Water World: The Coliseum Could be an Aquarium Could the onetime home of the Tigers someday be home to tigerfish? My case for an aquarium in the abandoned former Mid-South Coliseum, in The Memphis Flyer.
Category: Writing
Farewell, Grit ‘n’ Grind
On the end of an era in Memphis basketball. Zach Randolph, the basketball player, made the Grizzlies relevant. Then Tony Allen, the basketball player, made them fun. Together, as people, they made them relatable. We knew in our minds a day would come when Memphis, the community, would need them as people more than the […]
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The 5 Types of Twitter Fails
Know who you are and who you’re talking to. Use this to help you decide whether something is appropriate to tweet. My motto: “When in doubt, don’t send it out.” Read the rest at Sullivan Branding
Sit! Stay!
My Viewpoint column in The Memphis Flyer Here in We Don’t Bluff City, we know the Grizzlies belong. But some fans aren’t helping our Beale Street Bears prove it when they can’t even stay in the building for the full 48 minutes. Let other teams’ fans look like jerks on TV. We can be better. […]
Clips from my time at Action News 5
During the 2013 NBA Playoffs, I got a chance to try my hand at sportswriting while working the night desk at Action News 5. Grizzlies have a chance to make history The Memphis Grizzlies just keep making history. First came the franchise-high 56 regular-season wins. Then, the team rallied from an 0-2 hole against the […]
Renaming three Memphis parks: my recommendations
Originally posted March 28, 2013 at jen-sized.net The City of Memphis’ Parks Naming Committee is hosting a public forum to discuss potential names for three Memphis parks. Nathan Bedford Forrest Park, Confederate Park, and Jefferson Davis Park were given new, temporary names in February because of their negative associations with slavery and the Civil War. […]
Memphis: so hipster even our water is underground
Originally posted March 13, 2013 at jen-sized.net I got an email yesterday about Movoto.com’s ranking of the least and most hipster cities in the country. Usually, I roll my eyes and think “Oh great, another one of these.” But this morning during yoga class, when I was supposed to be getting deep within myself, I couldn’t […]