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What They Said This Week

Flyer Staff — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:37:00 -0600

Choice comments from, well, you.

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Memphis Crushes UAB, 79-45

Flyer Staff — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:45:00 -0600

It all went right for Memphis against CUSA rival UAB Saturday. Frank Murtaugh has a report.

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Tigers 79, UAB 45

Frank Murtaugh — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:15:47 -0600

With a Big East vibe filling FedExForum for the first time since Wednesday’s culture-changing announcement, the Tigers played as though they needed to prove there is indeed a gap between Memphis basketball at its best and Conference USA. Facing a league rival that had won four of its last five games — including an upset of first-place Southern Miss three nights ago — Memphis hit six three-pointers in the game’s first 10 minutes, led 29-11 with eight minutes to play before halftime, and relegated the league’s preseason Player of the Year to bench duty in the second half.…

Grizzlies Beat Pacers, 98-92

Flyer Staff — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:18:00 -0600

Chris Herrington offers his usual trenchant post-game analysis at Beyond the Arc blog.

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Postgame Notebook: Grizzlies 98, Pacers 92 — Where Gasol Flashes All-Star Form

Chris Herrington — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:20:28 -0600

The Lead: Heading into tonight's game, the Indiana Pacers were 10-6 on the road, hadn't suffered back-to-back losses, and had not lost a game in which they'd topped 90 points. So it was impressive for the Grizzlies to hand the Pacers their second straight loss despite not being able to play their usual style.…

Oscar-Winning Shorts at the Brooks

Flyer Staff — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:11:00 -0600

Several Oscar-winning short films will be playing at the Brook Museum Saturday. Chris Herrington has a preview.

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Throwback Sunday: The Memphis Tams

Flyer Staff — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:20:00 -0600

As a nod to the Grizzlies wearing Memphis Tams throwback jerseys on Sunday, Sherman Willmott offers this look back at Charlie Finley's wacky ABA franchise.

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Weekend Thoughts

Flyer Staff — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:14:00 -0600

John Branston heads home for the weekend, leaving this column behind, concerning barbecue, the Big East, and other deep thoughts.

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A Look Back at the Memphis Tams

Sherman Willmott — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:50:00 -0600

This Sunday, the Memphis Grizzlies will don throw-back Memphis Tams uniforms for a home game against the Utah Jazz. Memphis writer Sherman Willmott sent us this story about Memphis' ABA franchise and we thought we'd share it with Flyer readers. by Sherman Willmott This Sunday, the Memphis Grizzlies will don throw-back Memphis Tams uniforms for a home game against the Utah Jazz. Memphis writer Sherman Willmott sent us this story about Memphis' ABA franchise and we thought we'd share it with Flyer readers.…

Would Memphis Suburbs Have to Do Without County Funding for New School Districts?

Jackson Baker — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:26:00 -0600

(This article has been revised and -- modestly -- re-titled since its first publication early Friday afternoon, prior to the special County Commission meeting regarding the thorny issue of how to deal with the potential transfer of school buildings to new municipal school districts in suburbia.)

It now seems a forgone conclusion that the suburban municipalities of Shelby County will form their own school districts as the formal merger of city and county schools proceeds.

The main issue of contention is whether they should be required to pay for the existing school buildings they hope to inherit, and state Sen. Mark Norris has said he is preparing legislation on the subject.…

Paper Diamond at Newby's

Flyer Staff — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:19:00 -0600

Former Memphis musician Alex Botwin returns to the city as Paper Diamond. Chris Herrington has his story.

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Jay Reatard Doc to Show in Memphis

Flyer Staff — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:45:00 -0600

Chris Herrington reports that Better Than Something, a documentary about the late Memphis musician Jay Reatard will screen in Memphis.

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Grizzlies-Pacers Ticket Giveaway

Chris Herrington — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:42:49 -0600

Tony Allen is returning, Marc Gasol will be announced as an All-Star, and love is in the air. And you can be a part of it all tonight.…

Jay Reatard Doc Better Than Something To Get Local Run

Chris Herrington — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:10:15 -0600

After debuting as a work-in-progress at the On Location: Memphis film festival last spring and premiering as a completed work at Indie Memphis last fall, Better Than Something, the documentary portrait of late Memphis musician Jay Reatard, will get a full theatrical run here, running March 2nd through March 8th at Studio on the Square, the New York-based filmmakers announced this morning. Better Than Something will open concurrently in Brooklyn, Seattle, and Portland, and will continue to other cities in the following weeks.…

Memphis Tigers Hit Times Square

Frank Murtaugh — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:53:30 -0600

A shot this morning of 46th and Broadway in Manhattan.

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New York Welcomes Memphis to the Big East

Flyer Staff — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:56:00 -0600

This sign in New York's Times Square pretty much says it all. Beats a banner in El Paso, don't you think?

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Memphis Should Retire Jersey #5

Flyer Staff — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:46:00 -0600

Frank Murtaugh says the U of M needs to reclaim its 2005-2009 era in basketball by retiring a player's jersey.

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Marc Gasol: All-Star

Chris Herrington — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:39:00 -0600

Last night Marc Gasol became the third Grizzlies player — following his brother, Pau, and current(ly injured) teammate Zach Randolph — to be selected for the NBA All-Star game.

Gasol made the team despite having the lowest scoring average among Western Conference selections.…

Memphis Tigers Should Raise a Banner: #5

Frank Murtaugh — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:30 -0600

Anfernee Hardaway played his last game as a Memphis Tiger on March 18, 1993 (a loss to Western Kentucky in the opening round of the NCAA tournament). Among the eight Tiger greats to have had their numbers retired, Hardaway is the last to have worn that number in game action.…

Apple's Labor Problem

Flyer Staff — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:55:00 -0600

As more information emerges about Apple's factory working conditions in China, iPhone users have to make a call.

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Ramsey, Attorney General Cooper Say No to Annexation Bills, and Norris Stands Down

Jackson Baker — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:56:00 -0600

It wasn’t a good day for Mark Norris in Nashville. As usual, the Republican state Senate Majority Leader from Collierville had the last word in Thursday morning’s end-of-week Senate session, and this time, prior to calling for adjournment on Monday, he had to eat a little crow.…

Models Needed for Memphis Fashion Weekend

Hannah Sayle — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:08:21 -0600

Flitting around Facebook this afternoon, you may have noticed this call for models for the inaugural Memphis Fashion Weekend on March 30th and 31st. But since I assume not everyone is as pitifully attached to their Facebook account as I am, here are the details:

Experienced runway models are needed for the inaugural Memphis Fashion Weekend on March 30th and 31st.…

A Dog Named Trotsky

Bruce VanWyngarden — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:27:51 -0600

Pictured below is my dog, Trotsky (don't ask). He is quite old.…

Michael O. Minor, "The Pastor Who Banned Fried Chicken," To Speak Friday

Susan Ellis — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:43:00 -0600

On Friday at noon, Dr. Michael O. Minor will give a free and open to the public talk "Faith-based Initiatives to Promote Healthy Eating" at the Urban Child Institute.

Minor, an undershepherd at Oak Hill Baptist Church in Hernando, MS, is famously known as "the pastor who banned fried chicken at this church."

But as Minor notes, this sobriquet came about by accident.…

That Million Dollar Quartet

Flyer Staff — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:11:00 -0600

Chris Davis says Million Dollar Quartet raises a "million-dollar question:" Can rock and roll music translate into a rockin' musical?

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