Big 12 in Memphis: 'Huge, huge, huge for this city'
Tom Schad and Phil Stukenborg, USA TODAY NETWORK — Tennessee 12:24 a.m. CDT July 24, 2016Beale Street in Memphis is packed most weekend nights, where revelers often have to pass through wand-waving security guards.(Photo: Amon Focus / Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau)MEMPHIS — When the Texas football team traveled to Oxford to play Ole Miss in 2012, Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau president Kevin Kane watched visiting fans flock to Beale Street. The Peabody Hotel quickly so..>> view originalRelax, Memphis, it's FedEx
Posted: Yesterday 1:30 p.m. 0 He would send out a mailing. A monthly mailing. To 365 university provosts and presidents around the country. That's what University of Memphis president David Rudd decided to do to get the word out about all the good things happening at the school. Does that seem trivial? It's not at all trivial. Not when you realize that the U.S. News & World Report rankings — the rankings that everyone relies on — depend heavily on the subjective opinion of unive..>> view originalMemphis' SkyCop cameras leave many neighborhoods in the dark
By Ryan Poe of The Commercial Appeal Posted: Yesterday 11:00 a.m. 1 Shoved to the ground by a mugger in 2015, Hazel Moore of Whitehaven asked him to take her purse as fear ripped through her that he could take her life. Looking back, she wishes one of the city's pole-mounted SkyCop surveillance cameras had been watching nearby. The robber was later caught, but if he hadn't been, the camera could have provided the clues to his capture. Or maybe one of the "eyes in the sky" would ..>> view originalEd McDugle cruises to fourth crown at Memphis Publinks
By Pete Wickham, Special to The Commercial Appeal Posted: Yesterday 8:55 p.m. 0 There are a couple of givens about the Memphis Publinks tournament. Ed McDugle is always in the hunt in the final round, and sooner or later it'll be his day. Like Saturday, when he claimed his fourth Publinks title by four shots over Matt Cooper at The Links at Fox Meadows. McDugle, the 55-year-old White Station High School golf coach, took hold of the tournament with a spectacular eagle on the par-..>> view originalFormer Tiger DeAngelo Williams weds in Memphis
By Michael Donahue of The Commercial Appeal Posted: Yesterday 8:53 p.m. 3 DeAngelo Williams — Pittsburgh Steelers running back and former University of Memphis Tiger — and the former Risalyn Burzynski were married Saturday in the Continental Ballroom at The Peabody. Williams, who had a prolific career between 2002 and 2005 at U of M, met his wife at the school. She has a degree in biology from U of M. They have three children. A seated dinner followed the ceremony. The Grand Bal..>> view originalMemphis police working two shootings
By Ron Maxey of The Commercial Appeal Posted: Yesterday 8:46 p.m. 0 Memphis police are working two shootings, one on North Second Street and another in Frayser.In the 600 block of North Second, police say an unidentified male was shot and transported to the hospital in noncritical condition. No other information was immediately available.In the other shooting, an unidentified male was shot in the 3500 block of Obion Drive in Frayser. The victim's condition was not available.Poli..>> view originalShootings in quiet South Memphis neighborhood leaves residents ...
Shootings in quiet South Memphis neighborhood leaves residents on edge Updated: Jul 24, 2016 - 5:42 AM A person is in the hospital and another person is in police custody after a shooting in the area of Elliston Road and Effie Road Saturday afternoon, according to the Memphis Police Department. Police are also investigating another shooting Alice Street, which is just two minutes away from the other shooting. >>> PHOTOS: Person in custody after shooting sends 1 to hospital Th..>> view originalAriana Grande's 'I hate America' comments came back to haunt her ...
by: Lauren Grose Updated: Jul 24, 2016 - 2:36 AM Recording artist Ariana Grande performs onstage during the 2016 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 22, 2016, in Las Vegas. Kevin Winter/Getty Images In 2015, pop star Ariana Grande was captured on a surveillance camera at a California doughnut shop, licking pastries she didn’t intend to buy. >> Watch a news report on #DonutGate “I hate America,” the singer said during the video, apparently commenting on the fattening fo..>> view originalStudent registration lags in Memphis as new school year looms
By Caroline Bauman, Chalkbeat Tennessee Posted: Yesterday 4:50 p.m. 2 With less than three weeks until the new school year begins at Shelby County Schools, more than half of the district's expected students are still not registered. As of Wednesday, 41,000 students were signed up, an increase of 7,000 from late June, according to a district spokeswoman. The Memphis district has a projected enrollment of about 104,000 students for the upcoming school year, which begins Aug. 8. Th..>> view originalDevout, dedicated fans separate SEC from rest
Fan passion is unrivaled in the SECTennessee fans cheer on the Vols during the 2014 season.(Photo: USA TODAY Sports)College football passion exists in all corners of this country, but only the Southeastern Conference has developer John “Thunder” Thornton donating $1 million to the University of Tennessee in exchange for a sprint onto the field with the Volunteers before their 1995 homecoming game.Only the SEC has Lance Smith of Antioch, a Vanderbilt fan so boisterous, UT fans burned “Go Vols” in..>> view original
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Big 12 in Memphis: 'Huge, huge, huge for this city' and other top stories.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment