The University of Memphis volleyball team will open its 2002 season with a new look and tougher schedule. This year's team will feature six new freshmen as well as new assistant coach Steve Sykes, who joins Memphis after spending the last four years as volleyball head coach at Southern Mississippi. The ...
University of Memphis defensive lineman Albert Means was declared academically ineligible for the 2002 season last week. A former prep All-American defensive tackle from Memphis’ Trezevant High School, Means made major sporting news after allegedly being sold by his high school coach to the University ...
In the past few months rapper Bow Wow has released a number of new works, including his sophomore CD “Doggy Bag” in December, a movie Like Mike earlier this month, along with dropping the title “Lil” from his name. But now he’s teaming up with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention ...
The University of Memphis photography laboratories housed in the Meeman Journalism Building are receiving a long-awaited renovation this summer with the installation of a new $250,000 ventilation system. “We have a good program and good facilities,” said David Horan, U of M photo technician and ...
Crikey! Be very careful, because Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course could be the most dangerously entertaining family film of the summer. This extended version of Steve Irwin’s television show Croc Hunter doesn’t have a lot of special effects. You won’t see mega-buck movie stars, and the chance ...
The University of Memphis Center for Community Health recently received a $317,000- grant from the American Legacy Foundation to study the use of tobacco among African-Americans and to develop a smoking cessation program tailored to African-Americans. The center’s smoking cessation programs have thus ...
Whoa Now! He’s finally got his piece of..., he’s finally got his piece of..., he’s finally got his piece of the pie. But what’s most important about B Rich’s career is that he’s on track doing what he really wants to do: making music. His debut album “80 Dimes” was released in late June, ...
They’re back in black and part of a media attack. It’s a shame the movie doesn’t live up to the hype, or the taste of the burger, or the action figures or whatever else will come out of this multi-million dollar frenzy. Just because the Jackson 5 was a crowd favorite years ago doesn’t mean a ...
Former University of Memphis freshman guard Dajuan Wagner was selected Wednesday night as the No. 6 overall pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the NBA Draft in New York’s Madison Square Garden. Wagner, a 6-2, 200-pound scorer, becomes the first Memphis player taken in the first ...
Memphis rolled out the red carpet at the Muvico Peabody Place Theaters last Thursday for one of just three nationwide premiere screenings of Disney’s new animated film, Lilo & Stitch. The film, featuring a star cast of voices such as Tia Carrere (Nani), Ving Rhames (Cobra Bubbles) and Jason Scott ...
