Preps writer John Varlas wins a major award as five Daily Memphian writers place in Tennessee Sports Writers Association contest.

“A decade after leaving the NFL, it’s basically as if the Memphis Tigers' Ryan Silverfield is back coaching professional football.”

Texas State is planning to jump to the new-look Pac-12 while the Memphis Tigers, at least for now, remain in the American Athletic Conference.

It’s impossible to imagine Memphis without Fred Smith. So what happens next? 

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Some of the renovation highlights outlined by Ed Scott were a public area called the halo, a large-capacity tunnel and revenue streams created by owning the stadium.

Though Scott wouldn’t disclose the exact figure when it came to how much revenue Memphis would share with its student-athletes, he’s confident that the Tigers are “gonna compete well in that space.”

Scott told reporters Friday that his “position” regarding a potential move for Memphis to the Pac-12 “hasn’t changed” from the time the university denied an invitation to the new-look league last September.

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Tim Pernetti has been the American Athletic Conference commissioner for a year. Here is what he has to say about the landmark House vs. NCAA settlement. 

The University of Memphis athletics department continues to pad out its staff with a new addition to oversee student-athlete academics and welfare.

In a report Sunday night, ESPN’s Pete Thamel called Memphis — an American Athletic Conference member — “the most interesting chess piece for future realignment outside of the power leagues.”

Longtime Memphis Tigers football coach Ryan Silverfield has a new “best job.”

Hiring a director to oversee capital projects and operations comes as the university is amid a major renovation project of its football stadium. 

What will the ramifications of a settlement in the case of House v. NCAA mean for the Memphis Tigers going forward? 

“I will never say never,” Boise State AD said when asked on X about the chances of Memphis still joining the Pac-12.

Kobee Minor became the first Memphis Tigers taken in the NFL Draft since 2022, when the New England Patriots selected him with the final overall pick. Soon, as tradition has it, he’ll be feted as Mr. Irrelevant.

The CSC will work closely with Power 5 conferences and oversee the new revenue-sharing model, enforce rules and make key disciplinary decisions. 

Some questions and answers about this monumental change for college athletics.

Though Memphis opted into the settlement, athletic director Ed Scott said in late April that the Tigers did not have the means to share the full $20.5 million with their athletes.

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The sweeping terms of the so-called House settlement include approval for each school to share up to $20.5 million with athletes over the next year.

The Memphis Tigers athletic department has announced dates and locations for multiple Tigers on Tour stops this summer.

An official depth chart likely won’t be released until the week of the season opener, but here are projections at the skill positions heading into the Memphis Tigers’ 2025 football season.

California judge Claudia Wilken will decide a landmark verdict in the history of college sports — a $2.8 billion House vs. NCAA court case-settlement approval. The number of available roster spots hinges on her ruling.