The Early Word: Derrick Rose is out, but the Memphis Tigers are staying in
Happy National Punctuation Day! It’s Tuesday, Sept. 24, and presumably every editor’s favorite holiday. Pay special attention to placement of those commas today; they can change the entire meaning of the sentence. As your English teacher probably told you years ago, “Let’s eat, grandma” means something very different than “Let’s eat grandma.”
In actual news, the Memphis City Council will vote on a set of 10 parks projects totaling nearly $12 million. Among them: something new for Douglass Park that’s sure to make a splash.
Derrick Rose won’t be returning to the Memphis Grizzlies this season. The veteran point guard and former Memphis Tigers star asked to be released from his contract after just one season with the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies will now have to navigate a thin backcourt or make an addition to the main roster, but there’s one current two-way player who stands out.
The Memphis Tigers won’t be joining the Pac-12, which is more like the Pac-2 right now since only two teams remain in the conference for next season. Instead, the Tigers will stay in the American Athletic Conference and wait for an opening in a power conference. The Pac-12 gave the Tigers a Monday deadline, and leaving the AAC on short notice would have cost big, big bucks. The Daily Memphian’s Geoff Calkins, hoping for a Pac-12 move, called the decision “a bummer.” But Tigers basketball Coach Penny Hardaway is probably happy. Before the news was announced Monday afternoon, Hardaway said he was “proud to represent the AAC.”
Plus, Young Dolph’s murder trial begins, the city plans to buy a Downtown hotel and we meet the woman who identified the DeSoto Jane Doe.
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Bianca Phillips
Bianca Phillips is a Northeast Arkansas native and longtime Memphian who’s worked in local journalism and PR for more than 20 years. In her days as a reporter, she covered everything from local government and crime to LGBTQ issues and the arts. She’s the author of “Cookin Crunk: Eatin’ Vegan in the Dirty South,” a cookbook of vegan Southern recipes.
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