At the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis one September day, tourists pause solemnly before a group of life-size statues, some crafted in Tennessee National Guard uniforms,

And, in the game of the night, on CBS Sports Network, Oregon State beat nationally ranked Gonzaga 97-89 in overtime. Relatively speaking, it was a slow day in the sport (except for another Florida coach being accused of wrongdoing in a Title IX complaint).

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring the civil rights icon, falls on Monday, Jan. 20. Here's what to know.

Memphis football, which competes with Power Four schools for local high school recruits, sometimes benefits from area players who want to come home.

Both the ACLU and Lambda Legal laid out their plans this week to vigorously oppose an executive order by President Trump which they say requires discrimination against transgender individuals, while advocates in Michigan say the tone of the order has had the effect of making the community,

He was a star for Fairley and then for Germantown who was the No. 9 player in Tennessee when he committed to Michigan out of high school. Jones' arrival will be a welcome sight for a Memphis ...

Time to shuffle the teams and file another weekly ballot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. 1. Auburn (17-1) — Freshman guard Tahaad Pettiford, a 44% three-point shooter, carried the Tigers past Georgia. They’re off until Tennessee visits Saturday.

CS Bakersfield at Cal St.-Fullerton, 10 p.m. Idaho St. at Sacramento St., 10 p.m. Long Beach St. at CS Northridge, 10 p.m. Loyola Marymount at Pacific, 10 p.m. San Diego at Portland, 10 p.m. UC Irvine at UC Riverside, 10 p.m. UC Santa Barbara at UC San Diego, 10 p.m. Weber St. at Portland St., 10 p.m.

All Times EST No. 17 Illinois (13-5) vs. Maryland (14-5), 9 p.m. No. 24 Memphis (14-4) vs. Wichita St. (11-7), 7 p.m. No. 10 Marquette (16-3) vs. Villanova (12-8), 7 p.m. No. 11 Purdue (15-5) vs. No.

By beating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34-23 on a frigid Atlanta night, Ohio State has the right to tell everyone in the country they have the best football team. This was a team that needed a swift kick in the rear end by arch rival Michigan to light the fire inside them we all knew was there all along.

Memphis football wrapped up the 2024 season as a ranked team. The Tigers (11-2) came in at No. 24 in the final AP Poll that was released Tuesday morning. Memphis was ranked No. 25 in the last AP Poll after the conference championship games in early December.

CBS Sports bracketologist Jerry Palm updated his bracket on Monday. Palm dropped the Tigers from a 3-seed in his previous projection to a 6-seed in the Midwest. Palm has Memphis facing a First Four winner in Denver on the opening weekend. Palm projects 3-seed Kansas and an 14-seed Utah Valley as potential second-round opponents.