Tag: Lang’s World
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Weekend Guide š¬ 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 havenāt 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, Iāve even played at Southwind half a dozen times.…
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Every Day Is Football Season
Itās 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 š¬ Friday, August 7
TV, movies andā¦cookies? Fri-Day! Yes! And as you roll into the weekend, hereās 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…
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The Evil Empire of the Dodgers
Living in La La Land At the moment, baseball fans of every team other than the Los Angeles Dodgers are upset with the Los Angeles Dodgers. This is because the Dodgers have āruinedā baseball, splashing out ridiculous amounts of money to build a super franchise. This may be true, at least the super franchise partāafter…
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Weekend Guide š¬ Friday, July 31
The GCM newsletters you receive on Fridays are always my favorites to write, because itās a chance to intentionally be all over the place.
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Are you ready for some football?
I played high school football for all of one day. I was in tenth grade, and while basketball was my primary focus, our hoops coach suggested we play a different sport in the fallāany sportāas a means to get in shape for basketball.
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Weekend Guide š¬ Friday, July 24
Summer Lovinā I suppose summer officially began back in May or June. For me as a parent, summer officially begins when school lets out. At least, thatās when my schedule dramatically shifts. No more daily routine of waking up, getting to school, home for dinner, then off to bed early. Summer is a more abstract…
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Summer League Ends, The Real Season Begins
The Grizzlies look for long-term gains It had been a while since I felt that kind of anger bubbling up inside me, the resentment that comes along with the feeling of being slighted. It was late Sunday night in the NBA Las Vegas Summer League championship game, and Grizzlies rookie Cameron Boozer had just successfully…
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Weekend Guide š¬ Friday, July 17
Itās a cool summer Summer Breeze Letās assume that you, like me, have been locked in on the NBA Summer Leagues over the last week or so, as the Grizzlies have provided some fun moments from Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. Yet for all the highlights and flash points, it has been one moment…