SELLING THE FLAG

SELLING THE FLAG

• by Chris Davis

CITY BEAT

STRANGER THAN FICTION What we have so far is a heavyweight championship fight (not recognized by some boxing associations) being held in Memphis after being turned down by Las Vegas and New York, pre-staged at two Tunica casinos, promoted by novices from Nashville, and financed by, among others, a Dyersburg businessman convicted of bank fraud 15 years ago. All that plus Mike Tyson, who is so unpredictable that there is talk of holding separate weigh-ins for the fighters lest there be another brawl.

• by John Branston

CITY BEAT

REGIONALISM AND THE RING It may not be exactly what politicians and the chamber of commerce had in mind, but the Tyson-Lewis fight at The Pyramid shapes up as a prime example of four very different Mid-South cities joining forces for a common cause in a unique case of regionalism.

• by John Branston

HOW IT LOOKS

• by Chris Davis

City Reporter

Emergency notification system contract lapses, plus other news.

• by Flyer Staff

HOW IT LOOKS

• by Bruce Plante

BOUND FOR ITALY

A group of student actors from Rhodes College will reprise last season's production of Iphigenia and Other Daughters for the Arezzo Teatro international festival in Tuscany, Italy. They are one of only three American companies invited to the festival.

• by Chris Davis

Signs Of Life

Carbon14, the city's hottest ad agency, claims: "Size matters. Think small."

• by Chris Davis

SHANE AND PAU: SORRY, DUDES

SHANE AND PAU: SORRY, DUDES

• by Chris Davis

STUCK IN NEUTRAL

As an investigation continued into the city schools' bus services, a proposed transportation contract was scuttled by the city schools board at its most recent meeting.

• by Chris Davis

OTHER PEOPLE'S PROBLEMS

MULTIPLE CHOICE If you're just playing the field and so are they, I wouldn't worry about winnowing them down exactly this second. I know enough about guys and enough about relationships to know that they don't always last; you might as have fun while you still can. They (the guys, not the relationships) will say something stupid sooner or later and that will be that.

• by Mary Cashiola

FROM MY SEAT

HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS It's rivalry time. Memphis vs. Austin for the 2001-02 Central Hockey League championship, the President's Cup. Game Three coming up Thursday night at the DeSoto Civic Center (the best-of seven series is tied at one game apiece after Austin's victory Sunday night). What? You didn't realize we had a rivalry with this city a mere 650 miles west of the Mighty Miss?

• by Frank Murtaugh

TRANSLATION: MEMPHIS

THE CAMEL GIRL MYSTERY The first thing asked of my friend when she arrived in Camelville, was that she provide a description of the cigarette girl in question. My friend stammered a bit, trying to remember her face. She was short, she said, short with spiky blonde hair. At this point the marketing maven stopped and looked at her quizzically. There was no Camel girl who fit that description, and apparently no one had even been scheduled for The Deli on the night that my friend had been there.

• by Jenn Hall

Golf Heaven

It's royal, it's ancient, and it's open to the public.

• by Paul Gerald

TRAINING IN TUNICA

The rumors have been confirmed: Fitzgeralds Casino in Tunica will host Mike Tyson and his training camp, and Sam's Town casino will host heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis. The boxers will meet June 8th in The Pyramid.

• by Chris Davis

Historically Modern

A studio/office/residence on Peabody.

• by Marsha Oates

Short Cuts

The evolving sound of a Memphis-connected jazzman.

"No Compromise!"

A new breed of candidate vows to displace the wasteful infidels from government.

• by Jackson Baker

HOW IT LOOKS

• by Bruce Plante

EARLY REACTION TO TASK-FORCE PLAN POSITIVE

Attending state House of Representatives Speaker Jimmy Naifeh's annual 'Coon Supper' at Covington Country Club Thursday, Shelby County school board member Ann Edmiston and Board president David Pickler were still in a celebratory mood about a special task force's proposal for reorganizing the relationship between city and county school systems.

• by Jackson Baker

ALEXANDER SAYS BRYANT 'DISTORTING' RECORD

Former Governor Lamar Alexander(r) chatted with fellow Senate aspirant Bob Clement (l) and talk-show host Mike Fleming at Jimmy Naifeh's 'Coon Supper' Thursday.