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    Guest column: Declining vaccination rates have opened the door for measles to return

    The reality is stark — when vaccine rates fall, measles comes back, putting our most vulnerable, including infants and immunocompromised children (such as those undergoing chemotherapy), in danger.

    By Jason Yaun, Nick Hysmith April 03, 2025
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    Calkins: Yes, the Grizzlies lost again. But all may not be lost!

    The Grizzlies got scorched by Steph Curry (52 points) as the Warriors passed them in the standings. So is there anything to feel good about? Actually, yes!

     

    By Geoff Calkins April 02, 2025
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    Martin: In this Final Four, there’s a message for Memphis

    Memphis won’t get the chance to get closure in San Antonio for the 2008 title game. That doesn’t mean that there still isn’t something for Penny Hardaway and Memphis to take from the last four teams remaining. 

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    Memphis forward Damarien Yates enters transfer portal, per report

    By John Martin March 31, 2025
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    Narcisse: Giving up more than just chocolate this Lent

    Lent should unsettle our belief we’ve done anything to justify what we have and what others do not. And that, I believe, is a way of life worth living.

    By Joshua Henry Narcisse April 01, 2025
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    Echols: ‘Home Lore’ from 1928 to 2025

    “Imagining a Memphis supplied with a well-informed coffeeman, uninterrupted conversation and Sunday afternoon car rides isn’t so bad.” 

    By Candace Echols April 01, 2025
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    Herrington: Sorting through the aftermath of Taylor Jenkins’ dismissal

    We are only hours away from getting answers to how the players will respond and just how different Interim Coach Tuomas Iisalo’s lineups, rotations and game strategies will or even can be.

    By Chris Herrington March 30, 2025
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    Herrington: Jenkins’ run comes to an end. Who will be the new voice?

    Now new-this-season lead assistant turned interim head coach Tuomas Iisalo will take the reins, at least through the rest of this season and the playoffs.

    By Chris Herrington March 29, 2025
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    Conaway: A life, and this one comes cubed or crushed

    And the photo fell away, while the magnet crashed to the floor between my feet, depriving the meerkat of its left ear. There’s something to be said for sloppy, arbitrary, impetuous, and rough around the edges. Right in front of you. You know, like life in the moment.

    By Dan Conaway March 28, 2025
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    Sanford: Proposal puts state’s human rights enforcement in jeopardy

    State lawmakers are looking to eliminate the Tennessee Human Rights Commission, which looks into about 180 complaints about discrimination every month.

    By Otis Sanford March 27, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest Column: Art brings people together

    “Five years ago, our world shut down. Today, we are selling out venues and filling up summer arts camps. Let’s keep the momentum going.”

    By Elizabeth Rouse March 26, 2025
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    Opinion: Cohen says Memphis wants results, not chaos

    “Congressman John Lewis taught us that sometimes we have to get into ‘good trouble.’ Necessary trouble. Because when the system is under attack, silence eventually becomes complicity.”

    By Steve Cohen March 26, 2025
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    Calkins: The Cardinals helped celebrate 25 years in AutoZone Park. Will there be 25 more?

    The St. Louis Cardinals and the Memphis Redbirds threw a memorable 25th birthday party for AutoZone Park Monday night. What comes next for the beautiful ballpark? 

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    Sea of red fills AutoZone Park for Battle of the Birds

    By Geoff Calkins March 24, 2025
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    Herrington: With Brandon Clarke out, Grizzlies closing stretch gets rockier

    “With 11 games to play as the Grizzlies get ready to face Utah on Tuesday night, the team currently just below the NBA’s ‘play-in’ line. These are precarious times and have just grown more so.”

    By Chris Herrington March 24, 2025
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    Calkins: Why the future is dicey for Memphis basketball — and why Hardaway matters even more

    “Penny Hardaway hasn’t had the success he would have wanted at Memphis. But given the changing basketball universe, his presence matters more than it ever has.”

    By Geoff Calkins March 24, 2025
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    Buckley: Tim Duncan helped Penny Hardaway, Ed Scott glue broken Tigers together

    “The Tigers were broken after that ugly finish to the 2023-24 season. Credit Duncan for quietly helping glue it all back together.”

    By Tim Buckley March 24, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Greenstein: We must accept each other’s existence and work together for the greater good

    There are more than 53 Muslim countries in the world, and more than 60 majority-Christian countries. There is only one Jewish country, so why would good people of all faiths not recognize the right of the only Jewish state to simply exist?

    By Micah Greenstein March 23, 2025
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    Echols: ‘I always feel so sorry for LeBron’

    “Someday what we are after in the face of LeBron will be found in the face of God.”

    By Candace Echols March 23, 2025
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    Calkins: A season of redemption comes to a ‘heartbreaking’ end

    Memphis Tigers basketball had an important season of redemption. But the ending? “Just heartbreaking,” PJ Haggerty said.

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    Memphis season slips away in NCAA Tournament loss to Colorado State

    Box score: Colorado State 78, Memphis 70

    Memphis' Dante Harris ruled out of Colorado State game

    By Geoff Calkins March 21, 2025
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    Buckley: Colorado State had a plan for PJ Haggerty. Wow, did it ever work.

    PJ Haggerty struggled from the field, making only 7 of his 23 shots in Friday’s NCAA Tournament first-round game against Colorado State.

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    Fans gather for March Madness watch party in Tom Lee Park

    By Tim Buckley March 21, 2025
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    Conaway: If we don’t do Memphis over, others will, and soon

    “We have to get our act together. The city and county mayors need to sit down together for a cup of coffee. Strong coffee. A pot of it.”

    By Dan Conaway March 21, 2025
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    Calkins: Tigers have successful season — what happens next could make it special

    The Memphis program was built on special seasons. Penny Hardaway knows he has a chance to deliver another to the city he loves.

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    Memphis' Hunter not playing in NCAA 1st-round game vs. Colorado State

    Memphis' Dante Harris unsure about status for Colorado State

    By Geoff Calkins March 21, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: The Corporate Transparency Act was a ‘regulatory wreck’

    “My continuing hope is that our leaders in Washington, D.C., will look more to Tennessee as an example of how government should work for the taxpayers and not the other way around.”

    By Tre Hargett March 19, 2025
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    Calkins: Remember that girl who gave Hardaway a bracelet? She’s Seattle-bound — courtesy of FedEx

    Eleven-year-old Maci Barrett gave Penny Hardaway a bracelet expressing her support for the coach. Now FedEx is flying Maci and her family to Seattle for the NCAA Tournament. 

    By Geoff Calkins March 19, 2025
  • Guest Columnists

    Guest column: Save Tennessee’s wetlands for future generations

    We don’t need uncontrolled, thoughtless regulations that limit economic growth, says Bill Dance, but we do need well-thought-out rules that allow construction and progress while protecting our surroundings.

    By Bill Dance March 18, 2025
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    Calkins: The Tigers are No. 1 again! (But even better, they’re No. 5)

    Maybe we shouldn’t have been surprised the Memphis Tigers are a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament. They’ve certainly earned the respect. 

    By Geoff Calkins March 17, 2025

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