The matchup against Murray State could be more challenging than anticipated. 

The basketball team will look to snap a three-game losing streak when it hosts Murray State on Friday and the football team will be without its defensive coordinator when it plays in the Hawai’i Bowl on Christmas Eve. 

The Grizzlies have won five of their last six games without their best player. Can they keep it rolling and finish inside the top six in the Western Conference?

The Memphis Home Education Association senior played a key role in three victories.

This will be the Memphis defensive coordinator’s third head coaching job of his career.

Dillon Brooks has the highest technical foul rate in the league by a wide margin. If he doesn’t slow down, he could risk being suspended for a game later this season. 

Dec. 8, 2021: The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Grizzlies at FedExForum.

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The Grizzlies’ five-game winning streak came to an end in frustration, with four technicals in the fourth quarter and a furious Brooks being escorted away. 

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Box score: Grizzles 104, Mavericks 96

Mike MacIntyre, the Tigers’ defensive coordinator the past two seasons, has been a head coach at San Jose State and Colorado. 

For the three prospects, how damaging has the start to Memphis’ season been in the eyes of draft evaluators?

It took Zach Randolph nine seasons and some fortuitous moves to find his way to Memphis. 

The Grizzlies forward says Taylor Jenkins is waiting for Ja Morant to ask him to coach in a tech suit. 

The Memphis Grizzlies guard already had been ruled out of Wednesday’s game against the Mavericks because of a knee sprain. 

The Memphis Redbirds are one of nine minor league teams being bought by Endeavor Group Holdings, which also owns Professional Bull Riders and UFC. It is not known yet how this will affect Memphis 901 FC, which shares AutoZone Park with the Redbirds. 

When Minnie Miñoso was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, nobody was happier than Rep. Steve Cohen. A story of baseball, kindness — and an extraordinary life. 

Hardaway says the Tigers freshman is fighting a battle most people can’t understand. Can the coach help him navigate through the adversity?

Dillon Brooks insisted that he’s not in a fashion battle with teammate Jaren Jackson Jr. But if he were, Brooks says he would win. 

Before heading to Ohio State, CBHS senior puts an exclamation mark on his high school career.

A pair of Memphis women’s basketball players are stepping into the media landscape.

Penny Hardaway also softens his criticism of his players’ efforts after losses to Georgia and Ole Miss.

Dec. 6, 2021: The Memphis Grizzlies defeat the Miami Heat in Miami.

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Dillon Brooks and Desmond Bane combined for 42 points in the team’s fifth straight victory. 

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Box score: Grizzlies 105, Heat 90

The coach is optimistic the Tigers can turn it around despite their three-game losing streak and the daunting upcoming three-game stretch.

Eagles kicker Jake Elliott and Lions kicker Riley Patterson combined to score 26 points on Sunday, Dec. 5.