State title game looms for Whitehaven Tigers

The Tigers of Whitehaven High School are one victory away from a state title after downing Mt. Juliet 41-35 last Friday.

Whitehaven (14-0) takes on No. 1-ranked Maryville (14-0) on Saturday (Dec. 1) from Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville.

Season-ending streak buoys Tigers

A football season that felt painfully long amid a string of losses has come to a close for a University of Memphis Tigers' football team that ended on a roll.

A 42-24 trouncing of the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles last weekend (Nov. 24) improved the Tigers record to 4-8 (4-4 C-USA) on the year.

Early ‘lack of effort’ too much to overcome for U of M women

Facing a hungry opponent with one of your primary scorers and your starting pointing guard injured can be tough for any team.

That was the challenge for the University of Memphis women's basketball team (3-2) against Prairie View A&M (1-4) on Sunday (Nov. 25) at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. The Tigers fell to the Panthers 70-58.

Tigers net not-pretty victory

For the University of Memphis, game two of the regular season was one they should have won, and they did. The story, however, is how the Tigers managed to "get by" a Samford Bulldogs team that seemed determined to leave the FedExForum (Nov. 17) with an upset victory.

The final score was 65-54 Memphis, with the double-digit margin courtesy of the last minute fouls by Samford that sent Tigers' players to the line to close out the game and seal the win.

Grizzlies eight-in-a-row win streak rocked by Nuggets

After the Miami Heat it was the Oklahoma City Thunder.

After Oklahoma City it was the undefeated New York Knicks.

Then it was the Charlotte Bobcats.

The Grizzlies – sporting an 8-1 record – were on top of the world. Well, not literally. Those wins put the team on top of the NBA list, leading the league with the best record overall.

Dickson shines as Tigers outlast Illinois State

The University of Memphis women's basketball garnered a 76-74 win at Illinois State in the third round of the Preseason WNIT last Sunday (Nov. 18).

Tigers senior forward Nicole Dickson scored a career-high 36 points.

‘Bones’ in hand, Tigers ready for annual ‘Black and Blue’ battle

Rivalry games frequently turn into hard-fought battles in which heavily favored teams can often be brought down to size by lesser teams because of the hype leading to the match ups.

If the annual "Battle for the Bones" game (Nov. 17) pitting the University of Memphis against rival UAB was supposed to be close, someone forgot to tell coach Justin Fuente and his Tigers. Memphis traveled to Birmingham, Ala., and absolutely manhandled the Blazers (46-9). It was 21 to 0 at the end of the first quarter and the Tigers didn't look back.

Tigers jump North Florida and keep the hammer down

In recent years, the University of Memphis basketball team has had a problem with playing down to the competition. That problem manifested in last week's exhibition when the Tigers came out slow in the first half against Christian Brothers University and actually trailed at halftime.

Memphis won by double digits, but coach Josh Pastner wasn't happy with the overall effort. He wants to see his team play hard all 40 minutes.

How the Grizzlies beat the World Champions

The Miami Heat game plan coming into the sold-out FedExForum (Nov. 11) was to keep Memphis from feeding the ball inside to big men Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph.

Sure. That sounds pretty good, except that the plan backfired as the Grizzlies darted past the world champs 104 to 86. And it was the second unit that led the charge.

One up and one down for Tigers in WNIT

Quick thinking, dominant defense, collective ball handling and back-to-back scoring were all plentiful as the University of Memphis Women's Basketball team started its regular season with an opening-round route of Grambling State University (Nov. 9) at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse.

Out-rebounding Grambling 49-31, the Tigers played fast and furious in bringing home a 92-42 victory.

Tigers seek back-to-back wins after Tulane victory

The University of Memphis football Tigers only had three games left on their schedule –Tulane, UAB and Southern Miss – heading into last weekend and those remaining opponents only had four total wins between them.

With that knowledge, it looked as if Memphis had a good chance to win some games over the last quarter of the season and take some momentum into the off-season.

Getting the home stretch started right, Memphis recorded a "W" (Nov. 10) over the Tulane Green Wave. The Tigers won 37-23 with their most dominant performance of the year.

New owner, new season and fresh expectations for Grizz

NBA home openers are memorable standing along, and when the team's new primary owner is in the house, well, you get the picture.

On Monday (Nov. 5), the 2012 version of Memphis Grizzlies took to the court at FedExForum against the Utah Jazz. It was the first game before new owner Robert J. Pera.