“Ja (Morant) is definitely a postseason performer and he is going to bring his best game,” Grizzlies interim coach Tuomas Iisalo said. 

Thedford, a 6-foot-4 combo guard, averaged 12.4 points and 3.8 rebounds per game while shooting 36.6% from 3-point range for the Hilltoppers as a freshman this past season.

Memphis basketball is putting some cushioning on what many expect to be another grueling nonconference schedule in the 2025-26 season.

Even disappointing seasons — and despite a winning record and a postseason appearance this was one — are woven full of fun and memorable moments.

The junior, who is headed to Texas, has 28 strikeouts over his last two outings.

Standouts from Arlington, Central, Collierville, ECS, Houston, Lakeland and Whitehaven are up for consideration this week.

The Grizzlies have a lot of play-in and playoff battles with the Warriors. Tuesday the teams get together again with a playoff berth on the line.

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Memphis rested its stars, won Sunday’s game and might have gotten some luck by not having to face the Los Angeles Clippers in Tuesday’s play-in game. 

No, the Grizzlies didn’t want to be playing the Warriors in a play-in game. But if you looked around FedExForum Sunday, there was plenty of hope. 

The Redbirds return to AutoZone Park on Tuesday, April 15 to begin a six-game series against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.

Grizzlies play Tuesday on the road in NBA play-in tournament game. 

The Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Dallas Mavericks in the season-finale for two teams destined for the Western Conference play-in tournament. 

Also happening this week: TCAP testing begins for Memphis-Shelby County Schools, and Felicia Suzanne’s reopens.

This is the box score for the Memphis Grizzlies regular-season finale against the Dallas Mavericks played Sunday, April 13, 2025.

Memphis has had a tight end as one of its top pass catchers in four of the past five seasons. None of them started high school expecting to play the position, and neither did Jerry Cross, a transfer from Penn State.

The Memphis Redbirds fell in Game 5 of a six-game series against the Nashville Sounds on Saturday night at First Horizon Park in Nashville.

Even after a mid-game quarterback change, the UFL’s Memphis Showboats dropped to an 0-3 with their 18-17 loss to the Houston Roughnecks.

Several competitors turned in state-leading performances in the season’s largest track and field competition in the Mid-South.

The younger Hardaway is a former four-star recruit in the 2023 class who began his college career at Memphis as a true freshman in the 2023-24 season before transferring to Saint Mary’s ahead of this past season.

The Grizzlies listed seven main players as “doubtful” for Sunday’s season finale against Dallas.

During the University of Memphis’ Power of Girls in Sports Clinic, coach Brooks Monaghan said the event showed that investing in women’s college athletics is still important.

Quarterback Nico Iamaleava was not at Tennessee’s Orange and White game Saturday and is no longer on the roster. It appears Iamaleava is headed toward the transfer portal that opens Wednesday.

With a Memphis loss to Denver on Friday and a Golden State win against Portland, the Grizzlies are headed to a play-in game on Tuesday. Who will they face next?

Before the Memphis Tigers’ annual women’s clinic for female football fans gets started, The Daily Memphian spoke with six women who hold important roles in the program.