Conaway: They took his balls; we’d like them back
The once-colorful sports balls in front of FedExForum — where Kyle Monroe takes a break Oct. 31, 2019 as riggers set up a stage on Beale for the upcoming GameDay broadcast — have been painted a drab gray. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway is a lifelong Memphian, fascinated and frustrated with his city, but still in love. A columnist since 2010, his distinguished advertising career has branded ribs in the Rendezvous and ducks in The Peabody, pandas in the zoo and Grizzlies in the NBA. Stories in Memphis tend to write themselves. He’s helped a few along. Two book collections of his columns have been published.
When they were building FedExForum, they had to put up protective bollards around the plaza, and Andy Dolich came up with the idea of painted balls: basketballs, baseballs, tennis balls, soccer balls.
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