Houston’s Grayson Hitt hoping to hear his name called early in next month’s MLB draft
Projectability and measurables make Houston's Grayson Hitt an interesting prospect in the upcoming Major League Draft.
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May 2020
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Calkins: Lance Thomas may choose to sit for the national anthem — and it’s not hard to understand why
Memphis forward Lance Thomas tweeted Wednesday that “I’m never pledging allegiance to the American Flag before any of my games or anywhere I’m at ever again." Thomas later took down the tweet, but his anger and disgust is understandable.
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Tough past negotiations position city well as TVA question reaches critical point
The city’s nearly century-old relationship between Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division and the Tennessee Valley Authority reaches a critical point with some options, thanks to hard past negotiations.
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A death in Minneapolis is a metaphor for the black experience in America
If this does not create sustained national outrage from the halls of government to the smallest police force in America, if this does not convince you that the Black Lives Matter movement had it right all along, nothing will.
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Herrington: Our coronavirus situation is stable, but we still have choices to make
When the Memphis/Shelby County Joint COVID Task Force moved from daily to twice-weekly briefings this week, I saw it as a sign that living with the virus, and accepting that you’re living with it, means not being gripped by a crisis report day after day after day.
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Calkins: Memphis football’s testing plan is out. Is it good enough?
When Memphis football players start returning to campus for voluntary workouts on June 6, they'll be tested for COVID-19. There are no plans for regular, asymptomatic testing after that. Is that ideal? Maybe not. But, as a country, it's what we do.
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Luciann theater’s new owner starts plans for adaptive reuse
Work has already started to place the 80-year-old theater building on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Clark Tower’s ownership is changing, tenants told
In-Rel Properties said in an email that the East Memphis landmark will change ownership due to the outcome of a legal case.
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Memphis baseball’s Hunter Goodman named an All-American
Catcher Hunter Goodman, who played at Arlington High, is the 11th player in the history of the University of Memphis baseball program to receive All-American by Collegiate Baseball recognition.
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Legislation on pay for student-athlete endorsements fails
An effort to tweak the NCAA's nose failed Tuesday in the General Assembly as two Memphis lawmakers' bills allowing student-athletes to be compensated failed to gain traction.
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Grizzlies questions and answers as the NBA prepares for return
The NBA has been in discussions with the Walt Disney World about hosting games in a controlled “campus” or “bubble” environment in Orlando. And it looks like the Grizzlies will be part of the picture.
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Grizzlies final report: Dillon Brooks and the rest of the team’s wings
The Memphis Grizzlies will enter the offseason with a lot of options but plenty of unanswered questions on the wing.
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Calkins: 78 youth baseball teams are playing in Memphis this weekend – let’s hope they are safe at home
Seventy-eight youth baseball teams are playing a tournament at GameDay in Cordova this weekend. It is scary beautiful.
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Herrington: Tom Lee Park is on the right path, but questions remain
The general footprint of the plan to renovate the park – three “stages” with separation and a smaller covered venue – mimics the footprint of Memphis in May's Beale Street Music Fest, but in a way that would make a good park even without it.
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State tech school expanding again to meet demand
Tennessee College of Applied Technology will now add a 20,000-square-foot building to its Downtown campus, even while construction continues on its new Bartlett campus.
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‘Ida B. Wells Park’ strikes just the right note
Renaming Health Sciences Park after Ida B. Wells would honor one of the city’s most underappreciated historic figures.
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As NBA inches toward season resumption, Grizzlies extend ‘Rewind’ series
The Grizzlies opened their practice facility as the NBA offices discusses a resumption of the 2019-2020 season. Meanwhile, three more weekends have been added to their recent “Grizzlies Rewind” broadcasts of franchise-favorite playoff games.
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20twelve moving from Broad to Regalia, opening Nashville store
The historic, renovated building housing the sophisticated designer-clothes and lifestyle store has been sold to real estate investors who plan to find another business tenant.
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Interest in MAHS standout Cameron Miller is picking up
Class of 2022 standout Cameron Miller knows there will be plenty of attention focused on him and his teammates going forward.
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Raymond James files more allegations against landlord
Raymond James wants to go another legal round against its Downtown Memphis landlord. The company also reveals that six years ago it negotiated to be anchor tenant for what is likely the planned One Beale office tower.
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Calkins: She went the wrong way down the grocery aisle (and there’s nothing to be done about it)
You see it all the time when you're out shopping — people breaking the new norms around COVID-19. So what's to be done about it? Nothing at all.
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Brookhaven Lofts bringing live/work (and walk) units to East Memphis
A development team is building a three-story apartment building that will place residents in the middle of the restaurants, groceries and entertainment that surround Brookhaven Circle in East Memphis.
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Memphis adding scholarship kicker with class of 2021
The Memphis Tigers plan to add a kicker in the class of 2021 — two of their targets find their successful special teams history appealing.
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Calkins: Pepper Rodgers believed in Memphis before it was fashionable
Pepper Rodgers died Thursday at the age of 88. He wasn't just a football coach. He was a civic salesman when Memphis needed it most.
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Tales from Michael Jordan’s brief baseball trips to Memphis
Jordan was THE ticket in Memphis in June of 1994, and the stories of those who clamored to see him won't be forgotten.
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