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01/04/12--10:54: Report: Zach Randolph Now Out for “Up to Eight Weeks” (chan 2538645)

The curious case of Zach Randolph's knee injury took a more decisive turn today, with the Commercial Appeal reporting that an MRI has revealed a “slight tear” that will have him out of action for “up to eight weeks.”

Trainers and doctors initially diagnosed the injury — suffered in the first quarter of Sunday's loss at Chicago — as a deep bruise, and Randolph's MRI test, not taken until yesterday, was termed as only “precautionary” by the team. As recently as late yesterday afternoon, I'd been told by an internal Grizzlies source that the initial word from the MRI was positive and that Randolph was still considered “day to day.” But the team held off on releasing results for further evaluation of the MRI.…

01/04/12--20:55: Tigers 69, Tennessee 51 (chan 2538645)

No overtime necessary tonight. Not even one.…

01/05/12--07:16: Road Recap: Grizzlies 90, Timberwolves 86 (chan 2538645)

The Grizzlies picked up a good win last night — the second night of a back-to-back set, on the road, against a much-improved Minnesota Timberwolves team that has already beaten the Spurs and Mavericks and lost close games to the Thunder and Heat.

Fatigue was apparent, especially from Marc Gasol, who was leaving a lot of shots short, but the team was able to play staunch enough defense and make enough plays offensively to pull it out.…

01/06/12--09:09: Meet the New Griz: Marreese Speights (and Quincy Pondexter) (chan 2538645)

The Grizzlies finally found the “fourth big man” they've been looking for since the lockout ended, trading oft-injured swingman Xavier Henry and — in all probability — a second-round pick in next year's draft in a three-team deal to obtain Sixers' big Marreese Speights.

Speights joined the team last night — at least according to Tony Allen's Twitter feed — and should be in uniform soon pending physicals for both players involved in the deal.…

01/07/12--20:20: Tigers 62, UAB 59 (chan 2538645)

Hall of Fame coach Gene Bartow had his rooting interest challenged whenever Memphis played UAB. It's fitting, then, that the two programs he coached played such a tightly fought affair four days after his passing.…

01/09/12--06:55: Gene Bartow: Your Friend and Mine (chan 2538645)

Over the last several years, I probably ran into Gene Bartow a dozen times, usually in a basketball arena. Every time I got the chance, Id shake his hand and introduce myself.…

01/10/12--22:35: Joined In Struggle: On the Faltering Start of the Grizzlies and Rudy Gay (chan 2538645)

The Grizzlies lost 100-95 to the Oklahoma City Thunder Tuesday night in a game that, in broad strokes, was similar to Sunday's 90-82 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers: A competitive game against a top team in which the Grizzlies kept it close down the stretch but could never completely close the gap.

In the details, however, it was drastically different.…

01/11/12--19:53: Tigers 60, Southern Miss 58 (chan 2538645)

When Angelo Johnson released the last shot of tonight’s game at FedExForum — behind the three-point line, his Southern Miss Golden Eagles down two points — the collective protest of 16,246 fans was as loud as an earlier roar that followed a thunderous Will Barton dunk. Having made two of his four earlier shots from long range, Johnson was the right guy for a buzzer-beating trey to send those fans home quietly.…

01/12/12--10:25: Game Preview: Griz-Knicks (chan 2538645)

The Grizzlies host the New York Knicks tonight at FedExForum in a game that will be nationally televised on TNT. Some notes on the state of the team and tonight's game:

Rudy Redux: After writing in depth about the Rudy Gay “situation” after Tuesday night's game, I don't want to spend much time on it here.…

01/13/12--06:38: Postgame Notebook: Grizzlies 94, Knicks 83 — Where Rudy Rebounds and the Juice Breaks Loose. (chan 2538645)

The Lead: The Grizzlies ended a three-game losing streak — and got a couple of key scorers into a needed groove — with a commanding win over the Knicks, going up by as much as 25 points late in the third quarter before a combination of a defensive letup and a series of three-pointers from Knicks bench players made the score closer without ever putting the outcome in doubt.

The Grizzlies needed a game like this to rein in anxiety over the team's 3-6 start, but got plenty of help from a Knick team whose 6-4 record coming into the game was probably misleading (lots of wins against bad teams) and whose top two scorers (Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire) had dud games for different reasons.…

01/14/12--19:49: Tigers 89, Houston 55 (chan 2538645)

After a pair of narrow wins to open Conference USA play, the Tigers had no trouble at all tonight in Houston, earning their sixth straight victory with a blowout over the Cougars. The 34-point margin of victory is the largest for Memphis this season.…

01/14/12--22:08: Post-Game Notebook: Grizzlies 108, Hornets 99 — Where Greivis Vasquez is Kyle Lowry But It's Not Enough (chan 2538645)

The Lead: The Grizzlies weathered an unlikely, late run from a colorful Hornets' bench crew to hold on for a 108-99 win and remain undefeated at home against teams not named “the Oklahoma City Thunder.”

