University of Memphis junior Jeremy Hunt underwent surgery to repair an ACL tear and meniscus tear in his left knee Tuesday. Hunt suffered the injury in the Tigers' Mar. 23 NIT game against Vanderbilt. It is the same knee that was injured in February of the 2003-04 season. Hunt will begin rehabilitation ...
Protecting your skin is important for the summer months, andkeeping it protected throughout the day is essential. "If you use preventive techniques from the time you are young,you won't see the first signs of aging until you late 50s," saidKelly Chaposky, a skin care specialists. According to skin specialist ...
He's done it again. For the second time in this short season, Tiger pitcher DerekHankins was named Conference USA Pitcher of the Week. The accolade comes after Hankins guarnteed Memphis its firstC-USA seris win of the year by fanning 14 Louisville batters in a6-2 win Saturday. Hankins (3-3) pitched ...
FREE AT LAST R&B legend Diana Ross is a free woman. At last! Ross, whopleaded no contest in February to a drunken driving charge inTucson, Ariz., last month arranged to serve her 48-hour jailsentence in a Greenwich, Conn., jail near her home. She ended upserving 47 nonconsecutive hours -- during ...
Tyson Helton has been named as an assistant coach for the Tigerfootball team. Helton will take over as coach of special teams and tight endsfor the Tigers. He is the brother of current Memphis assistant head coach ClayHelton and has coached special teams for the University of Hawaiithe past four years. "I ...
In her last games as a Lady Tiger, Princess Swilley was fightingthrough significant pain in her right shoulder. University of Memphis senior guard injured her shoulder on Feb.29, and will have surgery on April 1, to repair the damage. Swilley is no stranger to shoulder surgery. During the last off-season, ...
Antonio Burks was named the Conference USA Player of the YearWednesday in Cincinnati, site of the 2004 Kelly Tires ConferenceUSA Men's Basketball Tournament. Memphis' senior point guard is the first player in Tiger historyto win the award. Burks, who was named First Team All-Conference USA earlier thisweek, ...
They could have engraved Sean Banks' name on the trophy a coupleof weeks ago. In what was a mere formality, the Memphis forward was namedFreshman of the Year in Conference USA Tuesday. Banks burst on the C-USA scene this season, leading the league'sfreshmen in scoring (18.0) and in rebounding (6.9), ...
Nursing students Tashia Woods and Erica Lee fill out CitiBankCredit Card applications. Although Woods and Lee said they wereonly after the free T-shirts, applying for credit when you don'treally need it can adversely affect your credit score, according tothe Federal Trade Commission. In addition to ...
RAY'S DAY Ray Charles celebrated his 73rd birthday this week with a cakeshaped like a piano and visits from big-time peers Quincy Jones andWillie Nelson. "I've been lucky to have done so many things these73 years, but there's a lot more I want to do in life, especiallywith longtime friends like Willie ...