The NBA season tips off this week and Beyond the Arc, the Flyers Grizzlies blog, is helping you get ready with player-by-player breakdowns of the Grizzlies roster. First up, the six first- and second-year players on the squad.
Former University of Memphis kicker Stephen Gostkowski has earned the starting job for the NFLs New England Patriots in this, his rookie season.
Now Spanish-based news agency noticias.info is running an interview with Gostkowski (or Meat, as he admits some of his current teammates call him) on their site. Other Gostkowski revelations include a story about a sweltering summer job in Mississippi and his disdain for mayonnaise. But what about on barbecue?
This fall and winter, Memphis fans will have their eyes on a pair of hometown rookies in the NFL (DeAngelo Williams) and the NBA (Rodney Carney). But as summer winds down, they should turn their attention westward, at least for the conclusion of the baseball season, as Germantowns Matt Cain has pitched his way into contention for the National League Rookie of the Year award. Cain won his fourth straight start last week and gave up only two hits in eight innings to keep his San Francisco Giants in contention for a playoff berth. Read about his outing here. And for more go to "Sports Beat".