If college football is to start its season and continue its season, all involved parties will have to be adaptable, smart and willing to follow protocols, says Memphis Athletic Director Laird Veatch. And even then? No guarantees. 

Veteran sports journalist Elaine Sung has been named sports editor of The Daily Memphian. Currently the deputy sports editor at The Detroit Free Press, Sung has extensive sports experience, having also worked as a senior editor at ESPN.

Brooks Koepka, the 2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational champion, just withdrew from a tournament because his caddie tested positive for COVID-19. It's a scene that could play out at TPC Southwind as the virus cuts down the field one by one. Also, AAC launches Racial Equality Action Group. 

The NBA is still on track to resume the 2019-2020 season next month in an Orlando "bubble." The Grizzlies' eight-game gauntlet on the path to the playoffs is a tough one. We break it all down. 

Running back JP Martin is the No. 626 player in the class of 2021. He chose the Tigers over Texas State, Tulane and Yale while other schools like Dartmouth, Harvard, Houston and Michigan State offered prior to his commitment. 

The Grizzlies have a tough road ahead in Orlando. 

The NBA announced positive coronavirus tests for 16 players, but the Grizzlies are keeping their results private. Meanwhile, issues around the FedExForum lease will make an unwelcome national conversation inevitable.

Defensive back excelled on the field and in the classroom for Saints.

Birmingham, Charlotte and North Carolina join Memphis in Group G.

Here's how the "early termination" section came to be in the Grizzlies lease — and why Memphians should still consider the lease to be an emphatic success. 

Guard Jalen Brown is working hard to find the best fit for his future team and improve his stock during the coronavirus pandemic.

Memphis announced Thursday that three student athletes and a staff member have tested positive for COVID-19.

It's true the Grizzlies' FedExForum lease has an 'early termination' provision, but they can't mask their affection for Memphis.

When the FedExForum deal was struck, some people worried that the city and county might not have the money to pay off the arena bonds. Instead, there's a $29 million surplus. And it might come in handy real soon. 

Closed food containers, liability waivers, masks, social distancing, clapping instead of shouting, limited seating — are all new proposed rules that could make the Liberty Bowl look a lot different this fall.

MLB will have a 60-game season, but with no minor-league season, no St. Louis Cardinals "taxi squad" working out in Memphis and no pop-up league for minor-league free agents. AutoZone Park will not have any pro baseball this year.

An "early termination" clause in the Grizzlies lease poses a real challenge for the city and county. But if you're worried about the Grizzlies relocating someday, that's not what you should be most worried about.

The Memphis Grizzlies have met with city and county officials to discuss a little-known "early termination" clause in the Grizzlies lease which could require the city and county to spend millions to make up for ticket shortfalls this season — or risk losing the team. 

Group-play, 16-game season among news announced by USL Championship.

Former St. George's head coach David Carter to lead ECS' offense in 2020, while White Station grad Paul Warner joins the Eagles as quarterbacks coach.

The Memphis Grizzlies want to help stop the spread of COVID-19. 

Defensive end Joseph Honeysucker is retiring from football, but will remain at the University of Memphis.

The Grizzlies have to wait for the NBA transaction window to open in order to make the deal official. 

The University of Mississippi might find its preferred name of Ole Miss and its Rebels nickname to be targets for change. Plus, you might be more likely to find a bear in the mountains than you are to find homo sapiens wearing masks on the streets of downtown Gatlinburg. 

Pete Wickham should be taking his son, Matt, to a Redbirds game today. But Pete was diagnosed with a brain tumor and Matt — who is autistic and intellectually disabled — is locked down with COVID-19. Somehow, this very difficult Father's Day has become a reminder of what it's all about.