Tag: Lang Whitaker
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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…
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Weekend Guide 🎬 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…
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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…
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Weekend Guide 🎬 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…
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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,…
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Weekend Guide 🎬 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 it 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…
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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.…
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Fernando Mendoza's Preseason Debut and Grizzlies Schedule Excitement | Jessica Benson Show
start Preseason NFL action Fernando Mendoza looks good Is Drew Allar the Steelers QB of the future? Jeremiyah Love …
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Every Day Is Football Season
It’s in the game. The college football season kicks off Saturday, August 29, with a handful of games scheduled for what is known as Week 0. This includes Memphis playing a nationally televised tilt at UNLV, in what should be a good test for us to find out exactly what kind of team Charles Huff…
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Weekend Guide 🎬 Friday, August 7
TV, movies and…cookies? 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… Believe I write to you late at night, from a dark hotel room in an anonymous Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. My kid goes back to school next…