Strickland pleads Memphis’ case for Power 5 membership
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland hands Vicki Finch, wife of the late Larry Finch, a proclamation after speaking at a ceremony honoring her husband at the University of Memphis Oct. 28, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Jim Strickland is bullish on the Memphis Tigers as a deserving candidate for promotion from the American Athletic Conference as the Big 12 and Pac-12 look to expand.
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Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
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