Sixteen years ago R.C. Johnson became the University of Memphis athletic director and he started the tradition of an annual media appreciation luncheon. John Calipari, among others, would have choked on the idea.

2. University of Memphis Statement on Bartow’s Death - Wednesday, January 04, 2012

Gene Bartow, the legendary college basketball coach and a native of Browning, Missouri, who led the 1973 Tiger basketball team to the NCAA National Championship Game against UCLA, has lost his long battle against cancer. Bartow, age 81, died on January 3rd at his home in Birmingham, Alabama.

3. Tigers Ace First Test, Take Talents to Maui - Friday, November 18, 2011

Every season has a first game. But this was not a perfunctory tip to an ordinary season. This one felt different, felt like the first act of a play that could have the ultimate, dramatic, ending.

Months from now, no one will remember all the particulars from the University of Memphis’ 97-81 victory over Belmont on Tuesday, Nov. 15. People will forget that Will Barton, Wesley Witherspoon and Joe Jackson all went for at least 20 points, that the game started at 11 a.m. on a Tuesday (to accommodate ESPN) and that outside FedExForum it was a gray, rainy day.

4. Memphis to Open Athletic Hall of Fame Tuesday - Tuesday, August 30, 2011

MEMPHIS (AP) – The Penny Hardaway/University of Memphis Athletic Hall of Fame will open Tuesday.

5. Hoop Dreams - Friday, March 26, 2010

The name “John Paul Jones” is etched on the newsroom office door of The Daily News building in Downtown Memphis and also on the main entrance of a 16,000-seat arena at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

6. Out of Bounds - Monday, November 16, 2009

The August report from the NCAA calls him “student-athlete 1.” Everyone but the NCAA and the University of Memphis calls him Derrick Rose.

7. Tigers Ready to Pounce On UCLA, Final Four History - Friday, April 04, 2008

When the University of Memphis Tigers play UCLA in the first semifinal game of Saturday's Final Four, it won't be the first meeting between the two schools. That came in 1973, when the Bruins defeated the Tigers 87-66 in the national championship game.

8. City Council Member's Land to Be Sold at Oct. Tax Sale - Friday, June 22, 2007

Two parcels of vacant land owned by Memphis City Council member Jack Sammons are due to be sold at the Shelby County Trustee's Tax Sale Oct. 29, according to a public notice in today's Daily News.

The properties, both in the 38111 ZIP code near the University of Memphis, are included in a list of parcels owned by delinquent taxpayers "not to be found." The listing is part of the exhaustive effort county trustee Bob Patterson's office legally is required to make in order to adequately notify delinquent taxpayers they are behind on property taxes.

9. Tribute CD ReleasedFor Coach Larry Finch - Tuesday, December 12, 2006
     A tribute CD to former University of Memphis men's basketball player and coach Larry Finch goes on sale today.
     "Eye of a Tiger: A Tribute to Larry Finch" is available at Wal-Mart, Best B

10. Events - Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Friends of Larry Finch holds a press conference to unveil its logo and announce coming events to benefit former University of Memphis Coach Larry Finch today at 11 a.m. at Cal's Championship Steak House at the Doubletree Hotel, 5069 Sanderlin Ave. Contact Kenneth Moody at 758-8753 for more information.

11. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, June 01, 2005
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St. Jude Researcher Named to Royal Society

Dr. Tom Curran, chair of the department of Developmental Neurobiology and the co-leader of the Neurobiology and Brain Tumor program at St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, was elected to the Fello...

12. Archived Article: Register (lead) - Monday, August 14, 2000
By STACEY WIEDOWER Familiar names surface for county register race By STACEY WIEDOWER The Daily News Potential candidates for the office of Shelby County Register are beginning to make known their interest in the election, which will be included on ...

13. Archived Article: U Of M Bott - Thursday, July 01, 1999
By SUZANNE THOMPSON Construction projects progress steadily on U of M campus By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Students and others attending functions at Harris Concert Hall on the campus of the University of Memphis soon will be watching from diff...

14. Archived Article: Standout Lj - Friday, December 22, 1995
lj 10/5 cates Former U of M hoop star continues to score Reed promotes minority vendors, encourages business savvy in students By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News From the basketball court to the upper levels of administration, Dexter Reed has helped t...