Memphis’ USL soccer club Memphis 901 FC had a huge announcement yesterday. Former MSL/USMNT goalkeeper Tim Howard has been a minority owner of the team and was appointed sporting director a couple of months ago – only to find that he still has the itch to play. Pending league and federation approval, Howard will guard the goal for 901 FC in 2020. Very exciting for Memphis, and if you see Tim wish him a happy birthday – he turns 41 tomorrow.
Check out this cool PBR tap handle my friend Russian Aleks brought me from Colorado!
Love it! My apartment has turned into a PBR museum over the years.
Memphis will be on national TV this evening. The Memphis Tigers, having played the last two on the road, return to FedExForum tonight for an 8 PM game against the Wichita State Shockers, broadcast on ESPN. I thought for sure the Tigers were completely out of the NCAA tournament after their loss to SMU, but they are still listed as “second four out” with two remaining opportunities to get quality wins.
In other Tigers news, the James Wiseman recruitment case will be the first one reviewed by the NCAA’s new independent investigative arm. The new investigative body has no ties to any NCAA member school.
Downtown Slider Inn will have a St. Patty’s Day Pre-Party Friday, March 13 10 PM-2 AM with DJ Tree.
Diamond Dave calls British Bingo at The Lounge in the downstairs of 3rd and Court diner, tonight 6-8 PM. $100 in prizes will be given away and there will be some good specials: $5 taco bar, $5 classic cocktails, $4 house wine, $3 Yazoo beers, $2.50 domestic beers. Dave’s bingo is a lot of fun. I am seriously considering walking up there tonight to check this out. I have not been to The Lounge since it opened.
Arts & culture magazine Memphis Current will have the release party for its latest issue at Downtown Slider Inn Sunday, March 22 from 6 to 9 PM. Tickets are $15 and include hors d’oeuvres, live music by indie rock band Daykisser, (weather permitting) a 901 Wrestling match, and art by Noah Miller, Adele Winn, Taylor Loftin, Sara Moseley, Michele Noiset, and Kong Wee Pang.
Drag Bingo comes to the Silly Goose Tuesday night at 8. Host Pattie O’ Furniture does the Sunday bingo at Atomic Rose, and she previously hosted bingo at Oshi. She and her sidekick Pee Wee will host this first-ever bingo night at the Goose. Owner Daniel says if this night proves to be popular, he will bring it back on a regular basis. There will be Jello shots, prizes, and wood-fired pizzas.
New menu item at the Goose:
Pizza balls are sort of a cross between pizza rolls and sausage balls. They make a good snack. You get six of them for $10.
The Moody Ques received word that we’ve been accepted for BBQ Fest 2020. Let the games begin!
I got second place in trivia last night. The Blind Bear usually posts the four trivia topics to its Facebook page a day in advance. I noticed “Marching Music” was one of the topics, not surprising since Patrick’s day job is directing a high school band. The bonus question is usually a “make a list” type of thing, and this week I got in Patrick’s head and figured out what the bonus question would be in advance – name some marches by John Philip Sousa. A little research and memorization paid off on that one.
I completely blanked on team name though. The coronavirus names are overdone at this point, and Trump didn’t say anything stupid this week. Well, I’m sure he said lots of stupid things, but none that got reported by the media.
Mike Bloomberg did the right thing. He recognized that he wasn’t going to be the Democratic nominee and got out of the race. I make the following pledge and invite my readers who are Democrats/progressives to make the same:
- If Bernie is the nominee, I will vote for him in November;
- If Biden is the nominee, I will vote for him in November;
- If there’s a brokered convention that results in another candidate being nominated, I will vote for him or her in November, even if it’s Hillary (please dear God don’t let it be Hillary)
That’s it for today. Back tomorrow with more news.