Briarcrest, Lake Cormorant and Lewisburg retool after state championship seasons.

There’s a new, somber reality for the Memphis basketball sports scene: The best high school players are leaving.

When FedEx St. Jude Championship month arrives, the scramble begins. For golfers and companies, there is a dash to rent houses in the Southwind neighborhood in August. 

The Tigers have ranked in the top 20 in fewest penalties and penalty yards in each of the past three seasons.

The FedEx St. Jude Championship, the first round of the FedEx Cup playoffs, begins Thursday at TPC Southwind.

National Weather Service forecasts a slight chance of rain.

DeeDee Hagemann was named to the All-Big Ten Second-Team after averaging 12.3 points and 5.3 assists last season. 

Tennessee athletic director Danny White said the partnership could be described as a naming rights deal without a name change, protecting the traditional name of Tennessee’s 101,915-seat stadium.

The Eagles are working on getting a little bit better each and every day as they look to repeat as Division 2-A state champions.

MSCS security resource officers walked out of an introductory meeting with the district’s new safety director Monday morning, according to two MSCS board members. Another walkout could come at the upcoming football jamboree games.

Memphis will wave goodbye to yet another key member of its coaching staff.

The top three golfers in the world rankings — No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, No. 2 Xander Schauffele and No. 3 Rory McIlroy — will be in playing in Wednesday’s pro-am at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

The Memphis Tigers did not get as favorable of a ranking in the Associated Press Poll released on Monday as it did in the USA Today Coaches Poll last week.

The top 70 PGA tour golfers will start playing Thursday at TPC Southwind in the first event of the FedEx Cup playoffs.

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Former Campbell University coach Trena Prater becomes the first head coaching hire for new Tigers athletic director Ed Scott.

The Memphis Tigers offensive line, the unit that is in charge of protecting Tigers QB Seth Henigan, is rounding into form.

The Memphis Tigers’ aspirations to join a higher-profile league than their current one, the American Athletic Conference, are no secret.

The Baltimore Ravens have signed former Memphis Tigers and CBHS receiver Anthony Miller.

The “Hush Y’all” paddles are hallmarks of the FedEx St. Jude Championship. But this year No. 14 will be a center of not-so-quiet activities for the golf tournament, including unique viewing areas, giveaways, beverage sales and more. 

The Memphis Redbirds unveiled a salute to the 1938 Memphis Red Sox Negro American League Champions during their 8-2 victory over Gwinnett.

After leading the Showboats to a 2-8 record in his one and only season, Memphis and head coach John DeFilippo have parted ways. The team’s general manager is out too.

Shelby McEwen of Abbeville, Mississippi and world indoor champion Hamish Kerr of New Zealand battled in a jump off for the high jump title at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.

The Memphis native decided not to play professional golf after assembling a brilliant amateur career, including an NCAA individual title and two team national championships at Stanford.