In the final minute, Ole Miss fans chanted “We want Lane!” in a bid to persuade their sought-after coach Lane Kiffin not to bolt for another school.

Memphis regroups after East Carolina hands the Tigers what running back Sutton Smith called “a tough pill to swallow.”

Ai Kitagawa scores twice in the first half to send the Tigers into a second-round match against TCU.

Zach Edey had 13 points, seven rebounds and two blocks in 25 minutes in his first game of the season. Ja Morant left the game with right calf soreness.

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Joey Aguilar threw for 204 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score to lead No. 21 Tennessee to a victory over New Mexico State on Saturday.

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Box score for the football game between the University of Memphis Tigers and the East Carolina University Pirates.

The 8-3 Tigers now have three losses in league play. They were already a longshot to make the American Conference Championship game heading into Saturday.

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Jeffrey Allen Walker alleges he was fired after he reported questionable spending on an office credit card.

The celebration of the project’s completion included balloon hats.

Previous luncheon speakers included Dennis Quaid, Taye Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr., Rob Lowe, Octavia Spencer and Diane Keaton.

The alternative/folk/country musician who launched his lengthy career from a long-gone Memphis bar more than 30 years ago died Friday. He was 59.

“I am a proponent of the Shelby County’s school board’s decision to ban phones from school and wish it would have been done sooner.”

State Rep. Justin J. Pearson talked about his tenure in the Tennessee House of Representatives and his views on the Memphis Safe Task Force on “Behind The Headlines.”

Are you a Wordle fan? Try WordRow, a similar game. It’s free to play.

This jigsaw puzzle is a photo from the food-pantry giveaway at Lindenwood Christian Church and was taken by Greg Campbell.

Porcellino’s. Curb Market. Puck Food Hall. Salt|Soy. These businesses have more in common than just being now-gone Memphis favorites. 

“In a world of widespread division, racial profiling, and individual, systemic, and institutional racism, Novella ignored all the social constructs that divided neighbors from one another.”

Char’s pecan pie comes to us from not one but two grandmothers.

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Memphis should be able to make progress in key areas and build some momentum against a struggling UNLV squad led by former Tigers coach Josh Pastner.

The Jaguars were hoping for an easier trip in next week’s quarterfinal round and they got it when Collierville outlasted Antioch.

The state has contracts to feed and house the National Guard for well more than $6 million — to be paid by the federal government — according to court documents filed Friday.

Updates on Ja Morant, Zach Edey, Cedric Coward and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope’s availability for Saturday’s game in Cleveland.

Memphis police arrested eight people, mostly for drug charges, in a Thursday, Nov. 13, sweep that also included agents from the Memphis Safe Task Force.