Today and the next two days are the best time of the year to be a sports fan.
No, not because the NFL preseason is starting. Blah to that.
Today, tomorrow, and Saturday are the return of ESPN8: The Ocho. Just about every kind of weird and unusual sport will be represented in 43 hours of programming. Just a few examples:
- A heads-up pinball invitational
- The USA mullet championship
- Air guitar championships
- Disc golf championships
- Tag
- Microsoft Excel world championship
- Arm wrestling
- Kickball
- Slippery stairs
- A pillow fight championship
- Corgi races
- River stone skipping competition
- Tetris
- Ultimate ninja world finals
It’ll be on the channel we think of as ESPN2 starting at 6 this evening and continuing through Saturday morning.
LEO Events, headquartered in The Edge at 411 Monroe, is hiring a marketing manager.
In celebration of National Disc Golf Day, the Flying Saucer will release a new Hex Mid Range Driver Disc this Saturday at 11 AM. The discs are limited-quantity and will sell for $22.
The South Main Association has announced its August South Main Social. It’ll be on the rooftop of the Old Dominick Distillery Tuesday evening, August 15, from 6 to 8. DJ Tree will provide the tunes and there will be bites from Old Dominick’s neighbor across the street, Gus’s Fried Chicken. There will be complimentary spirits too. Free for SMA members, $20 for non-members. Join SMA
Got a case of the nerves? The Cossitt Library has a unique solution: Read to the Dog. Lovie the therapy dog will be at the Cossitt branch Monday from 10:30 to 11:15 AM. Read to this loving, patient dog and you may be surprised at how much your anxiety decreases.
Want to own a grocery store with some great burgers? The DM reports that Roxie’s Grocery at 520 N. Third is about to be put on the market. $800,000 will be the asking price.
The basketball Memphis Tigers lost an exhibition game to the Dominican Republic National Team yesterday, 91-84.
Today is Grab Some Nuts Day.
Here’s a pic of the firecracker salmon with potatoes, green beans, and cherry tomatoes, a special at the Blind Bear this week:
I hear that Cards Against Humanity will possibly be the game we play during happy hour from 3 to 7 for Blind Bear gift card prizes. That game is becoming Old Reliable up there, the one game that adapts really well to bar play. Don’t forget, you have a rare opportunity to see Jeannette behind the bar for today’s happy hour.
New drone footage shows that the $60M renovation of Tom Lee Park is almost complete.
Wiseacre Brewing Co. seeks an area sales rep for the Memphis market.
Comedian Karious Miller comes to the Orpheum on Saturday.
From Storyboard Memphis: Lost History of the Orpheum, Part I
Love Power Live featuring Kennard Farmer Collective and String Quartet plays King’s Palace Cafe tonight.
The Trunk Monkeys play Slider Inn Downtown Saturday at 6.
That’s it. Back tomorrow with more news.