Thursday, August 4, 2016

Titans' 20 seasons sprang from rocky start in Memphis and other top stories.

  • Titans' 20 seasons sprang from rocky start in Memphis

    Titans' 20 seasons sprang from rocky start in Memphis
    20 YEARS AGO: TENNESSEE OILERS DEBUTTitans' season in Memphis: The good, the bad, the ugly | 2:13Titans Insider John Glennon recalls the 1997 NFL season when the then-Tennessee Oilers played "home" games in Memphis. Karen Kraft / The Tennessean1 of 520 YEARS AGO: TENNESSEE OILERS DEBUTWhat was it like covering the Tennessee Oilers in Memphis? | 2:05Photojournalists Larry McCormack and George Walker recall waking up super early, heading to Memphis, developing ..
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  • GMACW looks at six-year high school program for Memphis

    GMACW looks at six-year high school program for Memphis
    Please enable Javascript to watch this video MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Greater Memphis Alliance for a Competitive Workforce is taking a different approach to the traditional school model. They're looking into a six-year high school program that would help students go straight into a career path. The alliance said two-thirds of career type, entry-level jobs require more than a high school diploma but less than a bachelors degree. They think this new educational program could meet that right i..
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  • Nick Marshall leaving University of Memphis basketball team

    Nick Marshall leaving University of Memphis basketball team
    By Jason Smith of The Commercial Appeal Updated: Yesterday 7:49 p.m. 15 A University of Memphis basketball team that was already thin on big bodies for the upcoming season got even thinner Monday when the school announced that sophomore big man Nick Marshall is leaving the program.A former top-55 Class of 2015 prospect from Lexington, Tennessee, Marshall was expected to play a major role for the Tigers this season - possibly as the team's starting center - after averaging three ..
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  • Here are three state House races in Memphis where education ...

    Here are three state House races in Memphis where education ...
    In Memphis, where efforts to improve schools are helping to reshape the city, at least six candidates running in contested races for the Tennessee House of Representatives are attracting money from groups and individuals with education policy goals. The candidates, all of whom are running in the Democratic primary election on Thursday, received tens of thousands of dollars from political action committees attached to advocacy organizations including Tennessee Federation for Children and the Ten..
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  • Big 12 Expansion Watch: Memphis emerging for fourth spot?

    Big 12 Expansion Watch: Memphis emerging for fourth spot?
    By Phil Stukenborg of The Commercial Appeal Posted: Yesterday 1:43 p.m. 0 In late May when I was planning a trip to the Big 12 spring meetings in Dallas, a writer who has covered the league for years welcomed, and cautioned, me. He basically said "Good luck joining this circus."  OK, I understand now. In what has become an extremely fluid situation, the Big 12’s exploration of expansion – which accelerated in late July when the league’s board of directors authorized commissioner..
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  • Boston mob boss resurfaces in Memphis as pastor

    Boston mob boss resurfaces in Memphis as pastor
    Since his release from prison, Alonso Esposito has lived quietly in Memphis, working for a time for a cabinet maker, getting married and exploring his faith. He is active in a local church, Faith Keepers Ministries, and has self-published a book that examines his views of Christianity.(Photo: Getty Images / iStockphoto)Memphis loves a good prodigal son story. But the faith community here seldom encounters an account quite as gripping — quite as foreboding — as the testimonial of mob-boss-turned-..
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  • Memphis teen who inspired the nation sees his dream come true

    Memphis teen who inspired the nation sees his dream come true
    by: Chloe Morroni Updated: Aug 1, 2016 - 10:36 PM A dream has come true for a South Memphis teen whose life had been plague by poverty. The story of “Chauncy’s Chance” began on June 9 when Chauncy Black met a stranger, Matt White, outside a Memphis Kroger. The teen offered to help carry his groceries in exchange for donuts. >> First on FOX13: How a teen desperate for food ended up with a house Matt took Chauncy shopping and then drove him home. When they walked into the residence, Ma..
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  • Last Word: Using the ACT, Murmuration and We Grow

    VOL. 131 | NO. 153 | Tuesday, August 02, 2016 Last Word Bill Dries Last Word: Using the ACT, Murmuration and We Grow By Bill Dries Updated 11:32PM The superintendents of the Bartlett and Germantown school systems say they have a remedy to the testing complaints state education officials are grappling with. David Stephens and Jason Manuel, of Bartlett and Germantown respectively, tell us on WKNO's Behind The Headlines that they support using the college ACT..
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  • 'Coaching Boys into Men' program entering some Memphis schools ...

    'Coaching Boys into Men' program entering some Memphis schools ...
    Please enable Javascript to watch this video MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Some Mid-South organizations hope school coaches and mentors can play a role this school year in preventing violence, including for intimate partner relationships. The Family Safety Center, Heal the Hood Foundation, and Leadership Empowerment Center are teaming up to bring Futures Without Violence's "Coaching Boys into Men" program to Memphis. "Coaching young men and developing great relationships with them, because it all st..
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  • Y&R's Navy Partnership sets sail in Downtown Memphis

    Y&R's Navy Partnership sets sail in Downtown Memphis
    The new Memphis office of New-York based global advertising agency Young & Rubicam Inc. is already at work strengthening one of America's oldest and ...
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Memphis police director candidate: Deputy chief from Ohio is ready ... .Memphis lawmaker hopes to rally young Democrats for Hillary Clinton .
Memphis Rep. Akbari: Clinton, a 'bad sister,' will fight for young people .Big 12 decision means moment of truth for Memphis .

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