‘A legacy thing’: Joe Cooper to follow in stepfather’s footsteps at Memphis
Joe Cooper had dreamed of following in the footsteps of his stepfather and idol, former Tiger forward Rodney Newsom. Newsom was teammates with current Head Coach Penny Hardaway. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Joe Cooper, the stepson of former Memphis forward Rodney Newsom, has walked on with the Tigers.
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Parth Upadhyaya
Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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