart? Then why is it, when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine, he sounds like such a dummy?
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Memphis Tigers Basketball
Emoni Bates reclassifies to 2021, has Memphis in final four
The best NBA prospect in the country has the Tigers as a finalist.
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Memphis Tigers Football
AAC teams will have to forfeit if COVID-19 causes them to cancel game
Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield isn’t forcing players to get vaccinated, but is trying to educate them. He says more than 80% of the team will be vaccinated by the season opener.
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Golf
Tournament Central: Small field loaded with big names ready to go
Unlike most PGA Tour events, the FedEx St. Jude Invitational is an elite, small-field tournament with almost all of the biggest names in golf.
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Sports
AAC commissioner denies colluding with ESPN on conference realignment
But American Athletic Conference head Mike Aresco declined to say if any Big 12 schools have reached out to him.
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Golf
Collin Morikawa got a grip in Memphis in 2020
Recent success evokes comparison with all-time greats, but the 24-year-old is his own man.
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Golf
Mike Conley Jr. makes a festive return to Memphis
The beloved former Grizzlies player was a villain at FedExForum during the playoffs against Utah. His appearance at the Danny Thomas Celebrity-Am was much more welcome.
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Golf
World No. 2 Johnson comes to Memphis on a roll
Masters champion boasts six top-10 finishes this season.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball
Penny Hardaway eyes Rasheed Wallace as Tigers assistant
The Memphis basketball coach shared the latest on Wallace, the point guard battle and vaccination numbers Wednesday at the golf course.
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State Government
Haslam will attend Peer Power kickoff at U of M
Haslam will also autograph copies of his new book.
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Memphis Tigers Football
Tigers Football Insider: Meet your new Insider
The Daily Memphian’s new college football reporter is an Indiana native and a former journalist with the Tulsa World.
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Memphis Grizzlies
Grizzlies notebook: Memphis dominates in summer league start
Grizzlies coaches get a first look at Yves Pons, Romeo Weems in Salt Lake City.
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Sports
Memphis businessman, baseball fan donates $1.5M to renovate U of M field
Avron Fogelman’s gift will go to a new artificial turf field, among other improvements.
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Live blog Golf
FedEx-St. Jude live blog: Day 3
Harris English, who tied the front-nine course record with a 28, leads after day one with a 62. Four golfers are two shots back — Jim Herman, Carlos Ortiz, Ian Poulter and Matthew Wolff.
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Premium Golf
Change of designation only benefits Memphis as a tour stop
The tournament’s new placement on the calendar will bring a bigger, deeper field to TPC Southwind in 2022.
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Golf
FedEx St. Jude Invitational tee times for Friday, Aug. 6
Tournament leader Harris English (-8) tees off on No. 10 tee at 9:37 a.m. Friday.
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Premium Geoff Calkins
Calkins: Another win for Memphis, delivered by FedEx
Memphis is losing its World Golf Championship event after just three years. But never fear — it’s trading up.
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FedEx St. Jude tournament switches from WGC to playoff opener
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Golf
Golfer comes to FedEx St. Jude with a golden parachute
Xander Schauffele hasn’t won a major yet, and it was a long flight from Tokyo, but that shiny Olympic gold medal takes the edge off.
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