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Grizzlies find the winning track – finally – at home

It’s only happened four times this season and – before Wednesday night – not once on the Memphis Grizzlies homecourt at the FedExForum. With streamers finally falling from the rafters, the Grizzlies (4-13) won their first home game of the 2023-24 campaign, beating the Utah...

Under construction: laboring Grizzlies thumped at home by Timberwolves

If – as star guard Desmond Bane said – the Memphis Grizzlies are “still a work in progress early in the season,” the labor is clearly wearing on the team’s mentality. “Pissed. Guys are definitely frustrated,” head coach Taylor Jenkins said after the visiting Minnesota...

Silence is defeating as Grizzlies struggle to defend and win

Now hear this: “If we’re not going to talk on the defensive end, there’s no way in hell we’re going to win these games. That’s just honestly speaking. Communication is huge in this league, especially on this level.” So said Memphis’ Derrick Rose after the...

Respect-craving Tigers have opportunities in Bahamas

The University of Memphis Tigers are looking to earn some respect. In the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll the Tigers were ranked 26th for the second consecutive week. The Tigers entered the Top 25 in the coaches' poll at 21. This week the Tigers will...

Grizzlies inch forward in loss against the Celtics

In a season that has tested even some of the Memphis Grizzlies’ most faithful fans, a 2-1 record on a three-game road trip was cause for celebration and a reason to think that maybe, just maybe, the winless-at-home Grizzlies could knock off the highly-regarded...

Memphis to host SMU on Senior Day with championship aspirations on the line

The University of Memphis Tigers sport an 8-2 record and are looking to reach the American Athletic Conference (AAC) Championship game for the first time since 2018. That was the year the team went to the Cotton Bowl. During that 2018 season, the Tigers earned...

TRACKING THE GRIZZLIES: What happened against the Jazz

The Grizzlies’ eighth loss in nine games this season was an ejection-punctuated gut punch that moved their head coach to hurl an expletive-laced, postgame tirade at the refs for what he called, “One of the most poorly officiated games I’ve ever seen.” “Saddle up,” said...

Memphis hosts the Utah Jazz after failing to find a winning rhythm against the Miami Heat

When a team has rhythm and is in the flow, it’s clearly evident. And when one is not, well, the result is a lost such as the one the Memphis Grizzlies suffered against the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. Back at the FedExForum after securing...

Tigers ‘found a way to win … on homecoming’

With the University of Memphis up by 14 points with 48 seconds left in the first half of the 2023 homecoming game, some on-the-field turbulence in the form a blocked punt could have been read as a signal for celebrating Memphis fans to buckle...

Tigers ride ‘spurtability’ past Jackson State in season opener

All of this happened: the University of Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team won its season opener, did so with an acting head coach and learned some things in the process. The Tigers rolled past Jackson State University’s Tigers (94-77) at FedExForum and now turn their...