Buckley: Tigers and a block party fan from Byhalia out to prove Memphis is better than Houston
Tigers fan Broderick Culp (far right) drove with his sons from Byhalia, Mississippi, to attend Saturday’s Memphis Basketball Block Party on Oct. 15, 2022. (Tim Buckley/The Daily Memphian)
Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
Neither wet roads nor hail early in the day were going to keep Memphis fan Broderick Culp from driving up from Byhalia to attend a Tigers basketball block party.
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