Labor Pains

Jan Hankins' dangerous politics.

• by David Hall

TUNA HELPER

TUNA HELPER

• by Chris Davis

JORDAN FOLLIES

The only aspect of this return more sordid than the act itself was the manner in which Jordan contrived to drag, postpone, prolong, delay, and withhold the big announcement.

• by Chris Przybyszewski

A SAMARITAN'S TALE

Sixteen months after he was kidnapped at gunpoint and thrown into the trunk of his car, attorney Kemper Durand watched with some regret last week as two juveniles involved in the case were given prison sentences.

• by Chris Przybyszewski

BELLY UP

BELLY UP

• by Chris Davis

MEMPHIS IN DENIAL

Reports to the contrary, the world has not changed Ñ at least to the extent that local officials still believe the $250 million Memphis NBA arena can be financed largely by $70 million of sales tax rebates and $57 million of tourism taxes.

• by Chris Przybyszewski

GRIZZLY TICKET OFFER FOR 'EVERYDAY HEROES'

Officials of the soon-to-be Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA announced last week that the team's inaugural season would be dedicated to "Everyday Heroes" and that free game tickets would be made available to local firefighters, law enforcement officers, and members of the Tennessee Emergency Task Force (which recently took part in rescue operations in New York City).

• by Chris Przybyszewski

Soldiers Story

My glimpse into the world of military Special Operations.

• by Rebekah Gleaves

The Best Of Memphis 2001

Results from our readers' poll, plus the Best Of the Best Of Memphis, staff picks, and a few words from Best Of spokesman LeRoy Best.

• by Flyer Staff

A SAMARITAN'S TALE

Sixteen months after he was kidnapped at gunpoint and thrown into the trunk of his car, attorney Kemper Durand watched with some regret last week as two juveniles involved in the case were given prison sentences.

• by Chris Przybyszewski

ORDER IN THE COURT

"I intend to enforce the orders of the court and to keep this case moving as if [Jon] McCalla was here," Judge Bernice Donald said.

• by John Branston

THE FIGHTIN' SIDE OF BRENT

THE FIGHTIN' SIDE OF BRENT

• by Chris Davis

THRILLER

THRILLER

• by Chris Davis

FALLING INTO DISGRACELAND

LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER It is THE QUESTION. Asked by females (and, hell, maybe males for all I know) before every social event, work outing, and general get-together. It is: "What are you wearing?"

• by Mary Cashiola

HOW IT LOOKS

• by Bruce Plante

Only a Game

Out on the perimeter, something akin to magic happened.

• by David Dawson

FALLING INTO DISGRACELAND

LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER It is THE QUESTION. Asked by females (and, hell, maybe males for all I know) before every social event, work outing, and general get-together. It is: "What are you wearing?"

• by Mary Cashiola

BEHIND THE TIMES

BEHIND THE TIMES

• by Chris Davis

BELLY UP

BELLY UP

• by Chris Davis

City Reporter

St. George's Day School adds grades, new campus, plus other news.

GRIZZLIES TICKET OFFER FOR 'EVERYDAY HEROES '

Officials of the soon-to-be Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA announced last week that the team's inaugural season would be dedicated to "Everyday Heroes" and that free game tickets would be made available to local firefighters, law enforcement officers, and members of the Tennessee Emergency Task Force (which recently took part in rescue operations in New York City).

• by Chris Przybyszewski

Lots O' Light

A condo in the Mansfield Arms

• by John Griffin

Short Cuts

This is it -- New York's Strokes reinvigorate rock-and-roll.

FORD AT THE POINT

U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr. , who was a member of the congressional delegation that toured "Ground Zero," the area of the devastated World Trade Center, on Tuesday , has been named to a couple of House of Representatives ad hoc groups charged with considering responses to the crisis.

• by Jackson Baker

GORE TOUCHES BASE IN MEMPHIS

An interrupted political comeback -- just resumed -- found its way into Memphis Thursday, when a still hirsute Al Gore was the guest of honor at an evening gathering at the Morningside Place home of Jim and Lucia Gilliland.

• by Jackson Baker

AC Gets Ready

A key figure seems to be on the verge of deciding to run for county mayor.

• by Jackson Baker

'THE CHILD IS FATHER OF THE MAN'

When he was five years old, the age at which, Freud says, the psyche is achieving its first complete sense of itself, young Steve Cohen had an experience which is bound to have had an incalculable effect on him. Perhaps it even explains why his father, Dr. Morris Cohen, changed medical courses in mid-career, from pediatrics to psychiatry.

• by Jackson Baker

GORE TOUCHES BASE IN MEMPHIS

An interrupted political comeback-- just resumed--found its way into Memphis Thursday, when a still hirsute Al Gore was the guest of honor at an evening gathering at the Morningside Place home of Jim and Lucia Gilliland.

• by Jackson Baker

GIBBONS FORMS MAYORAL EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE

District Attorney General Bill Gibbons stirred the pot and thickened the plot of the forthcoming Shelby County Mayor's race Monday by announcing the formation of an exploratory committee, headed by Attorney David Kustoff, to look into the race.

• by Jackson Baker

'THE CHILD IS FATHER OF THE MAN'

When he was five years old, the age at which, Freud says, the psyche is achieving its first complete sense of itself, young Steve Cohen had an experience which is bound to have had an incalculable effect on him. Perhaps it even explains why his father, Dr. Morris Cohen, changed medical courses in mid-career, from pediatrics to psychiatry.

• by Jackson Baker

GIBBONS FORMS MAYORAL EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE

District Attorney General Bill Gibbons stirred the pot and thickened the plot of the forthcoming Shelby County Mayor's race Monday by announcing the formation of an exploratory committee, headed by Attorney David Kustoff, to look into the race.

• by Jackson Baker

TIGERS DROP FIRST CONFERENCE GAME

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Tony Stallings rushed for a career-high 155 yards and Dave Ragone threw two touchdown passes to Deion Branch to lead Louisville to a 38-21 victory over Memphis on Saturday in the Conference USA opener for both teams.

• by Chris Przybyszewski

The Art Of Football

The Tigers are striving to organize intermittent chaos into something meaningful.

• by Chris Przybyszewski

MEMPHIS SPORTS SCENE

QUIET COACH, DANGEROUS TEAM How's this sound for a dream job? "I'm the person who turns in the lineup and the person who calls time-outs and the person who gives the team advice," says U of M volleyball coach Carrie Yerty.

• by Chris Przybyszewski

TIGERS DROP FIRST CONFERENCE GAME

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Tony Stallings rushed for a career-high 155 yards and Dave Ragone threw two touchdown passes to Deion Branch to lead Louisville to a 38-21 victory over Memphis on Saturday in the Conference USA opener for both teams.

• by Chris Przybyszewski

Theater Verity

Circuit's Laramie Project shows how great good can spring from unspeakable evil.

• by Chris Davis

CAUGHT IN FLUX

Feeling Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

• by Noel Murray

Bush's Moment

Dubya grows tall to fit the role of commander in chief.

• by Richard Cohen

Getting On a Plane

Reconsidering travel in an apparently insane world.

• by Paul Gerald

An Ounce Of Prevention

An Ounce Of Prevention; Under Fire

• by Editorial

Postscript

Flyer Readers Respond.

• by Flyer Readers

Order Up

What ranks, what rankles, and what doesn't in these newly United States.

• by Leonard Gill