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David Fizdale speaks out about Civil War statues, civil rights issues in Memphis

It would have been easy for Grizzlies coach David Fizdale to stay silent. But Fizdale didn’t stick to sports. He’s a basketball coach, in his first year in Memphis, a city with a tortured racial history, culminating in the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968. (The motel…

David Fizdale speaks out about Civil War statues, civil rights issues in Memphis

It would have been easy for Grizzlies coach David Fizdale to stay silent. But Fizdale didn’t stick to sports. He’s a basketball coach, in his first year in Memphis, a city with a tortured racial history, culminating in the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968. (The motel…

David Fizdale speaks out about Civil War statues, civil rights issues in Memphis

It would have been easy for Grizzlies coach David Fizdale to stay silent. But Fizdale didn’t stick to sports. He’s a basketball coach, in his first year in Memphis, a city with a tortured racial history, culminating in the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968. (The motel…

David Fizdale speaks out about Civil War statues, civil rights issues in Memphis

It would have been easy for Grizzlies coach David Fizdale to stay silent. But Fizdale didn’t stick to sports. He’s a basketball coach, in his first year in Memphis, a city with a tortured racial history, culminating in the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968. (The motel…

David Fizdale speaks out about Civil War statues, civil rights issues in Memphis

It would have been easy for Grizzlies coach David Fizdale to stay silent. But Fizdale didn’t stick to sports. He’s a basketball coach, in his first year in Memphis, a city with a tortured racial history, culminating in the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968. (The motel…

Hang Time Podcast: Tracy McGrady on NBA career, Hall of Fame, and more

Click below to listen: Listen on Apple Podcasts | Listen on iHeart Radio Tracy McGrady, one of the most dynamic scorers in NBA history, will earn his place at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this Friday. The seven-time All-Star sat down with me in Houston to talk about his NBA career, reaching the…

David Fizdale speaks out about Civil War statues, civil rights issues in Memphis

It would have been easy for Grizzlies coach David Fizdale to stay silent. But Fizdale didn’t stick to sports. He’s a basketball coach, in his first year in Memphis, a city with a tortured racial history, culminating in the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968. (The motel…

Shootaround (Sept. 14) — Higher expectations in Philadelphia not concerning 76ers coach Brett Brown

This morning’s headlines: Brown ready for playoff talk in Philadelphia Shreveport City Council votes against arena for G League team Title chase led Gay to join Spurs Burks finally healthy for Jazz * * * Brown unfazed by higher expectations for Sixers — Three first-round picks (Markelle Fultz, Ben Simmons, Furkan Korkmaz) plus budding young…

Shootaround (Sept. 14) — Higher expectations in Philadelphia not concerning 76ers coach Brett Brown

This morning’s headlines: Brown ready for playoff talk in Philadelphia Shreveport City Council votes against arena for G League team Title chase led Gay to join Spurs Burks finally healthy for Jazz * * * Brown unfazed by higher expectations for Sixers — Three first-round picks (Markelle Fultz, Ben Simmons, Furkan Korkmaz) plus budding young…