With a fat new contract extension and a long-awaited. Pre-season national ranking in hand, University of Tennessee Football Coach Jeremy Pruitt heads into 2020 with plenty of enthusiasm and a strong running game to boot.
Members of the Olive Branch High School boys' basketball team have been quarantined due to close contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case, according to school officials.
Several media outlets, including Sports Illustrated, are reporting the PAC12 will meet Thursday to decide whether to jump into the fray of this college football season.
University of Memphis Backup Running Back Cam Fleming is out for the foreseeable future due to a leg injury suffered in the team’s opener vs Arkansas State.
Jon Rothstein of college hoops reports sources tell him the American Athletic Conference will play a 20-game, double round-robin league schedule next season.
Maybe you’ll see Ja Morant again in FedExForum but it won’t be till the calendar turns for a new year. The NBA is reportedly looking for a January start to next season.
Tigers head coach Ryan Silverfield won’t say how many players are sidelined because of the coronavirus, but it’s enough to cause the team to adjust their practice schedules.
Is he coming? Or is he not? Conflicting, but exciting reports out of Jackson, Mississippi saying NFL Hall of Famer and TV Personality Deion Sanders could become the next head football at Jackson State University.
SCS Superintendent Joris Ray says there will be showcases and combines for junior and and senior athletes, as well as exposure to local and national coaches and scouts.
Ray shared a video explaining the decision on Twitter, saying despite collaborative efforts in the district and locally to reduce the spread of COVID-19, there is “still far too much uncertainty to move forward with athletic practices and competitions.”
"Tim was the first coach in 901 FC history and we are incredibly grateful for his countless hours and dedication to the club. That said, our goal from day one has been to build a winning culture and compete for a USL Championship and so far we have fallen short.”
Last week, the University of Memphis suspended all football activities because of the outbreak. Contact tracing continues and a “significant number” of people are in quarantine, according to the Tigers athletics department.
WMC Action News 5 is teaming up with the University of Memphis athletics department to produce games for the new American Athletic Conference national television agreement with ESPN.
Today the Memphis Grizzlies announced the team has added Darko Rajaković as an assistant coach under head coach Taylor Jenkins. The team also announced assistant coach Neven Spahija departed for a coaching opportunity overseas.
While the Memphis Tigers are dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak that could cost them next week’s conference opener against Houston, the U of M is still wheeling and dealing on the recruiting trail.
Typically, during a weekend in Mid-September, Tiger Lane would be filled with thousands of people tailgating for the Southern Heritage Classic. But not this year.
The spotlight is on Memphis sports again as the independent film “First Forgotten Champions: The Legacy of Jerry C. Johnson” makes its debut in the Burbank International Film Festival this week.
Adam Fuller, who left the Tigers with Mike Norvell for Florida State, opted not to use the gimmick, but Coach Mac says he has good reason to bring it back.
Two and a half weeks. That’s all the Ole Miss Rebels have to get ready for their season opener against one of the top teams in the country when 8th ranked Florida comes to Oxford for the kickoff of SEC Football.
While the NBA has proven the “bubble concept” works to keep the coronavirus away from its athletes, college basketball is taking a long look to see if it can be implemented at its level.
Talk about your first game jitters. That’s exactly what Memphis Tigers Defensive Back Salvonta Oliver had in the U of M’s first game of the season against Arkansas State Saturday night at the Liberty Bowl.
Several recent public opinion polls have shown skepticism from the Japanese public and the business community that the games can go on — or should go on.
A Tennessee State University alumna who was the first African-American woman to coach an all-men’s team at the collegiate level is being remembered as a trailblazer whose legacy will live on to those she inspired.
The kickoff clock is winding down to t-minus one day until the opener of college football here in the Mid-South when the Memphis Tigers host Arkansas State at the Liberty Bowl.
The Boys in Blue have a makeup date for the game that was postponed over the weekend against North Carolina FC due to the 901 FC boycott and March to fight racial injustice.
Auto Racing returns to the round track at Memphis International Raceway later this month as the ARCA series brings its end of season championship to the Bluff City.
Arkansas State comes to the Liberty Bowl this weekend with a potent offense of its own... The Red Wolves head across the River ranked second Pre-Season in the Western Division of the Sun Belt Conference.. Plus, A-State features a 2 pronged attack at Quarterback..Logan Bonner, and Lane Hatcher.
After beginning fall camp with dreams of a second straight American Athletic Conference Football Championship, the University of Memphis gets the side-eye from media members voting in the pre-season poll.
