The third quarter proved decisive as the Oakland Patriots avenged their loss in last year’s title game.

Box score for the Memphis Grizzlies NBA game against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Tigers will host the preseason Sun Belt Conference favorite Red Wolves on Sunday at FedExForum.

Runners braved a chilly December morning to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Macon County’s ground game was too much to overcome. But a disappointing result doesn’t taint a storybook season for Orange Mound’s Golden Wildcats.

An estimated 22,500 runners took part in Saturday’s St. Jude Memphis Marathon to raise money for the children’s hospital. Nearly every one of them had a story to tell about someone they know touched by illness.

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Bryson Daily rushed for four touchdowns to tie the American Athletic Conference championship game record, and No. 24 Army completed a perfect first season in the league by beating Tulane 35-14.

Southern College of Optometry’s 145-member team is ready to hit the pavement Saturday for the kids of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. But first, pasta. 

Christopher Watson scores three times; defense makes a crucial adjustment in victory over South Pittsburg.

John Martin and Parth Upadhyaya discuss the Tigers’ performance in last week’s Maui Invitational. Martin and Frank Bonner II analyze the Tigers’ Thanksgiving Day win at Tulane.

The name of 9-year-old Brody Townsend will be attached to the suburb’s athletic complex as a lasting memory of a boy “whose life and resilience touched many.”

The Memphis bench outscored the Sacramento bench 60-15 on Thursday night. Coach Taylor Jenkins trusted his second unit late in the game. 

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Box score: Grizzlies 115, Kings 110

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Crew chief Pat Fraher said the shooting foul called on Ja Morant prior to his second technical foul was incorrect.

There were 20 lead changes and 11 ties. But Marcus Smart put the game against Sacramento away on two free throws with 2.9 seconds left.

This is the box score for the NBA game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Sacramento Kings on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at FedExForum.

Some 22,500 people will be running through Downtown Memphis on Saturday. How did it happen? That’s a story worth telling all your friends.

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The Grizzlies hoped Zach Edey would return from injury this weekend, but that timeline has been extended after an uncomfortable practice with the Memphis Hustle. 

Jaylen Wells said his mom texted him to focus on the game against the Mavericks after the announcement he had won Western Conference rookie of the month. 

Marlon Dechausay was a “passionate advocate for our student-athletes,” Memphis athletic director Ed Scott said.

Mustangs have a chance to become Shelby County’s first Class 6A repeat state champion Saturday in Chattanooga. It will be just one more daunting challenge.

Sean Burdette coached the team for seven seasons.

Golden Wildcats bidding for their first state championship in 26 years as they face Macon County in the BlueCross Bowl Class 4A final.

It’s time again for the quarterly Memphis Grizzlies Mailbag. In this edition, Herrington talks about the NBA team and also gets into movies and Christmas.

Coach Penny Hardaway notes how easy it is to believe the hype after games like those in Maui. “You start reading that, and you forget that you still have to go play.”

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Box score: Memphis 81, Louisiana Tech 71

It wasn’t pretty, but the No. 16 Tigers eventually did enough to put away the pesky Bulldogs on Wednesday night at FedExForum.