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.
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“Expectations for coach Ryan Silverfield’s Memphis Tigers in 2024 really are through the roof, which prompts this question: How in the world does one go about managing them?”
After leading the Showboats to a 2-8 record in his one and only season, Memphis and head coach John DeFilippo have parted ways. The team’s general manager is out too.
The Memphis Tigers’ aspirations to join a higher-profile league than their current one, the American Athletic Conference, are no secret.
TPC Southwind hasn’t always been kind to Viktor Hovland, especially at 18. But last year’s FedEx Cup champion has no grudge with the Memphis course. “I love this place,” he said.Related content:
Every birdie by Collin Morikawa this week at TPC Southwind is money in the bag for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.Related content:
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler has won Olympic gold and the Masters this year, but he is in Memphis this week with a bigger reason to smile. World’s top two golfers look to overcome struggles at FESJC Make yourself at home: What is it like to rent out your house for the FESJC? Related content:
With Memphis under an excessive-heat warning, weather is a hot topic for FedEx St. Jude Championship players at TPC Southwind. But that didn’t stop Denny McCarthy from blistering the course.
Hideki Matsuyama has a five-shot lead into Sunday’s final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Replacement caddie Taiga Tabuchi made a last-minute trip to Memphis after regular caddie Shota Hayafuji lost his passport.
Nick Dunlap, who finished tied for fifth Sunday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, credits a former Memphian, CBHS product Josh Gregory, for boosting his big year on the PGA Tour.
As Memphians gathered to honor Liza Fletcher with a new stadium, Memphis Tigers athletic director Ed Scott learned a lot about his new community.Related content:
The former Alabama coach called the University of Memphis by the wrong name as he speculated about the team’s chances for this season’s newly expanded, 12-team College Football Playoff.
The Tigers are building something big in Memphis ─ and a $220 million stadium revamp is living proof.
With some players making more than professors, should student-athletes be classified as full-time university employees? A few Memphis Tigers respond.
An influential Memphian figures prominently into a new book examining the topsy-turvy world of college football.
The Memphis Tigers’ new athletic director isn’t keen on the new AAC commissioner’s interest in discussing the idea of a different playoff for Group of Five teams that don’t crack the College Football Playoff.Related content:
Media members from around the country predict which Group of Five programs will compete for a College Football Playoff berth and where the Memphis Tigers fit in.
SEC football commentator Paul Finebaum digs into the Tigers’ College Football Playoff chances, Ole Miss and Tennessee expectations and fond Memphis memories.
With running back Sutton Smith injured in a season-opening win over North Alabama, South Carolina transfer Mario Anderson must step up in a big way for the Memphis Tigers.
ESPN college football expert Paul Finebaum answers The Daily Memphian’s questions after Week 1 games.
Memphis athletic director Ed Scott says his biggest concern is sales of single-game tickets. But the Tigers are also projecting more than $750,000 in lost revenue due to the ongoing Liberty Stadium renovation.
Dollars are flowing in since Ed Scott’s late-June hiring and his late-July arrival as the Memphis Tigers’ new athletic director.
The Memphis Tigers basketball program is facing a whirlwind of staff departures and NCAA violations. So what exactly does this all mean? Memphis AD to appear on ‘The Geoff Calkins Show' amid basketball chaosRelated content:
Coach Ryan Silverfield’s Memphis Tigers football team is doing some good things, but its success seems lost in the distraction of a basketball program in disarray.
ESPN college football expert Paul Finebaum answers The Daily Memphian’s questions after Week 2 games.
The new building will be located close to soccer, baseball, softball and track and field venues, including the future Liza Wellford Fletcher Stadium.