Tag: Grind City Media
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MikeCheck: GrindTable debates challenges, streaks and chores as Grizzlies eye return to game action
As the Grizzlies look to pick up where they left off, our broadcasters ‘Grindable’ breaks down three key topics entering the game. Consider it a 5-on-3 break, with the NBA’s most talented and knowledgeable broadcast crew filling lanes and scoring on each insightful point.
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Lang’s World: Perfectly Sekou
It was perfectly Sekou. I could only smile ruefully, watching Sekou get the tributes he deserved, while also recognizing he was not here to receive that praise.
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Lang’s World: Saying Farewell to Henry Aaron, Who Changed Baseball, and the South
You can’t talk about Hank Aaron without starting with baseball, because Aaron was undeniably one of the greatest to ever play the game.
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MikeCheck: Bane, Tillman rotation impact ‘not surprising’ as Grizzlies rookies thrive in early roles
Bane, the No. 30 and final pick of the first round, entered the two-game series in Minnesota this week essentially ranked second among rookies in three-point shooting. And Tillman, the No. 35 overall pick, was fifth in plus-minus impact among newcomers overall.
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Lang’s World: Move over Bear, there’s a new GOAT in town
With the win last night, Alabama coach Nick Saban passed Bear Bryant by winning his seventh collegiate national championship, the most of any coach, ever. And I could almost imagine my now-departed grandfather replacing the picture of Bryant with one of Saban…
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MikeCheck: Setting the ‘GrindTable’ on what Grizzlies can learn from Lakers, Gasol’s legacy and Morant’s mending
As the Grizzlies look to regroup, our broadcasters ‘GrindTable’ breaks down three key topics entering the game. Consider it a 5-on-3 break, with the NBA’s most talented and knowledgeable broadcast crew filling lanes and scoring on each insightful point.
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Lang’s World: How I Got Through 2020
The way I made it to 2021 was finding time here and there to escape. Here are five things that helped me get through 2020 and into the new year…
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MikeCheck: Morant out three-to-five weeks with ankle injury as Grizzlies regroup amid road grind
Already down three key players due to injuries and absences, the Grizzlies begin another difficult adjustment process with star point guard Ja Morant expected to miss three-to-five weeks to recover from a sprained left ankle.
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Lang’s World: An NBA game without fans? I’m there.
Welcome to the 2020-21 NBA season, at least for now. With the COVID-19 pandemic still ravaging the United States, the NBA season started last week with no fans in most of the arenas, including here in Memphis.
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MikeCheck: Kleiman, Jenkins building championship culture as Grizzlies fortify foundation for new season
On the eve of Wednesday’s regular-season opener against the Spurs, second-year Grizzlies executive vice president Zach Kleiman set his “North Star” sights on competing for NBA titles.