- Issue Archive for
- Feb 15-21, 2001
- Vol. 1, No. 626
News
TEQUILA MADNESS
TEQUILA MADNESS
UTOPIAN THEORY APPLIED
UTOPIAN THEORY APPLIED
Q & A WITH WILLIAM B. DUNAVANT
On the eve of the Kroger St. Jude tennis tournament at the Racquet Club, the man who started it all looks back.
THOMPSON'S PULLOUT: THE AFTERMATH
On Friday, Day Two of the Great Thompson bombshell, rumors were beginning to race about, the thrust of them being that two current residents of the Potomac shores-- gentlemen named George W. Bush and Bill Frist-- played a large part in dissuading Tennessee's senior senator from trying to take up residence on the shores of the Cumberland, as governor.
IN THE YEAR 2001
IN THE YEAR 2001
ADIOS, DALE
ADIOS, DALE
ARKANSAS NEIGHBORS
ARKANSAS NEIGHBORS
BEHIND THE SHRINKING APPEAL
Noticeably absent Sunday in a Commercial Appeal story about the daily decreasing the size of its pages was a disclosure about the potential millions of dollars in paper costs the newspaper stands to save after the switch.
TWELVE YEARS ON
Your favorite alternative newspaper celebrates a birthday this week.
RAP PROTEST HITS NARAS
A Germantown woman prominent in Republican affairs, Cherrie Holden, has decided to publicly resign from the 32-member Board of Governors of the local chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Jock Talk
Competition heats up in the world of sports talk radio. By Dennis Freeland.
NO GOVERNOR'S RACE FOR THOMPSON
In an announcement Thursday that was a shocker, not so much because of what it said, but when it was said-- suddenly and without advance notice-- U.S. Senator Fred Thompson took himself out of the 2002 governor's race.
BORDER PATROL
BORDER PATROL
CITY REPORTER
Another week, another county lawsuit, and other news.
FLYER SCOOP: BUSH TO VISIT TN NEXT WEEK
The Memphis Flyer has learned that President George W. Bush will be visiting Tennessee next week as part of the campaign to lobby the Congress-- and the nation-- for his education plan.
The president will visit Townsend Elementary School in Blount County next Wednesday and, sources say, will be making a major new policy statement on education.
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Politics
Big Fred's Decision
Jackson Baker on Senator Fred Thompson's plans for 2002.
Sports
MANIAX TURNOVERS AGAIN LEAD TO DEFEAT
For the second consecutive week the Memphis Maniax fail to score a touchdown and lose to San Francisco 13-6.
Q & A: XFL PRESIDENT BASIL V. DeVITO
An exclusive interview with XFL president Basil V. DeVito Jr., who was in Memphis to watch the Maniax play the San Francisco Demons Saturday night at the Liberty Bowl.
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
Some quotes and observations about sports talk radio that didn't make it into this week's cover story.
TIGERS BLAST UAB, EARN TIME OFF
After a slow start, Memphis blows past UAB 86-69.
BEARCATS WIN THRILLER
Kenny Satterfield hit a basket in the last second of the game leding the Cincinnati Bearcats to a 66-65 victory over the University of Memphis Thursday night in The Pyramid.
Film
AN ARTIST'S LIFE
Julian Schnabel s Before Night Falls is a biopic of a marginalized artist.
Opinion
The Conversion of Tom Moss
The Conversion of Tom Moss
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