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July 2024
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Calkins: The flag over Liberty Stadium is more than 100 years old. Will it continue to fly?
The illuminated flag atop Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium has been displayed in the city for more than 100 years. Now the stadium is being redone. So what happens to the flag? They are trying to move it — very carefully.
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Martin: Memphis basketball’s roster is virtually complete. How does it stack up?
Now that it looks like the Memphis Tigers roster is set for 2024-25, John Martin ranks the best core lineups of the Penny Hardaway era.
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Calkins: More than four decades later, a beloved Memphis jersey finds its way home.
Forty-four years ago, after the last game the Memphis Rogues would ever play, 14-year-old Geoffrey Gaia asked Jado Hasanbegovic for his jersey. Hasanbegovic stripped off the jersey handed it to the kid.
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Despite other hopes, former Abuelo’s in Bartlett demolished for car wash
The freestanding restaurant had sat vacant since the pandemic, but local leaders were disappointed to see the property become a car wash.
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The Early Word: County Commission confusion and a jersey’s journey home
TruGreen is getting off our lawn, Cam Spencer is crazy and Aretha Franklin’s home may finally be saved.
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Redbirds U of M night to feature new Tigers basketball players
Saturday will provide a few members of Penny Hardaway’s new-look Tigers with an opportunity to introduce themselves to fans and the local community.
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Table Talk: A guide to handcrafted ice cream in Memphis
Here’s a cool fact: 11 Memphis-area ice cream shops make their own ice cream from scratch.
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Generations share track — and moments — at Ed Murphey Classic
The experience of taking part in a meet like the Ed Murphey Classic at the University of Memphis was a whole other thing altogether for fans, amateurs, high school athletes and pros alike.
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Inked: Make-A-Wish makes a move; Life Church space in Cordova sells
Clark Tower has a new tenant and so does the Renaissance Center. Plus, after a decade on the market, The Life Church sold its property on Germantown Parkway.
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Phishing scam in 2022 cost Memphis taxpayers $773K
Rumors about the scam abounded in Memphis City Hall for years and earned a passing mention during a Memphis City Council budget hearing this spring.
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The Early Word: An old phish tale surfaces; plus, a sneak peek of Ja 2s
Tennessee leads the country in FAFSA completion, the old Abuelo’s site gets new life and BT Prime Steakhouse is closed — but it’s coming back.
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TN tops US in financial-aid forms, but many high schools lag behind
Two Frayser high schools increased financial-aid application completion rates this year, bucking state and district trends. But more students still need to fill out the form for college.
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Nesbit’s BT Prime Steakhouse has closed but new owners plan to reopen
“We’re probably the first restaurant in the world that was doing good but closed,” said Stafford Houston, who recently signed over ownership of the restaurant to two local chefs.
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Grizzlies rookie Cam Spencer is crazy. His teammates say it’s the best kind of crazy.
It is hard to describe Spencer’s craziness appropriately without seeing it yourself. But Memphis loves it. The Grizzlies loved his attention to detail during the draft process. They loved how serious he can be.
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Rhodes professor wrote the book and so much more on W.E.B. DuBois
Due to the work of Earl Wright II, DuBois now gets credit for conducting the first scientific urban sociological research. When Wright was in college, that credit went to the University of Chicago.
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Tigers team up with FedEx to help fill care packages for troops
Quarterback Seth Henigan, running back Mario Anderson, linebacker Elijah Herring, defensive back Jordan Grier and offensive lineman Jaylen Nichols attended.
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US Sen. Blackburn has $9.2M for reelection bid
The specter of 85,000 new Internal Revenue Service employees hired specifically to go after taxpayers surfaced again Monday as U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., gave her second speech of the day to the Republican National Convention.
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XAI supercomputer to turn on mid-August
All 100,000 H100 Nvidia chips for the xAI supercomputer have been received.
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The Early Word: xAI powers up next month, and Evergreen eatery expands
City’s bond rating is on shaky ground, Southwest hackers demanded ransom and Scotty Pippen Jr. is playing by the rules.
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Memphis Tigers football recruiting tracker: Class of 2025 commits
The NCAA’s Class of 2025 football early signing period opens Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.
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Memphis budget woes spark worry from bond rating agency
The outlook change signals that Fitch Ratings has concerns and could downgrade the City of Memphis’ bond rating.
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Penny Hardaway’s candle collection included in Nike gift to Olympians
The candle included in 1122 Candles’ Instagram post is white in a clear glass jar with black writing displayed on it that reads: “KEEP PARIS LIT,” followed by Nike’s Swoosh logo.
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DeSoto County could see new state Senate district
“The Mississippi Legislature effectively cracked the majority-Black community in Horn Lake across three districts and split Horn Lake and the historically Black town of Jago rather than keeping them together,” a federal court wrote.
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Southwest hackers sought ransom in cyberattack
This makes at least the fourth ransomware attack on a Tennessee public college or university in less than three years.
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