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  • Maximize Your Football Weekend

    Maximize Your Football Weekend

    All football, all the time Here is a mostly complete list of the football games I consumed in whole or in part over the last few days: Patriots/SeahawksRams/49ersMemphis/Boise StateGeorgia/Western KentuckyOhio State/TexasArizona State/Texas A&MMississippi State/MinnesotaOklahoma State/OregonOklahoma/MichiganTennessee/Georgia TechFalcons/SteelersJets/TitansSaints/LionsCowboys/Giants I also managed to play a complete round of golf, watch the Braves own the Phillies, drop my son…

  • Weekend Guide šŸŽ¬ Friday, September 11

    Weekend Guide šŸŽ¬ Friday, September 11

    The Lane Train is a bumpy ride Fri-Day! Yes! And as you roll into the weekend, here’s a quick guide with a few things worthy of your precious free time… In His Lane As a fervent observer of the SEC, I’ve seen a lot of weird things through the years, but I’m not sure I’ve…

  • Dream Big, NFL Fans

    Dream Big, NFL Fans

    The NFL Returns! The NFL returns to action on Wednesday night with a banger of a matchup, as the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots square off on NBC in a Super Bowl rematch. This is followed 24 hours later by a game between the 49ers and Rams live from Australia, for some reason, and…

  • Weekend Guide šŸŽ¬ Friday, September 4

    Weekend Guide šŸŽ¬ Friday, September 4

    College Football is here! College football’s Week Zero brought us a couple of fun matchups, most relevantly the big Memphis win at UNLV. But, blessedly, Week One is finally here, and we can stop talking about restraining orders and transfer portals and dig into a full weekend of college football. Here are five games I’ll…

  • The Memphis Tigers Have Momentum

    The Memphis Tigers Have Momentum

    The Tigers open with a memorable Vegas vacation It took until early Sunday morning for Memphis football to finish out their first game of the year, but ask anyone who managed to stay awake, and they’ll tell you it was definitely worth it. After a tenuous first half, the Tigers figured things out in the…

  • Weekend Guide šŸŽ¬ Friday, August 28

    Weekend Guide šŸŽ¬ Friday, August 28

    Can the Tigers roar? Go Tigers Go We made it, y’all. Week Zero is here, which means this weekend we finally get college football. It ain’t much, admittedly, but at least it’s something. North Carolina and TCU squaring off in Ireland may not be much of a game, but we do get Memphis against UNLV…

  • The Season of Hope

    The Season of Hope

    Believing in belief I planned my whole weekend around Saturday morning. It was the opening weekend of the English Premier League season, and my team, Manchester United, kicked off our first game at 6:30 a.m. Memphis time. My wife was out of town, my son would still be asleep. It would require an early alarm,…

  • Weekend Guide šŸŽ¬ Friday, August 21

    Weekend Guide šŸŽ¬ Friday, August 21

    A few great Grizzlies moments around the corner The schedule for the 2026-27 NBA season dropped a week ago, and while we did a whole show about itĀ on Grind City Media, I haven’t had a chance here in the vaunted Grind City Media newsletter to talk about it. So, here are my five favorite home…

  • A Day on the Links

    A Day on the Links

    The FedEx St. Jude Championship was a classic Despite living in Memphis for almost a decade now, I had never made it to the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the annual golf tournament held at TPC Southwind in Germantown. I love playing golf, I love watching golf, I’ve even played at Southwind half a dozen times.…

  • MikeCheck: My 5 ā€˜Can’t Miss Games’ as Grizzlies enter new era amid NBA schedule release

    MikeCheck: My 5 ā€˜Can’t Miss Games’ as Grizzlies enter new era amid NBA schedule release

    New core. New supporting cast. New vibe. But one thing remains the same as the retooled Grizzlies take aim on the 2026-27 NBA season: a commitment to hard work, development and building a foundation to win.Ā ā€œWe are going to be physically tough, and we are going to be tough-minded,ā€ Grizzlies president of basketball operations and…