Marc Gasol is the third-best center in the NBA, Mike Conley the fourth-best leader, and former Grizzlies defensive stopper Tony Allen is still tough, but no longer the toughest guy in the league.

2. Pro Sports Motto: Relocation, Relocation, Relocation - Friday, March 31, 2017

When I joined a Fantasy Football League a few year ago I chose a team name from the depths of my soul: “I Hate the Raiders.”

Hate, I recognize, is a strong word. But if you follow the NFL and know of its history over the last 50 years, I need only tell you that I was born and raised in Kansas City. Hating the Raiders was cultural and environmental. Not to mention enjoyable.

3. Mularkey Might Find Elusive Success in Third Shot - Friday, September 2, 2016

Is the third time the charm for Mike Mularkey? The Tennessee Titans certainly hope so.

Mularkey’s first two NFL head coaching gigs – Buffalo 2004-05, Jacksonville 2012 – resulted in a combined 16-32 record. Add his 2-7 run as interim head coach for the Titans last season and that makes him 18-39.

4. Collierville Breaks Ground On $93.5M High School - Thursday, May 5, 2016

11605 E. Shelby Drive
Collierville, TN 38017

Project Cost: $93.5 million

Completion: August 2018

5. City Pulls Permit to Build on Walter J. Simmons Site - Monday, May 2, 2016

The city of Memphis Property Maintenance Department is moving from the Overton Park area to near Memphis International Airport.

Property Maintenance recently filed a $1.5 million building permit for a new building at 3720 Knight Arnold Road, at the site of the former Walter J. Simmons public housing complex at Lamar Avenue and Knight Arnold in Southeast Memphis.

6. Dave Joerger: The NBA’s Invisible Man - Friday, April 29, 2016

Congratulations to Golden State’s Steve Kerr. You can’t say he wasn’t a worthy recipient for NBA Coach of the Year.

7. Roster Remix? Grizzlies May Finally Shake Things Up - Friday, April 29, 2016

As amazing as it was that the Memphis Grizzlies set an NBA record by using 28 players this past season, it’s almost more unbelievable that they had to sign eight different players to 11 separate 10-day contracts.

8. Last Word: When To Heal, Budget Day at City Hall and Cheese Steak Pondering - Tuesday, April 19, 2016

After Sunday’s thrashing of the Grizzlies by the Spurs in their 2016 NBA playoff debut, there is a school of thought among Grizz watchers that the sooner this is over the better.
But there are others who would have a more content off season if the Grizz could win just one game in the series as they go down and then proceed back to the cave for some summer healing.
Either way, Game 2 is Tuesday in San Antonio and then FedExForum Friday for Game 3.

9. The Week Ahead: April 18-24 - Monday, April 18, 2016

Let’s get this week started, Memphis! Here’s our roundup of local happenings you need to know about, from the dreaded federal income tax filing day, to the scheduled end of the Tennessee Legislature for this session, to a couple of big round-ball games at FedExForum beginning Friday.

10. Born Ready? Grizz Players, Brass Given No Choice - Friday, March 25, 2016

This is not a Grizzlies season to remember. It is a Grizzlies season impossible to forget.

For fans.

For Chris Wallace, who is living the life of “GM, The Bargain Hunter.”

11. Randolph gets first triple-double in a stunning win over Clippers - Monday, March 21, 2016

Mike Conley and his sore Achilles were in street clothes on the bench. Zach Randolph, after missing seven straight games with a sore knee, was back in uniform and playing. And playing so well that late in the fourth quarter of the Grizzlies 113-102 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday, March 19 at FedExForum, Conley had a secret to share.

12. Memphis Leaders Taking New Offers for Old Police HQ - Wednesday, March 16, 2016

The city of Memphis now has three offers to buy the old Central Police Station at 128 Adams Ave. and renovate it as a hotel. It will likely have even more offers by the time the Memphis City Council decides who, if anyone, to sell the circa-1910 building to at its April 19 meeting.

13. Few US Neighborhoods Affordable, Walkable With Good Schools - Thursday, January 28, 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) — Few neighborhoods can match the perks of Adams Morgan in Washington, D.C. — a reality that reflects a broader problem for the U.S. housing market.

Residents of Adams Morgan enjoy a bevy of bars, restaurants, exercise studios and shopping, just steps from their row houses and condo buildings. Home values are reasonable relative to neighborhood incomes. And in general, the area schools rate as better than average nationally.

14. City Council Approves Colonial Conversion, Vintage Trolley Purchase - Wednesday, January 20, 2016

One of two golf courses at Colonial Country Club would give way to houses under a planned development approved Tuesday, Jan. 19, by the Memphis City Council.

The council approved a development that would turn the north course at Colonial into either a mix of single-family homes, townhouses and cottages or a mix of housing for senior citizens.

15. Council OKs Strickland's Directors, He Defends Pay Raises - Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Memphis City Council members approved Mayor Jim Strickland’s slate of 12 division chiefs and directors Tuesday, Jan. 5, at the first council meeting of 2016. And Strickland defended the pay raises for some of those positions compared to the salaries those appointed positions paid in the Wharton administration.

16. A List of Mayor-Elect Jim Strickland’s Appointments So Far - Monday, December 14, 2015

Memphis Mayor elect Jim Strickland still has some appointments to make, but he is methodically filling key positions in his administration ahead of taking office Jan. 1.

17. Strickland Names 6 Chiefs to Report Directly To Mayor - Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Memphis Mayor-elect Jim Strickland rounded out his team of top advisers and division directors with six appointees who will report directly to him – a structural change to how previous mayoral administrations have worked.