Despite being down as much as 17 points late in the third quarter, a Hornets lineup lead by former Grizzlies reserve Greivis Vasquez — making his first appearance in Memphis following his Christmas Eve trade to New Orleans — went on a 26-11 run over a seven-minute stretch in the late third and early fourth quarter, bringing the Hornets to within two points, 91-93. But the Grizzlies kept their composure and never let the Hornets pull even, with consecutive Tony Allen scores following the Hornets drawing to within two and Rudy Gay then taking advantage of mismatches to put the game away.…

01/16/12--14:59: The "Real" Super Sunday (chan 2538645)

If youre a fan of American football college, pro, lingerie, it doesnt matter this Sunday is nirvana. One afternoon, two games to determine the combatants in Super Bowl XLVI.…

01/16/12--18:56: Postgame Notebook: Grizzlies 102, Bulls 86 — Where Rose No-Shows, Conley Shows Out, and the Dream is Honored (chan 2538645)

After hopping onto the radio with Chris Vernon immediately after the game and having to deal with family duties afterward, I'm little late getting this up, but here's my notebook from today's Martin Luther King Jr. Day game down at FedExForum:

The Lead: Derrick Rose was a late scratch after re-aggravating his turf toe injury, which meant each team was without its top star in this game. As great as Rose is, he isn't the primary reason the Bulls have been dominant defensively.…

01/18/12--19:04: UCF 68, Tigers 67 (chan 2538645)

What might have been the Tigers' gutsiest win of the season evaporated over the game's final frantic seconds tonight in Orlando and became the most crushing loss of the campaign. Having erased a 13-point deficit in the second half at UCF — playing in an arena where the Knights had won all 10 games they've played this season — the Tigers had victory in the hands of Antonio Barton when he was fouled and sent to the free-throw line with Memphis leading 67-65 and 22 seconds left to play.…

01/19/12--07:03: Road Recap: Grizzlies 93, Hornets 87 (chan 2538645)

The Grizzlies extended their current winning streak to four games, moved above .500 for the first time this season (to 7-6), and — in conjunction with the Dallas Mavericks loss to the Los Angeles Clippers and for the moment at least — moved up into Western Conference playoff seedings at 8th place.

But even though the Grizzlies never trailed in this second meeting with the New Orleans Hornets, it wasn't easy, with the Hornets threatening for most of the second half.…

01/21/12--14:05: Tigers 63, SMU 45 (chan 2538645)

“That’s a tough style to play. It’s like going to the dentist without novocaine.” Tiger coach Josh Pastner was grinning as he described his team’s 13th win of the season Saturday afternoon, but the expression seemed more one of relief than joy.…

01/23/12--06:00: No Time to Baby (chan 2538645)

The composition of a basketball team is easy to measure. Who’s on the roster?…

01/23/12--13:32: Weekend Recap/Road-Trip Preview (chan 2538645)

The Hottest Team in the League: After blistering overmatched opponents in back-to-back games this weekend — winning 98-81 in Detroit Friday night and 128-95 at home against Sacramento on Saturday — the Grizzlies head out on a four-game West Coast swing as the hottest team in the NBA.

The Grizzlies are tied with division rival Houston Rockets for the longest active winning streak in the NBA, but where the Rockets' current six-game streak has been more of a tightrope walk — a point-differential of +9.2, but with two wins in overtime and another by only three, and with five of six at home — the Grizzlies' streak has been a bit more dominant (and against three common opponents) — a point-differential of +15.3 with four of six at home.…

01/24/12--07:03: Road Recap: Grizzlies 91, Warriors 90 — Where the Grizzlies Made Their Own Luck (chan 2538645)

For more than three quarters, the Grizzlies' four-game West Coast road trip was off to a frustrating start. Shots wouldn't fall, the Golden State Warriors had more energy, and whenever the Grizzlies would make a mini-run, cutting the deficit to 15 or 13 or 12, the Warriors seemed to respond with a long jumper, pushing it back to 15 or 17 or 18.…

01/25/12--07:42: Road Recap: Trailblazers 97, Grizzlies 84 — In Which We Wonder What the Grizzlies Are. (chan 2538645)

All good streaks must end and so it was with the Grizzlies' seven-game win streak, which came to a sputtering halt last night in Portland, a game in which the Blazers' 6'11” mid-range sniper Lamarcus Aldridge torched an overmatched Marreese Speights for 14 first-quarter points, Blazers' center Marcus Camby maneuvered around an under-sized, under-skilled, and/or under-rested Griz frontcourt for 22 rebounds, and recently reliable scorers Rudy Gay, Marc Gasol, and Mike Conley (a combined 24 points on 10-38 shooting) routinely left shots short.

This game could be seen as either an anomaly or a revelation.…

01/25/12--20:56: Tigers 73, Rice 51 (chan 2538645)

For the first 32 minutes of playing time, tonight’s Memphis-Rice game at FedExForum was without a spark. Late January, a rainy Wednesday night, with, well, Rice in town.…

01/26/12--10:21: Memphis Tiger Football Schedule Released (chan 2538645)

The Justin Fuente era will kick off on September 1st when UT-Martin visits the Liberty Bowl. Here's the complete schedule (home games in bold):

September 1: UT-Martin

September 8: at Arkansas State

September 15: Middle Tennessee

September 22: at Duke

October 6: Rice

October 13: at East Carolina

October 20: UCF

October 27: at SMU

November 3: at Marshall

November 10: Tulane

November 17: at UAB

November 24: Southern Miss

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01/27/12--07:55: Road Recap: Clippers 98, Grizzlies 91 — Where It's West Coast, We Love You, But You're Bringing Us Down (chan 2538645)

As the eastern-most team in the Western Conference, the Grizzlies have never really taken well to West Coast road trips. Even in the past two seasons, over which the team had a winning record overall, they went 4-14 over four long West trips, including 1-8 in each season's early trip.…

01/28/12--21:57: Tigers 83, Marshall 76 (chan 2538645)

March was in the air tonight at FedExForum. The NCAA tournament may be six weeks away, but the Tigers and Thundering Herd played a game that seemed to carry more weight than mere positioning in the Conference USA standings.…

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