I woke this morning about 5 to the sound of a helicopter flying over Downtown. It’s very rare to hear a helicopter flying that early and I wondered if there was a manhunt. There was not. Protestors planned to shut down the I-40 bridge in a peaceful MLK Day demonstration and I assume the chopper was flying to ensure the safety of participants; however, the protest didn’t happen.
There’s a new pedal tavern cruising the streets of Downtown. I saw it this weekend on the Main Street Mall. Choose901 has full details. It seats up to 14 and is BYOB, with the tavern supplying the cups and coolers.
The Silly Goose is having its sixth anniversary party this Thursday, January 22, starting at 9 PM.
From the Flyer: Memphis Tigers basketball attendance: Is there reason to worry?
This appears to be the first season since 2006-07 that average attendance is likely to finish below 16,000.
Stats site FiveThirtyEight gives the Grizzlies a 98.5% chance of making the playoffs.
Congratulations to WMC reporter Michael Clark, who won the WSOP Media Poker Tournament yesterday at Horseshoe Tunica. $1000 was donated to Clark’s favorite charity, the Tunica Humane Society.
That’s it for now. If your company has any interest in sponsoring a Memphis in May BBQ Fest team, check back – I will be posting sponsorship packages for my team the Moody Ques within the next day. Back tonight or tomorrow with more news as well.