Posts Tagged ‘FedEx Forum’

The sidewalk outside the FedEx Forum is lined with balls from different sports, including sports that aren’t ever played at the Forum.

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 16:06 | 1 comment

Excuse me while I go a little bit fangirl for a minute. In order to interview Chuck Roberts, the PA announcer for the University of Memphis men’s basketball home games, I got to go down to the floor level at the FedEx Forum.
To get there, you go down a really steep driveway into the basement [...]

Thursday, January 14th, 2010 at 12:12 | 4 comments

Check another thing off the scavenger hunt list!
Pouncer the Tiger, the University of Memphis mascot, came up to section 209 at the FedEx Forum during Memphis’s game against Southeastern Missouri State University.
Thank you to the nice guy who snapped the picture for me!
(By the way, the Tigers trounced SEMU, 87 – 57.)

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 at 16:43 | 2 comments

From the very top of the FedEx Forum

My mom surprised me with an extra ticket to the men’s game against Jackson State at the FexEx Forum. And though my seat was way, way up (section 217, row K), I could still see everything just fine.

I was really excited to see the brand new Tigers in action under head coach Josh Pastner. This is definitely a different team. Pierre Henderson-Niles got skinny, Preston Laird got a scholarship, and free throws made it into the basket.

Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 14:12 | 0 comments

Tipoff is at 7 p.m., and I’m not sure if the game is going to be televised. If you’re going to miss the game, there will be plenty of other opportunities to see the new Tigers in action (like the grudge match game between Memphis and Kansas that will be aired on ESPN on Nov. 17).

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 at 10:49 | 1 comment
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