- Issue Archive for
- Mar 22-28, 2001
- Vol. 1, No. 631
News
STEAL THIS FLAG
A radical solution to the Confederate battle flag controversy.
TWO NBA TEAMS WANT MEMPHIS
J.R. "Pitt" Hyde III made the stunning announcement yesterday: "After 30 years of pursuing a professional franchise, first in the NFL, and now with the NBA, I am happy to report that two franchises have filed for Memphis as the NBA site."
FEDEX TOSSES HAT INTO NBA RING
Pitt Hyde and FedEx executives are quietly confident that this time Memphis will get the prize.
REPORT: HEISLEY CHOOSES MEMPHIS
The New York Times is reporting in Sunday's editions that Michael Heisley will choose to move his NBA team to Memphis.
MYSTERY INVESTOR IDENTIFIED. OR IS HE?
Is Southeastern Asset Management CEO Mason Hawkins a partner in the Grizzlies ownership deal? Sources say yes but his spokesman says no.
GABRIELLE'S TALE
This 12-year-old multi-ethnic Memphian defies racial images.
TWO NBA TEAMS CHOOSE MEMPHIS!
In a bizarre twist, both the Vancouver Grizzlies and the Charlotte Hornets filed relocation papers with the NBA Monday. Both say they want to move to Memphis.
Politics
HERENTON TO ANNOUNCE FOURTH-TERM BID
Mayor cool to Kyle's idea for NBA bond-issue referendum.
Sports
TIGERS BOMB IN BIG APPLE
Memphis plays Detroit Mercy in the NIT consolation game Thursday after losing to Tulsa 72-64 at Madison Square Garden.
TIGERS WIN!
After beating New Mexico 81-63, U of M head coach John Calipari is taking his team to New York City.
(photo: Larry Kuzniewski)
Books
A MIXED BAG
The winter 2001 edition of River City , the University of Memphis' fiction and poetry journal, takes a thematic turn.
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