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December 17th, 2009
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Author: Here’s to the Wicked Witch and the White Rat.
by Frank Murtaugh
I’ve had The Wizard of Oz on my mind as the second month of basketball season gathers momentum. Remember how loyal and deferential the winged monkeys and foot soldiers were to the Wicked Witch until Dorothy washed her away? Remember how they broke into song? “Ding, dong, the witch is dead.” Both the Tigers and Grizzlies seem to have undergone a cultural shift along these lines. However successful the team was under John Calipari, the Tigers were a tense operation.…
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Here’s to the Wicked Witch and the White Rat.
by Frank Murtaugh
I’ve had The Wizard of Oz on my mind as the second month of basketball season gathers momentum. Remember how loyal and deferential the winged monkeys and foot soldiers were to the Wicked Witch until Dorothy washed her away? Remember how they broke into song? “Ding, dong, the witch is dead.” Both the Tigers and Grizzlies seem to have undergone a cultural shift along these lines. However successful the team was under John Calipari, the Tigers were a tense operation.…
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DeAngelo Williams: Memphis athlete of the decade.
by Frank Murtaugh
The greatest Memphis athlete of the 1970s was Larry Finch. In the 1980s, Keith Lee. The 1990s, Penny Hardaway. But the 2000s have been a Memphis sports decade unlike any before. And the days when Bluff City sports began and ended with Tiger basketball are over. The person who most embodies the spirit of the transition we fans have enjoyed is himself the latest Memphis Athlete of the Decade: former Tiger great — former Tiger football great — DeAngelo Williams.…
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There were highs and lows for U of M sports.
by Frank Murtaugh
It’s hard to imagine a greater contrast within a 24-hour window for University of Memphis athletics. Friday night at FedExForum, 17,584 fans turned out to greet 32-year-old rookie basketball coach Josh Pastner for the Tigers’ regular-season opener against Jackson State. Then at noon Saturday, an announced 18,031 fans sat in the Liberty Bowl to say goodbye to 55-year-old football coach Tommy West, whose dismissal after nine years at the Tiger helm was announced five days earlier. As tends to happen…
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