by Don Mooney FORT WORTH, Texas – Friday night at Dickies Arena was one for the record books as the No. 2-seeded Memphis men’s basketball team defeated No. 7 UCF, 81-76, in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference championship. The Tigers improve to 24-8 on the season and advance to […]
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ECU Moves On, Tigers Go Home
by Don Mooney FORT WORTH, Texas – The three-seeded East Carolina women’s basketball team defeated the second-seeded Memphis Tigers, 69-60, in the AAC Semifinal Round on Wednesday evening in Dickies Arena. In the Tigers case it was a rinse and repeat from last evenings performance. This time it led to the exit […]
Lady Tigers Survives UCF
FORT WORTH, Texas – The Memphis Tiger women’s basketball team opened play at the 2023 American Athletic Conference Championship tonight as they took on #10 UCF. Memphis would fight from behind all night to eventually take the 48-46 win in the final seconds of the game to advance to the semi-final […]
Tigers Fall At The Buzzer 67-65.
by Don Mooney Memphis, Tenn— University of Houston junior point guard Jamal Shead scored 16 points, including the winning basket as time ran out, and top-ranked Houston escaped a second-half rally by Memphis for a 67-65 win Sunday inside FedExForum in the regular-season finale for both teams. After Kendric Davis tied the game up […]
Tennessee Lawmaker Apologizes For Throwback ‘hanging by tree’ Suggestion
Nashville Tennessean A Tennessee state representative is backpedaling after he suggested adding hanging by tree as a method of execution during discussion this week in Nashville over a bill concerning capital punishment. Rep. Paul Sherrell, R-Sparta, made the suggestion during the criminal justice committee meeting Tuesday while lawmakers discussed HB1245 an […]
Jack Daniels Coating Tennessee Town Black
It’s not official but could Jack Daniel’s be testing a new strain, if you may, of whiskey- Jack Daniels BLACK! If so the town of Lynchburg, Tn, home to one of the top whiskey brands in the world, has left a stain on the town. Seems this pictorial by The […]
Lady Tigers Make it Seven In A Row!
by Don Mooney Memphis, TENN—Memphis Lady Tigers continues its hot streak closing out the regular season with seventh win in a row 55-44 against Tulane. Memphis was led by the duo of Jamirah Shutes and Madison Griggs each with double figures in scoring. Shutes finished with 14 points to go […]
Black History In Space
Memphis, Tenn——— For most Americans traditional branches of the Armed Forces; Marines, Army, Navy are a given. As America grew, so did the military. Technological evolvement demanded a military upgrade, thus the U.S. Air Force came about during the mid-twentieth century. Since 1947 technology has demanded another upgrade. Beyond land, […]
Tigers Claw To Victory Against Bearcats
by Don Mooney 2-26-2023 11:00 pm MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Cincinnati turned a 15-point first-half deficit into a two-point game late, but Memphis made the plays it needed for a 76-73 defeat on Sunday afternoon in the FedExForum. With the victory, the Tigers improved to 22-7 overall and 11-4 in American Athletic […]
Tennessee Statewide Drag Ban Passed
Nashville, Tenn—Tennessee lawmakers passed a bill banning drag shows in public on Thursday, sending the measure to the Republican Governor Bill Lee’s desk. The law would make Tennessee the first state to ban public drag, which could also affect LGBTQ+ pride celebrations and transgender people who are in shows of […]