FedExForum is one of my favorite places in Memphis, especially on game day.
I've sat all over the arena, and while some seats have been better than others (I'm looking at you, borrowed tenth row tickets), I've never had a truly bad seat.
If you were one of those kids who spent all of your playground time hanging upside down from the monkeybars, aerial yoga is the closest adult equivalent to that. If you weren't one of those kids (and trust me, I wasn't), you can still do aerial yoga - you'll just have to learn to trust your legs and a suspicious piece of fabric.
The signs, which are a tradition at the 54 year-old annual tournament, are highly effective.
Let's be clear - the Grizzlies' time in the 2011 NBA playoffs was never actually about basketball.
It's a picture of Tony Allen's head surrounded by the words "All heart, grit, grind."
Team owner Michael Heisley has one. Tony Allen has one (of course). Andrew Van Wyngarden (lead singer of MGMT) wore his on stage at Beale St. Music Fest.
Great stadiums have great nicknames. The Florida Gators have "The Swamp". Wrigley Field is "The Friendly Confines". And, as of this Spring, the FedExForum is "The Grindhouse".
It make sense, given the team that plays there.
My face was red, my hair was sweat-soaked, and if I hadn't taken my glasses off, they would have been fogged up.
But, I was also really happy, happier than I've ever been in an aerobics class. That's because zumba doesn't feel at all like working out.
Hundreds of local elementary school kids packed the lower bowl of the FedExForum today for the Grizzlies' Read to Achieve celebration.
