Buster Fleming once lived in a second-story apartment that overlooked a revolution. For $15 a month, he and his roommates witnessed the hippie counterculture movement from its epicenter - above Cal's Surplus Store at the corner of Haight and Ashbury. Fleming arrived in 1964 but never intended to stay ...
It took until the last shot of the first half for Tiger basketball to take control of its game over Lamar, and though it never looked back, winning 108-83, the team never looked great either. An Andre Allen layup as time expired in the first half gave the No. 9 Tigers its first lead of the game and ...
He's mumbling to himself now, and this is a bad sign. He can't stop blinking either. His eyes are dried from the artificial glow of the computer screen, the only source of light in the dark room. The blinking is almost in rhythm with the tapping of his finger on the edge of the keyboard and the crinkling ...
It was more than four years ago, but University of Memphis football coach Tommy West remembers it like he remembers a great round of golf. "We're waiting on one more," he told the gathered media four years ago as the signing date of high school seniors began. That "one more" turned out to be DeAngelo ...
John Calipari's newly-implemented, penetrating style of offense calls for his young team to attack, attack, pass, attack, attack. But it was only able to do that about half the time in its season-opener against UW-M in the first round of the Preseason NIT. The rest of the game went more like press, ...
John Calipari doesn't usually say things like this. He's normally in the business of playing down preseason hype. And the Tiger basketball coach has been consistent this year, that is until his post-game interview following the Tigers' final exhibition game, a 98-53 exhibition thumping of Christian ...
Six. It's not usually such a daunting number. But don't tell that to the Tiger football team. For the sixth year in a row The University of Memphis lost to UAB. And for the sixth year in a row there were just about as many shaking heads on the Memphis sideline as there were in the stands at Liberty ...
Breathe - one breath at a time. Just breathe. A million thoughts flitted in and out of John Payne's conscious mind, but the one he was able to hold onto was "breathe." He wasn't unconscious, but he was close. He was on his back at the bottom of a hill trying to suck in air without choking on blood. Growing ...
Just what would the job description be for a fourth-string quarterback? Where would the expectations extend for someone who, until two weeks ago, was still the team's No. 1 receiver? "My job is to take care of the ball," said University of Memphis quarterback Maurice Avery, who is 2-0 as a starter since ...
Memphis defensive back Sam Brewer walked into Tommy West's weekly press conference wearing a University of Memphis football shirt with a simple slogan on the back - "We do what we do better." The shirt seemed somewhat ironic because these days West is trying make his young, injury-riddled team understand ...
