The Home Team: Many former Tigers athletes put down permanent roots in Memphis
Former Memphis State basketball player John McLaughlin reacts to a call by the referee during the Tigers' game against the Little Rock Trojans on Dec. 19. McLaughlin, originally from rural Monticello, Indiana, played for the Tigers in the late '80s and early '90s. “Memphis was always my second home,” he said. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)
Dozens of former Tiger athletes have come from as far away as Australia and South Africa on the international front and New York and Florida in the U.S. to call Memphis home.
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Greg Russell is freelance sports reporter with 20 years of experience and is the editor of The University of Memphis Magazine.
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