18. Strickland: Police Director Armstrong Stays, For Now - Saturday, November 28, 2015

The city of Memphis eventually will have a new Memphis Police Department director, but, for now, current director Toney Armstrong will continue to hold the job.

Mayor-elect Jim Strickland announced Friday, Nov. 20, that Armstrong will remain in the job while he searches for a replacement.

19. Strickland: Police Director Armstrong Stays, For Now - Monday, November 23, 2015

The city of Memphis eventually will have a new Memphis Police Department director, but, for now, current director Toney Armstrong will continue to hold the job.

Mayor-elect Jim Strickland announced Friday, Nov. 20, that Armstrong will remain in the job while he searches for a replacement.

20. Strickland: Police Director Armstrong Stays, For Now - Saturday, November 21, 2015

The city of Memphis eventually will have a new Memphis Police Department director, but, for now, current director Toney Armstrong will continue to hold the job.

Mayor-elect Jim Strickland announced Friday, Nov. 20, that Armstrong will remain in the job while he searches for a replacement.

21. Together Again - Saturday, October 24, 2015

To look ahead to next season, we must first go back to last season. To that heady time when the Grizzlies held a 2-1 series lead over the Golden State Warriors in the NBA’s Western Conference semifinals.

22. City Council Approves Hotel-Retail Development Near Shelby Show Place Arena - Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Memphis City Council members approved Tuesday, Oct. 20, plans to develop one of the few open parcels of land along Germantown Parkway as either a hotel with retail or two retail strips.

The Germantown Market planned development by the Debra Loskovitz Spousal Trust is on the east side of Germantown Parkway, south of Timber Creek Drive next to the Shelby Show Place Arena.

23. City Divisions To Relocate As Memphis Trims Its Footprint - Friday, October 2, 2015

The city of Memphis is trimming its footprint with plans to consolidate municipal departments in three buildings across the city.

The Donnelley J. Hill State Office Building in Civic Center Plaza soon will be home to several municipal organizations, including the Memphis Police Department, the division of Housing and Community Development and some human resources and law offices.

24. Dream Season - Saturday, February 7, 2015

The Grizzlies had just defeated the rival Oklahoma City Thunder before a loud sellout crowd in The Grindhouse and Jerry “The King” Lawler had defended his Memphis championship wrestling belt, albeit with an assist from the Grizzlies’ crack game operations staff.

25. Council Votes Down Whitehaven Car Lot - Thursday, November 6, 2014

The Memphis City Council voted down Tuesday, Nov. 4, the move of a used car lot on land owned by Graceland to a lot further north on Elvis Presley Boulevard near the new 450-room resort-style hotel Elvis Presley Enterprises is building.

26. Council Votes Down Elvis Presley Boulevard Car Lot - Wednesday, November 5, 2014

The Memphis City Council voted down Tuesday, Nov. 4, the move of a used car lot on land owned by Graceland to a lot further north on Elvis Presley Boulevard near the new 450-room resort style hotel Elvis Presley Enterprises is building.

27. Time is Now - Saturday, October 18, 2014

For now, the Memphis Grizzlies’ window of opportunity is open.

With four straight playoff appearances in the immediate past, there is no reason to believe the Grizzlies won’t get there again. But it’s not about just getting there, not about playing a tough seven-game series, as the Grizzlies did in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs against Oklahoma City last season, only to come home after a dispiriting Game 7 loss.

28. Grizzlies Draft UCLA's Adams, Memphis Native Stokes - Friday, June 27, 2014

Whether it will prove to be a telling remembrance or not, news of the Grizzlies selecting guard UCLA shooting guard Jordan Adams with the No. 22 overall pick in Thursday night’s NBA Draft was largely met with mild disdain, sweeping indifference and a dash of tilt-your-head curiosity.

29. Harris Files Ford Challenge at Deadline - Thursday, April 3, 2014

Memphis City Council member Lee Harris is challenging Democratic state Sen. Ophelia Ford in the August primary for District 29, the Senate seat held by a member of the Ford family since 1975.

30. Decaying Heritage: Historic preservation reaches ‘tipping point’ - Monday, June 8, 2009

Historic Memphis is rotting faster than the deteriorating economy.

Tight credit markets, long foreclosure lists, frequent mortgage flipping and financially struggling property owners have proven to be bigger threats to the city’s landmark structures than bulldozers. Demolition by neglect is rampant, and preservation leaders don’t yet know what to do about it.

31. Justice Department Takes Closer Look at Liberty Bowl - Thursday, December 6, 2007

When the University of Memphis football team played East Carolina at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in early November, some special guests took in the homecoming game.

A delegation of U.S. Department of Justice investigators bought tickets to the game. It was part of a low-profile, two-day visit to the stadium by officials from the department's Disability Rights Section.

32. FedEx Donates $1 MillionFor MLK Memorial - Thursday, September 7, 2006
     FedEx Corp. is donating $1 million for the construction of a memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington.
     "FedEx Corp. is proud to support the building of a national memorial t

33. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Young Lawyers Division Announces New Board Members

MSO Names New General Manager

Alberto Gutierrez joined Memphis Symphony Orchestra as general manager. Gutierrez previously served as operations manager for the San Antonio Symphony. After grad...

34. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, February 14, 2001
David C David C. Bradford joined Askew Hargraves Harcourt & Associates Inc. as a mechanical project engineer. He holds bachelors and masters degrees from Mississippi State University. Christopher M. Kolehmainen has joined Archer/Malmo as chief f...