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 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.

May 26, 2021: The Utah Jazz defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in Salt Lake City in Game 2 of the first round of the NBA playoffs.

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Morant scored a career-high and franchise single-game record 47 points, but Utah’s 3-point shooting stopped Memphis, evening the series at 1.

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Box score: Jazz 141, Grizzlies 129

Former major league manager and coach Mickey Callaway is suspended through at least the end of the 2022 season.

Indoor veteran comes to the new NISL franchise after playing in Orlando and St. Louis. 

Germantown’s Design Review Commission moved the new water tower and Houston High’s softball complex forward Tuesday.

Hudson Brown homers once in each game to pace Trojans.

Depending on the result, the Tigers could be facing a desperate UCF team in an even more rowdy environment.

The Tigers toppled East Carolina, the ninth-ranked team in the nation.

Tony Allen has his place in Grizzlies lore; Dillon Brooks is establishing his in his own way.

While the Jazz will try to keep their emotions in check, the Grizzlies want to continue to bring them the fight. 

What has unfolded in the young Grizzlies’ past three games is galvanizing longtime fans and creating new ones.