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Month: February 2011
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Battier’s Back. What Does it Mean?
Chris Herrington breaks down the big trade that brought Shane Battier back to Memphis at Beyond the Arc.
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Campaign 101 Training
Ever considered running for office? Potential LGBT candidates will learn all there is to know about the political campaigning process at the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund’s Campaign and Candidate Training 101.
The workshop will cover what to expect when you run for office, what you’ll need to win, and how the Victory Fund can help LGBT candidates. Training begins at OutCentral at 1709 Church Street in Nashville (hey, it’s only a three-hour drive) on Monday, February 28th from 6 to 8 p.m.
The free event is being held in conjunction with the Tennessee Equality Project’s “Advancing Equality on the Hill” Day on March 1st.
For more on the training program, check out the event’s Facebook page.
A flurry of activity at the NBA trade deadline will bring Shane Battier back to Memphis — at least briefly. The Grizzlies acquired Battier, an impending free agent, from the Houston Rockets for Hasheem Thabeet and a future first round pick.
A second, more controversial, deal is on the table but not official as of right now. It would send O.J. Mayo to the Indiana Pacers for reserve big man Josh McRoberts and a future first-round pick. The Pacers hold a trade exception that would make the deal possible despite a disparity in salaries between the two players. At the moment, however, it is uncertain if the Grizzlies and Pacers submitted trade in time.
I’ll be discussing all this on the Chris Vernon Show (730 AM) at 5 p.m. and will have a full — and sure to be lengthy — post trade deadline report up later tonight.
Egypt. Egypt. Egypt …. that’s all we’ve hearing about these days. But unless you’ve been following the story very closely, it can be a little difficult to wrap your head around what’s really going on over there.
The Memphis International Solidarity Committee was recently founded to educate the public about the uprising in Egypt. They’re hosting a public discussion called “From Cairo to Memphis” at Memphis College of Art’s Callicott Auditorium on Friday, February 25th from 6 to 9 p.m.
Three of the scheduled speakers — Ahmed Zaafan, Zeina Salem, Saad Kamel — will be on-hand via Skype from Egypt. Other speakers include Neal Gammill, Dr. Rob Canfield, Ahmed Elnahas, Merci Decker, and Justin Sledge. A Q&A session will follow the panel discussion.
And if a little education isn’t enough incentive to come, there’s also free vegetarian food.
For more, check out the Memphis International Solidarity Committee’s blog.
In what can best be described as a feat of chemical engineering, Brim’s Memphis-Style BBQ Rib Chips do indeed taste like meat.
“It’s not natural,” said a coworker, and that about sums it up. (Edited to add: this is not necessarily a bad thing.)
I bought these at the Tiger Mart on Jackson near the interstate.
- LARRY KUZNIEWSKI
- Could the Hasheem Thabeet era be coming to a (merciful) end?
After getting blitzed Tuesday night by a short-handed but frisky Denver Nuggets team in what felt a little like a giddy “Home Alone” game for the home team, the Grizzlies got back on track last night, picking up a 104-95 road win against the Minnesota Timberwolves in a game they controlled from the opening tip. After subpar performances against the Nuggets, Zach Randolph (24-10-5) and Mike Conley (22-5-9) bounced back with strong games, and the wing rotation without Rudy Gay looks decent two games in: Tony Allen has averaged 21 points, 5.5 boards, and 1.5 steals over the two games. Sam Young has averaged 13 rebounds and 2 steals but, more significantly, has replicated Gay’s recent strong rebounding from the small forward position with 8 a game. And while O.J. Mayo’s three-point stroke hasn’t really been there with 3-14 long-range shooting over two games, he’s played with both more swagger and impact off the bench these past two games, scoring 21 points on 8-14 shooting against the Nuggets and scoring 9 points but with 6 assists and 3 steals against the Wolves.
The Grizzlies also got some help with losses by the Utah Jazz and Portland Trailblazers last night.
The Standings: With the win over the Timberwolves and the Jazz loss to the Mavs, the Grizzlies moved back into the final playoff slot, half a game ahead of the Jazz and a game behind the Blazers, who are 7th. The Grizzlies are 1.5 games behind the 6th-place Denver Nuggets and 2 games back of the 5th-place New Orleans Hornets. Game of consequence tonight: The Nuggets are at home against the Boston Celtics.
See the joke? You know the kid’s Puerto Rican because he’s got a switchblade.
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Take That, Commenters!
A local journalist and this publication are getting the respect they deserve from the national media for opinion mongering.
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Oscar Predictions: Best Leads
Flickophiles Herrington and Akers have been battling it out with Oscars predictions this week. Today, it’s lead performers.