As a track star at Melrose High School in the 1980s, Rochelle Stevens had athletic scholarship offers from multiple big-name colleges and universities.
Given her talent, she may well have won Olympic Gold anywhere she laced up her cleats.
But Stevens...
It's officially official. Ja Morant is a member of your Memphis Grizzlies.
See for yourself . . .
thank you memphis 🙏🏽#blessed https://t.co/VadtIV58hO
— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) July 1, 2019
The official release from the Grizzlies:
Memphis, Tenn. – The Memphis Grizzlies announced today that...
by Jannelle Walker, Special to The New Tri-State Defender
This week, 68-year-old Loretta Griffin became the first African-American Memphian to compete in the National Senior Olympics for swimming, coming full circle from her days of doing water aerobics at the...
The wait for James Wiseman is over.
The Memphis Tigers’ and national college basketball fans were patiently waiting Wiseman's return on Jan. 12 from an NCAA-imposed 12-game ban. That was the punishment for his mother accepting an $11,500 gift to...
NEW YORK — The pairing of the NFL and rapper-businessman-activist Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter is surprising, but it actually makes tremendous sense for the buttoned-down league.
As part of a long-term agreement that will be announced during a news conference on...
There is a vacancy on the Memphis Tigers basketball coaching staff.
According to the Head Coach Penny Hardaway, Sam Mitchell, the former NBA Head Coach who came down to the collegiate level at Hardaway's request, is no longer with the...
James Wiseman’s ascension to the NBA recently meshed with the athletic heights he scaled at East High School, yielding a convergence suited for the retirement of his high school jersey.
“It was crazy,” said Wiseman, putting words to the emotions...
The senior basketball class of 2024 is shaping up to a great one.
Two of its members – Curtis Givens III and R’Chaun King – are shooting up the recruiting charts. Both are sophomores at Memphis University School.
The dynamic duo...
The opening score of Friday's Rising Stars game was something Grizzlies fans have gotten used to this season: Grizz phenom Ja Morant tossing a lob up by the rim to be thundered down by Jaren Jackson Jr.
Team USA 2,...
In the world of basketball, David “Smokey” Gaines was a phenom as a player and coach.
The sharp-shooting guard, who died Sept. 5, was a standout at LeMoyne College (now LeMoyne-Owen), the Harlem Globetrotters and with the Kentucky Colonels of...