Memphis beats Rice 73-51 in game marred by fight
Jan 26th
Will Barton and Tarik Black, two key players for Memphis, weren’t around to see the end of Wednesday night’s game against Rice. Their departure after a second-half skirmish that saw multiple players ejected just meant they didn’t see the ultimate margin of the Tigers victory over the Owls.
Chris Crawford scored 15 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead Memphis to a 73-51 victory over Rice. Antonio Barton added 11 points and Tarik Black had 10, hitting all five of his shots before he was ejected during a skirmish under the Tigers basket with 7:21 left in the game.
West Memphis Three film brings freed man to Belcourt
Jan 25th
Damien Echols woke up in a rage for many of the 18 years he spent in prison for a crime that he and many others say he didn’t commit. One of the famed West Memphis Three — friends in eastern Arkansas convicted of the brutal murders of three 8-year-old Cub Scouts in 1993 — Echols spent years of his prison sentence seething in solitary confinement.
“I used to feel that all the time — anger and frustration. I used to wake up in the morning and just be furious for what they’ve done to us,” Echols told The Tennessean.
3 fatally shot in Memphis; suspect turns self in
Jan 19th
Police say a man fatally shot his girlfriend and her parents in the family’s home in south Memphis, then turned himself in to authorities with a 4-year-old in tow.
Memphis police spokeswoman Karen Rudolph says officers were called to the home at 5:45 a.m. Thursday. They found a 23-year-old woman and a 56-year-old man shot dead. Rudolph said a wounded 46-year-old woman died later at a hospital.
Knicks take winning ways to Memphis
Jan 12th
The New York Knicks just sent a surging Philadelphia team back home with a few things to ponder and will take their four-game winning streak to the road tonight against the Memphis Grizzlies at FedEx Forum. More >
Memphis defense puts squeeze on Tennessee
Jan 5th
University of Memphis coach Josh Pastner said it more times in the preseason than he probably cared to count.
The Tigers’ offense, with its prolific scorers, is bound to be clicking on most nights. But his early season task — and he let anyone within an earshot know it — was getting his skilled offensive players to play with the same tenacity on defense.
Sixers ship Speights to Memphis in three-team deal
Jan 4th
As soon as Marreese Speights showed up for an abbreviated training camp out of shape and unmotivated last month, his days with the 76ers were numbered.
Wednesday the Sixers got a couple of second-round draft picks and some cap relief in a three-way deal with the Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Hornets. Speights goes to Memphis in the trade; the Grizzlies sent swingman Xavier Henry to New Orleans, while each team sent a pick to Philly.
Memphis avoids first round of Sears store closings
Dec 29th
Sears Holding Corporation has released the locations of 79 Sears and Kmart stores which will be closed, according to the Wall Street Journal.
It appears the Mid-South has survived this first round, although there will be additional announcements.
On Dec. 27, Sears announced plans to close 100-120 stores. It will be posting these closing at www.searsmedia.com as they become official.
Memphis Grizzlies and the disease of more
Dec 28th
For a moment in time the Memphis Grizzlies sat atop the basketball world, upsetting the no. 1 seed San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the 2011 NBA playoffs. More >
Memphis area unemployment fell to 9.2 percent
Dec 22nd
Unemployment in the eight-county Memphis metropolitan area fell to 9.2 percent in November. That represents a drop of eight-tenths of a percentage point from October’s revised rate of 10.0 percent, the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development said today. More >
Memphis couple indicted for baby’s death
Dec 15th
A Memphis couple has been indicted for murdering their one-year-old son last summer, according to Shelby County prosecutors. Gary and Sabrina Hickerson are both charged with first degree murder and aggravated child neglect. Sabrina Hickerson, 22, is also being charged with aggravated child abuse.
The couple’s child, Adrian Hickerson, died of blunt force trauma to the head the day after he was admitted in to LeBonheur Children’s Hospital in extremely critical condition.
