The Early Word: Pink Palace not called MoSH; Ja and LeBron don’t mesh
Morning, Memphis. It’s Thursday, Nov. 7, and the so-far undefeated Memphis Tigers women’s basketball team will play Mississippi State in an away game. Granted, they’ve only played one game so far, but undefeated is undefeated.
And looking ahead, if you want a pair of free tickets to the Tigers football game against UAB on Saturday, Nov. 16, we’re giving some away. Enter to win here before Nov 12.
You can stop calling it MoSH, because the Pink Palace is back, baby! In 2021, the Pink Palace Family of Museums — an umbrella term for the Pink Palace Museum, Lichterman Nature Center and the Mallory-Neely House — rebranded as the Memphis Museum of Science and History. And the minds behind that intended for the Pink Palace to be called MoSH at the Pink Palace. But that just confused everyone, and people started calling the museum MoSH. Or, well, some people. Now, the museum’s spokespeople have issued new guidance, but the name MoSH is sticking around.
The Memphis Grizzlies — and especially Ja Morant — had a bone to pick with the Los Angeles Lakers and star LeBron James. And that they did Wednesday with a 131-114 win. The Lakers knocked the Grizzlies out of the playoffs in 2023, and the last time the two teams met last season, Morant was sitting on the bench with an injury. “[They] beat us on our home floor. They was laughing, playing, looking at me talking,” Morant recalled. So, he showed them last night with an excellent game (and a little trash talk). It was also a revenge game for former Lakers Scotty Pippen Jr. and Jay Huff, who never got much playing time with that franchise.
Plus, Memphis City Council chair JB Smiley Jr. will push for gun changes, Shelby County saw its lowest voter turnout in years and the Memphis Tigers consider a post-Tyreek Smith future.
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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. She’s a diehard morning person who spends her free time running marathons and ultras. She’s the author of “Cookin Crunk: Eatin’ Vegan in the Dirty South.”
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