Although capacity was limited to 12,185, Grizzlies fans made their voices heard in pregame and carried that enthusiasm into FedExForum, where the halftime performance featured local rap star Young Dolph.
Follow tonight’s game along with Chris Herrington, who’s blogging from FedExForum as the Memphis Grizzlies meet the top-seeded Utah Jazz.
The Grizzlies guard said if his play on the court is “villain-like,” then Dillon the Villain might be an appropriate nickname.
Four years after the last NBA playoff game at FedExForum, more than 10,000 Memphians will convene Saturday to celebrate a new era of postseason basketball in the city. This team might be even more audacious than that one. Just read the Growl Towels.
Goal by Everett Furnas late in the first half proves decisive.
The star Grizzlies guard talks about the verbal abuse aimed at his family in Game 2 in Utah, where at least one Jazz fan was ejected from the arena for making an offensive sexual comment directed at Morant’s mother.
St. George’s senior caps off perfect tournament run with second straight championship. And, Collierville sophomore Ranjay Arul wins the Class AAA boys title, while the sister team of Mel and Stephanie Woodbury of Hutchison capture the Division 2-AA girls doubles title.
Simeon Betapudi, 17, joins Tycho Collins as academy players with the club.
The Grizzlies have leaned on the hot hand of Ja Morant through their first two playoff games.
Kylan Bernard, Landen McNair lead Bartlett to team championship, just ahead of Central.
An all-Memphis championship match in Division 2-A boys singles will be part of a busy morning at Adams Tennis Center.
David Martin scores the winner for focused Brothers.
The Grizzlies guard’s 47 points in Game 2 in Salt Lake City set records tumbling. This was well-documented, but the litany deserves both repetition and elaboration.
At least one fan was ejected for making offensive comments to Ja Morant’s family.
The twin brother of Memphis star safety Quindell Johnson has played football all his life; now he’s ready for business.
The football season opener on Sept. 4 vs. Nicholls State is scheduled for 6 p.m.
It is the first time since 1993 that it will be in a prime-time slot.
No, the Grizzlies won’t have a full house for Saturday’s Game 3 against the Jazz. But that’s no reason to be angry. Buy a ticket and soak it in. The Grizzlies will have more people in the building Saturday than since before the pandemic. It’ll feel like playoff basketball is supposed to feel.
The Grizzlies won’t increase FedExForum capacity for Games 3 and 4, and Memphis fans are buzzing with frustration.
The Memphis Grizzlies won’t increase capacity ahead of Games 3 and 4, but they are making limited tickets available on the Pinnacle Level.
Memphis didn’t win Game 2 in Utah Wednesday. But any Grizzlies fan who watched the game had to be pumped. The Grizzlies now have home-court advantage and the best player in the series. Saturday night at FedExForum should be wild.
CBHS keeper Chris Krahn saved two penalties in the shootout to give the Brothers Wednesday’s Division 2-AA soccer semifinal win over McCallie and send them into Thursday’s championship game.
Harding piles up the points in field events.
Tennis competition also gets underway Thursday, while large public school track and field titles will also be decided.
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