The Early Word: Memphis drivers are too fast, and a Tiger hooper comes home
Mornin’ Memphis!
Welcome to the working week: It’s Monday, June 9 and, well, there’s not much going on. This week: Memphis City Council meets tomorrow and the Land Use Control Board will take up the Oak Court Mall redevelopment plan on Thursday.
But today? We can help you stay informed, but after that you’re on your own. Like a new graduate stepping out into the world: We’ve given you the tools, and now it’s on you to make your way.
Good luck out there.
But first …
Over the past half decade, there have been fewer speeding citations issued in Memphis but more traffic fatalities. In a three-day, four-part series, Jody Callahan takes a deep dive on the issue of speeding in Memphis, how it is and isn’t being policed, including the use of technology and experience of officers conducting traffic stops. Tomorrow, the series wraps up with a look at the impact of the problem on insurance.
In college basketball these days, it feels like there’s a new team of players to get to know each season. But one newbie on the University of Memphis men’s team this coming season will be familiar to plenty of local hoops fans: Curtis Givens III, a Memphis native who played for Memphis University School early in high school, before finishing up at an out-of-town prep school and then spending his first college season at LSU. Givens has transferred back to Memphis and will suit up for the hometown Tigers this coming season. Parth Upadhyaya takes a closer look at this prodigal son.
Plus, Grizzlies center Zach Edey is having ankle surgery, the Memphis IKEA is downsizing its staff and we know where you can cool off this summer.
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Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
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