Since 1931, when the first edition of the Daily Helmsman – then the Tiger Rag – was printed, student journalists at the University of Memphis placed an emphasis on independence from the university. The paper was written by students, for students and content would be dictated by a student editor. ...
Sports seem to be officially “back,” and I couldn’t think of a better way to cap off a strange, uncertain and outright weird college experience. A little-known – depending on who you are – fact about me is my history as a collegiate athlete. But, unlike the athletes you’ll read here, I couldn't ...
When I first arrived at the University of Memphis, I don’t think I would’ve believed my future self explaining my current life. I’m so drastically different than the suave, successful business student and track athlete I had imagined at 18-years-old, but the direction my career and life have taken ...
The top transfer in the portal announced his decision Friday evening, and he will be a Memphis Tiger. Yes, you read that correctly. Kendric Davis will don Tiger Blue next season, regardless of the dark cloud hovering over the University of Memphis men’s basketball program. The reigning American ...
As the application of the NCAA’s new name, image and likeness (NIL) policies become more prevalent, some athletes at the University of Memphis will have expanded opportunities with the creation of a fund that will connect them with Memphis-based charities. The new fund, known as the 901 Fund, will ...
With St. Patrick's Day and the first round of the NCAA tournament falling on the same day, Brookhaven Pub & Grill was not flooded with the usual green. Instead, Tiger fans flocked to the site of University of Memphis basketball head coach Penny Hardaway's radio show – ...
Tiger fans around the nation can finally sleep a little easier knowing their men’s team is back in the NCAA tournament. But how closely did you follow this season? Did you keep up with the women’s team’s season? Here’s a bit of trivia to help you brush up on both the men and women’s ...
After the Tigers’ gritty win at Tulsa on January 23, I wrote about how Penny Hardaway and his team would be taking the harder way into the tournament. Sure enough, they took it. After turning into one of college basketball’s hottest teams – winning 12 of their last 14 games – the Tigers are ...
One cannot separate Elmwood Cemetery's identity from its age — that much is clear to Kim Bearden, the cemetery's executive director. Opened in 1852, just over 30 years after Memphis' founding, it is the oldest cemetery in the city. Over 75,000 people have been buried there throughout its 170-year ...
It sure seems like another one of those basketball seasons. A top tier recruiting class takes the court, turning out solid performances in the early games, only for the group to stumble their way through the second and early third quarters of the season. It’s frustrating, but that doesn’t mean there ...
