In addition to ending a three-game losing streak, the win guarantees the Birds a winning season.

Memphis beat Troy 38-17 last year, but Trojans quarterback Goose Crowder missed most of that game with an injury. The Tigers must deal with a healthy Crowder now.

Wrestler Jerry Lawler is back home in Memphis after experiencing his third stroke.

Darren Watkins Jr. — also known as IShowSpeed — filed into his black SUV on Thursday afternoon and said the magic words. “Memphis is way more lit than Nashville. Memphis is super lit.”

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The Tigers outshot the Niners 18-6, putting 10 on target and hitting the crossbar twice. but it was their final shot that ensured the win.

Starting pitcher Quinn Mathews gave up a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth to put Jacksonville in front for good.

Price Renovich accounted for four touchdowns as the Owls defeated Kirby Sept. 5 to improve to 3-0.

Since Memphis’ 2025-26 roster already is at the 15-player maximum, coach Penny Hardaway will have to do some shuffling before the Tigers can formally sign Tariq Ingraham.

Here are this week’s high school football statistical leaders for TSSAA teams in the Daily Memphian coverage area.

After a strong summer league showing, the Grizzlies signed Tyler Burton and Lawson Lovering ahead of training camp. 

Brendon Lewis is averaging 74.5 rushing yards in the season’s first two games. That puts him on track to become the Tigers’ leading quarterback rusher for a single season. 

There are plenty of ties between the respective coaching staffs in the Region 8-6A opener for each team.

Jacksonville used two walks, five hits, a wild pitch and a game-tying home run to tie the game in the ninth. A two-run homer in the 10th sealed the deal.

The rest of the top six remains unchanged as well with MUS making the biggest move this week.

Gianni Spetic’s 55-yard bomb in Memphis’ 38-16 road victory over Georgia State gave the Tigers their first lead of the game going into halftime.

The Dragons had their shooting boots on in an impressive victory over St. George’s.

Despite the loss, right fielder Bryan Torres moved into a tie for second in the International League batting title race with a .323 average, nine points behind first.

“The biggest thing I’ve learned since I’ve gotten out (of coaching) is that right now, there’s about 10 or 12 (teams) that have a chance to win,” the 2005 national championship winner told the Memphis Touchdown Club. “And those are the ones that are putting big money into it. Everybody else? They’re trying to survive.”

Five different receivers have three catches or more after the first two games. That receivers’ room is producing by committee, and Ryan Silverfield says the variety is a positive. 

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Two interns are from Memphis while the other is from Nashville.

Arkansas is off to a 2-0 start after defeating Alabama A&M and Arkansas State.

Standouts from Arlington, Collierville, Lakeland Prep, Melrose, MUS and Tipton-Rosemark are up for consideration this week. 

The Tigers generated 17 shots to UT Martin’s 1 and dominated play, but could not add to their early goal.

When the Tennessee Oilers — expected to play in Memphis for two years before relocating to Nashville — held their final home game of the 1997 NFL season, it didn’t feel like much of a home game. Most of the 50,000 fans in attendance were rooting for Pittsburgh. 

The 6-foot-9 forward recently was granted an eligibility waiver from the NCAA to play an additional season.