A trip to Las Vegas on Saturday will give Memphis a chance for a season sweep — and to continue its recent run of good form.

The 1997 LSU Tigers slugged 188 home runs in 70 games. No team had come close to approaching 188 until this year’s Volunteers, who have 178 in 70 games heading into Game 1 of the best-of-three College World Series finals against Texas A&M.

During an hourlong radio show, the Tigers basketball coach spoke of what would happen to the program he loves if he ever left, and also discussed his mother’s health issues and what he believes has been unfair criticism from local media.

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Mills, a 6-foot-5 guard who transferred to Memphis from Florida State in April 2023, suffered a patellar fracture in his left knee Jan. 4 in the Tigers’ road win over Tulsa. He underwent successful surgery Jan. 9.

Harrison Williams won the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the two-day event in 2023.

The NCAA’s Class of 2025 football early signing period opens Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.

Memphis is represented by five swimmers competing this week at the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials in Indianapolis.

The 6-foot-1 walk-on point guard says his departure from the Tigers wasn’t “really my choice” and last season playing for Penny Hardaway was “the worst experience I’ve experienced.”

Millington’s Everson is the top coach after taking his team to its second consecutive state tournament.

Donovan Clingan is moving up on mock drafts again. Is the price for a trade to land the big man now too expensive?

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The Grizzlies hold a team option of roughly $14.8 million next season for Luke Kennard and have a decision date of June 29.

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The Volunteers will play another SEC team, Texas A&M, in the three-game championship series beginning Saturday.

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss the future of Luke Kennard with the Grizzlies and the price the team should be willing to pay to bolster its frontcourt.

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The 46-year old Rose wound up with the 14th-fastest time in preliminary heats Wednesday morning, but was unable to advance out of the semifinals Wednesday night.

The Hall of Fame goalkeeper had been with the club since its inception in 2019.

Pastor LaSimba Gray’s book “Out of Bounds” is a history of how golf played an integral role in Memphis’ gradual path to desegregation.

A year after leaving Memphis for Creighton, Lawson is again looking for a new home. 

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In 2011 Mays was honored by the Memphis Grizzlies and he received the National Civil Rights Museum Sports Legacy Award during halftime of the team’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day game with the Chicago Bulls.

Baseball’s top minor leagues, including the International League the Memphis Redbirds play in, are switching to a challenge system full-time for their test of robot umpires.

The Memphis Tigers now are expected to interview up to 10 candidates for their vacant athletic director job, including current interim AD Jeff Crane.

The league, which consists of glorified pick-up games featuring some of the best professional, college and even high school players with 901 ties, returns for a fifth year Tuesday at Crosstown High.

Daewood Davis tied for second in the UFL with five touchdown catches this past season. 

Cooper, the stepson of Rodney Newsom — a former Tigers forward from 1992 to 1996 who was teammates with coach Penny Hardaway — totaled eight points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds in 50 minutes through six games last season.