{"id":25225,"date":"2021-10-24T09:43:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T14:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=25225"},"modified":"2021-10-24T09:43:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T14:43:35","slug":"sunday-update-125","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/24\/sunday-update-125\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Tiger basketball time! Penny&#8217;s team hosts the LeMoyne-Owen Magicians, with head coach Bonzi Wells and assistant coach Lionel Hollins, at FedExForum at 4. If you go to the game, be sure to read <a href=\"https:\/\/fedexforum.com\/arena-policy-updates\">the arena&#8217;s health screening policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Grizzlies improved to 2-0 in league play last night with a 120-114 victory over the L.A. Clippers on the road. They&#8217;ll remain in Los Angeles for an 8:30 game against the Lakers tonight.<\/p>\n<p>The matchup you really want to mark down on your calendar, though, is Wednesday&#8217;s 9 PM game at Portland, nationally televised on ESPN. Ja vs. Dame. This is a chance for Ja to make an early-season statement that he is All-Star level this year.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis 901 FC lost to Louisville last night on the road. They&#8217;ll be back home Wednesday in an important match vs. FC Tulsa that will determine who is the USL Central Division 3 seed and 4 seed in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>That Alabama-Tennessee game was absolutely delightful. The Vols looked competitive in the first half, and I had to remind myself, &#8220;This is Tennessee. They&#8217;ll screw it up. They always do.&#8221; Sure enough, the Vols&#8217; defense apparently thought college football games only last 45 minutes, and Bama rolled to a 52-24 victory, its 15th consecutive in the series.<\/p>\n<p>This Friday is the 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/s\/2021-trolley-night-grand-final\/223034656561244\/\">South Main Trolley Night grand finale<\/a>. I&#8217;ve never known Trolley Night to take months off before, not counting during the pandemic of course. Anyway, there will be a lot going on that night. Trolley Night will coincide with the first-ever Music on Main festival, with one stage by the Arcade and another by the Orpheum. North Mississippi All-Stars, Al Kapone, Southern Avenue, and The PRVLG will all perform and it&#8217;s absolutely free to attend. Also that night:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Civil Axe Throwing will have the grand opening of its South Main location, and you can book a reservation and be entered in a chance to win Grizzlies tickets.<\/li>\n<li>Black Sheep Meats and Memphis Modern Market will have a night of shopping, music, and drinks in 409 S. Main<\/li>\n<li>South Main Hemp will have a night of live music by Raneem<\/li>\n<li>Halloween parties at Central Station Hotel and Odds Atelier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What will the weather be like Friday? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.memphisweather.net\/forecast.shtml\">The MemphisWeather.net forecast<\/a> says it will be near 60 for a high and near 50 for the low, with a 40% chance of showers. Sounds like perfect PBR hoodie and shorts weather for me.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a link to James Aycock&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/firstresponses\/status\/1451963958043320320\">COVID Week-in-Review<\/a> for Shelby County. Good news: Our rolling average of cases\/day\/100K and our positivity rate are among the lowest at any point of the pandemic. Vaccinations are low, though, and I agree with James&#8217; frustration that it&#8217;s taking so long for the FDA to approve vaccinations for kids 5-11.<\/p>\n<p>Loflin Yard will become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/s\/loflin-grave-yard\/827323707947405\/\">Loflin Grave Yard<\/a> next weekend. On Saturday the 30th they&#8217;ll have a DJ in the Coach House and an adult costume contest at 9 PM, with prizes for individual, couple, and group winners. On Sunday the 31st they&#8217;ll have candy for trick-or-treaters, and at 8 there will be a costume contest for dogs.<\/p>\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/a0c3c0730b3afda45ebbccb01ffed6c3\/food-day\">Food Day<\/a>. Well, that&#8217;s about as generic as holidays get. It&#8217;s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/10614a5f8108b7e23f10b545f5fb333c\/national-crazy-day\">National Crazy Day<\/a> and that&#8217;s a holiday I hope leaves me alone.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Memphian has a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/neighborhoods\/article\/24900\/river-arts-fest-returns-to-downtown-memphis\">day 1 of RiverArtsFest<\/a>. I&#8217;m heading down there for Day 2 in a little while. Back tomorrow or Tuesday with more news.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com\/1.0.0\/button.prod.min.js\" data-name=\"bmc-button\" data-slug=\"paulryburn\" data-color=\"#FF813F\" data-emoji=\"\" data-font=\"Arial\" data-text=\"Buy me a PBR\" data-outline-color=\"#000\" data-font-color=\"#fff\" data-coffee-color=\"#fd0\" ><\/script><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Tiger basketball time! Penny&#8217;s team hosts the LeMoyne-Owen Magicians, with head coach Bonzi Wells and assistant coach Lionel Hollins, at FedExForum at 4. If you go to the game, be sure to read the arena&#8217;s health screening policies. The Grizzlies improved to 2-0 in league play last night with a 120-114 victory over the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/24\/sunday-update-125\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sunday update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25225"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25225"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25227,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25225\/revisions\/25227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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