The NBA is returning! And in a truly shocking development, the Memphis Grizzlies were not hosed by the back-to-basketball plan.

USL Championship has voted to continue the truncated 2020 season, and targets provisional July 11 re-start.

TSSAA legislative council hears good arguments from both sides but decides not to alter sports calendar.

The NBA Board of Governors made it official on Thursday, the league is coming back. But Vegas doesn't like the Grizzlies chances of grabbing the title.

Mike Norvell issues an apology and a key Seminoles player says the situation is improving with former Memphis football coach, who faced strong criticism after saying he spoke with his Florida State team about racial injustice.

Penny Hardaway will have to hire a crack recruiter to replace Mike Miller. It's another in a long list of challenges facing Hardaway as he heads into his third year as Memphis coach.

With the NBA’s Board of Governors now expected on Thursday to approve a plan for completing the 2019-2020 season, some initial reactions on what this means for the Grizzlies: 

Mike Miller said he is stepping down to spend more time with his family. He will pursue other careers in basketball. 

The currently No. 8-seeded Grizzlies need to hold a four game lead in the playoff race to avoid a play-in scenario.

Local high school distance runners have been able to improve their times and get a sense of competition despite season being canceled.

Point guard led Whitehaven girls to their best season ever in 2019-2020.

The Memphis Grizzlies, determined to put their words into action, offer paid time off for employees to vote in location and national elections. 

The son of a black mother and a white father, Memphis Redbirds manager Ben Johnson grew up in Whitehaven and Germantown with a foot in both worlds. Even after recent events in Minneapolis, he hasn't lost hope for a more civilized America. 

This mock NBA draft has some unsettling projections for the Memphis sports fan. Meanwhile, a brewery strikes a blow for everyone offended by those cheating Houston Astros. 

Lack of college camps affecting local high school prospects. There are missed opportunities for those players to increase their stock with college coaches. 

Star guard won second straight Division 2-AA Mr. Basketball Award in March.

New Trezevant girls coach Gregory Williams aims to keep the neighborhood talent at home, while selling academics and a brighter basketball future.

A lot of readers were upset about the suggestion that Memphis Tigers forward Lance Thomas might not stand for the national anthem. So it's time to answer their mail. 

The Mike Rose Soccer Complex lost five tournament events to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact ran in the "hundreds of thousands of dollars," general manager Kim Talley said. 

As the NBA looks at a variety of plans to return to the court, the Memphis Grizzlies path to the playoffs has a lot of different scenarios -- some good; some not rewarding the team for its regular-season performance so far.

Nothing is more local — or more Memphis — than high school sports.

Projectability and measurables make Houston's Grayson Hitt an interesting prospect in the upcoming Major League Draft.

Laird Veatch said Thursday that he looks forward to listening to Lance Thomas' thoughts about racial injustice in America. 

Memphis forward Lance Thomas tweeted Wednesday that “I’m never pledging allegiance to the American Flag before any of my games or anywhere I’m at ever again." Thomas later took down the tweet, but his anger and disgust is understandable.

When Memphis football players start returning to campus for voluntary workouts on June 6, they'll be tested for COVID-19. There are no plans for regular, asymptomatic testing after that. Is that ideal? Maybe not. But, as a country, it's what we do.