Liaudwin Seaberry Jr.

Alex Simmons absorbed her surroundings. On the front row within the Elma Roane Fieldhouse sat family members on hand for her formal introduction as the new University of Memphis women’s basketball head coach. Two young children – her own – were part of the support...

After the University of Memphis Tigers defeated Tulane (55-44) to conclude the regular season, head coach Katrina Merriweather took care of some important business before heading to the locker room to celebrate the big victory. Merriweather did not want Memphis fans to leave the Elma...

The Memphis Tigers women’s basketball team is into the 2023 portion of their season and a large reason for their success has been the emergence of two young players – sophomore forward Hannah Riddick and freshman guard Tanquel Welch.  With the team on a three-game...

Down by eight after the first quarter, the University of Memphis was within striking distance of Middle Tennessee State University. And while there were nagging, opening-quarter lapses, it was the second quarter that produced a hole too deep for a recovery by the Tigers. The...

After the Collierville High School football team defeated White Station 37-6 last Friday (Sept. 2), head coach Joe Rocconi realized, while his team constructed a dominant effort in the victory, they were nowhere close to perfect. “We made a lot of mistakes that must be...

The opening contest of the 2022 high school football season for the Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering Phoenix could not have been scripted better for the squad. Led by first-year head coach Cedric Miller, who transitioned over from now-closed Memphis Academy of Health and...

When former LeMoyne-Owen College baseball coach Rodney Newman abruptly resigned three-fourths of the way into the season, senior catcher De'Anthony Baker realized that he would have to step up and become not just a better player, but an improved leader on and off the baseball...

Fighting for a long shot, post-season berth, the University of Memphis women’s basketball team battled the highly-favored South Florida Bulls deep into the fourth quarter but could not take down the second-ranked team in the American Athletic Conference Tournament. The second-round tournament loss (63-53) on...

The 2021-22 regular season has been a roller coaster for the University of Memphis’ Women’s Basketball team. The team’s growing pains have been evident throughout the course of the season. Lately, those struggles have risen to the forefront. The Tigers have lost five of their...