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Missouri hires Memphis athletic director Laird Veatch for the same role with the Tigers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri hired longtime college administrator Laird Veatch to be its athletic director on Tuesday, bringing him back to campus 14 years after he departed for a series of other positions that culminated with five years spent as the AD at Memphis. Veatch...
2 killed and 7 injured in shooting at Memphis park party, police say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Nine people were shot, including two men who were killed, at an unauthorized public party over the weekend in a Memphis city park, police said. Officers responded early Saturday evening to a reported shooting in Orange Mound Park, Memphis Police Department...
District attorney says Memphis police officer may have been killed by friendly fire
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A 17-year-old suspect charged in the fatal shooting of a Memphis police officer has not been accused of first-degree murder because information obtained by the district attorney's office shows the officer was killed by friendly fire, officials said. In a...
First Horizon: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — First Horizon National Corp. (FHN) on Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $192 million. The Memphis, Tennessee-based bank said it had earnings of 33 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 35 cents...
Defending champion Nuggets finish second in West, beating Grizzlies 126-111
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 21 points, Nikola Jokic had 15 points and 15 rebounds, and the defending champion Denver Nuggets secured the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference with a 126-111 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday. The Nuggets (57-25) matched a...
A police officer and an 18-year-old suspect are killed by gunfire in Memphis, Tennessee
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee police chief made an impassioned plea to her community to help stop gun violence after a Memphis police officer and an 18-year-old suspect were killed as officers investigated a suspicious vehicle early Friday. A second suspect, who is 17, was in...
Jury convicts Memphis, Tennessee, man of raping a woman a year before jogger’s killing
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man has been found guilty of raping a woman a year before he was charged with kidnapping and killing a school teacher who was on an early morning run. A jury in Memphis convicted 40-year-old Cleotha Abston of kidnapping and raping the woman in...
Victor Wembanyama has 18 points, seven blocks as Spurs ease past Grizzlies 102-87
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Victor Wembanyama had 18 points, seven blocks, seven rebounds and six assists, Julian Champagnie added 17 points, and the San Antonio Spurs rode a third-quarter outburst to a 102-87 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night. Sandro Mamukelashvili...
Trey Jemison, Maozinha Pereira scored 17 each as Grizzlies beat Pistons 108-90
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Trey Jemison had 17 points and 13 rebounds, Maozinha Pereira also scored 17 points, as the Memphis Grizzlies built a first-half lead and coasted to a 108-90 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night. Scotty Pippen Jr. had 16 points and seven assists,...
Police officers' trial on civil rights charges in Tyre Nichols death to stay in Memphis, judge says
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The federal trial of four former Memphis police officers charged with civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols will be held in the city, a judge ruled Thursday. During a hearing in federal court, U.S. District Judge Mark S. Norris denied...