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Hot Topics: Washington wants a say in college sports, too
This is Part 3 of an exploration of hot college-sports topics for the Memphis Tigers and the American Conference heading into the 2025 football season.
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.
There are 377 articles by Tim Buckley :
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Memphis Tigers FootballHot Topics: Current NCAA transfer portal structure ‘is a threat to the game’
Part 2 of an exploration of hot college-sports topics for the Memphis Tigers and the American Conference heading into the 2025 football season.
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Memphis Tigers FootballHot Topics: Does Memphis really have College Football Playoff access?
This is Part 1 of an exploration of hot college-sports topics for the Memphis Tigers and the American Conference heading into the 2025 football season.
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July 2025
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Memphis Tigers FootballBuckley: The Memphis-UTSA mess is a shame. But there’s a bigger shame.
Nothing to see here — that’s what the American Conference commissioner suggested when he was asked about reports revealing a former Memphis football player shared intel with UTSA’s quarterback before the Roadrunners beat the Tigers last season.
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Tigers’ defensive details shared with rival quarterback downplayed
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Memphis Tigers FootballBuckley: Finally someone from Memphis addresses Big 12 proposal
Memphis Tigers football coach Ryan Silverfield says what he really feels about the American Conference.
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SportsBuckley: Another Memphis minor-league football franchise in the wind? Don’t be shocked.
Would spring football in Memphis really last the second time around? Based on history, the apparent answer should not be surprising.
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Memphis Tigers FootballBuckley: The Memphis Tigers have a plan at quarterback. Really, they do.
Whether Brendon Lewis is a bridge to AJ Hill or Arrington Maiden, and whether that gap is closed sooner or later, Ryan Silverfield and the Tigers have a plan at quarterback.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis’ conference changes name
The American Athletic Conference, to which the Memphis Tigers belong, is rebranding and making a preferred name change.
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SportsBuckley: Stephen Gostkowski had a point to make. The Tiger kicker nailed it.
On the day he was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, former Tigers football and baseball player Stephen Gostkowski had something to say about Memphis’ basketball program.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballBuckley: What the Memphis NCAA academic cheating scandal really means
Here’s a breakdown of the negotiated settlement between the Memphis Tigers and the NCAA, which stemmed from academic misconduct in 2024.
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OpinionBuckley: What’s flying in the Memphis sky? Hello, Chuck Blimp
The NCAA Tournament attracts all types of visitors to Memphis: eight teams and a blimp.
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SportsLive: Top-seeded Houston taking it one game at a time in Big Dance
Eight teams are in town, starting a journey to what they hope will be a 2024 Final Four appearance — and maybe a national championship. Follow reports on all eight here, updated regularly after representatives from each team speak.
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You know the jersey: Mike Bibby’s nephew comes to Memphis for NCAA Tournament
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June 2025
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Memphis Tigers FootballBuckley: Memphis Tigers coach feels like he’s working in the pros. Again.
“A decade after leaving the NFL, it’s basically as if the Memphis Tigers' Ryan Silverfield is back coaching professional football.”
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Memphis Grizzlies Two NBA Draft picks with Memphis ties go viral with emotional moments
Special moments for Javon Small and Kam Jones, one with a grandpa and the other a cousin, caught fire after both were selected in the 2025 NBA Draft’s second round.
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GolfBuckley: Memphis’ bowl game, PGA event battling to maintain lofty status
One has an SEC tie-in. The other is a FedEx Cup Playoffs stop. The AutoZone Liberty Bowl and FedEx St. Jude Championship both are working to fend off competitors who want what they have.
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SportsBuckley: Ja Morant has company in ‘dat 901.’ Tiger coaches join Memphis defense team.
Tigers coaches face questions regarding safety in Memphis on the recruiting trail.
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May 2025
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SportsBuckley: The night Redbirds manager Ben Johnson answered a special call
Germantown High graduate Ben Johnson had family in mind on a big night for the Memphis Redbirds.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Tigers guard Dante Harris enters transfer portal
The entry of Memphis guard Dante Harris into the NCAA transfer portal does not come as a surprise, after LSU transfer Curtis Givens III agreed to join the coach Penny Hardaway’s program.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Calipari’s Razorbacks working to schedule exhibition game in Memphis
The Memphis Tigers and Arkansas Razorbacks are working on scheduling an exhibition basketball game at FedExForum that would benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Tigers to play Purdue in Bahamas, Boilermakers coach says
It appears coach Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Tigers will again get a shot at beating one of the nation’s top teams before beginning American Athletic Conference play.
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SportsBuckley: In 1975, LeMoyne-Owen won it all. Too few in Memphis remember.
Fifty years ago, a team of Magicians now largely forgotten won the only college basketball national championship Memphis has ever known.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Tigers sign strong-shooting small college transfer forward Matthews
Mason Matthews’ signing is the 11th announced by coach Penny Hardaway and the Tigers this offseason.
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SportsShowboats in a hole after falling to Houston
Even after a mid-game quarterback change, the UFL’s Memphis Showboats dropped to an 0-3 with their 18-17 loss to the Houston Roughnecks.
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Memphis GrizzliesJa Morant fined by NBA for gesture
The NBA on Friday fined Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant after the superstar mimicked firing a gun on two occasions against the Miami Heat.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballAAC commissioner working on basketball strength of schedule
The American Athletic Conference has been talking with other leagues about potential nonconference scheduling agreements.
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