{"id":25504,"date":"2022-01-28T09:01:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T15:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=25504"},"modified":"2022-01-28T09:01:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T15:01:58","slug":"friday-update-congratulations-ja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/28\/friday-update-congratulations-ja\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday update: CONGRATULATIONS JA!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NBA announced the starters<\/a> for its All-Star game last night, and the Grizzlies’ Ja Morant was among them. Congratulations to Ja on his first All-Star selection. The vote was weighted 50% votes by fans, 25% votes by NBA players, and 25% votes by a media panel.<\/p>\n

The rest of the All-Stars – players who will be coming off the bench in the All-Star Game – will be selected by a vote of NBA head coaches and will be announced on February 3.<\/p>\n

On February 10, the All-Star players will be drafted onto one of the two captains’ teams – so Ja will be selected to be on either Team LeBron or Team KD on that day. The game is on February 20.<\/p>\n

More good news: No more health directives<\/a> for Shelby County! The current directive, which went into effect on January 1, will be allowed to expire Monday without a new directive being put into place. The department will transition into an advisory role rather than a role of telling people what they must or must not do.<\/p>\n

The Memphis Tigers got a 71-54 home win over ECU last night. The Tigers improve to 11-8 and get an entire week off before a showdown on the road at Cincinnati.<\/p>\n

There will be Friday Night Jazz by Strictly Jazz Entertainment tonight at the Westin 6 to 9 PM. Admission will be free.<\/p>\n

Chili cheese kegs<\/a> are a thing now. I kinda want one.<\/p>\n

Sugar Grits posted a reminder that they’re doing dinner service until next week 4 to close. So I guess that’s an announcement that they won’t be doing dinner service after next week.<\/p>\n

Sign of the times: Yesterday I told people I have no interest in playing squares<\/a> on Super Bowl Sunday this year. The reason why: I don’t want to get a cash payout and have to walk home with it around 9 on a Sunday evening. The way Downtown is these days, there’s too high a chance someone would follow me out of the bar and rob me.<\/p>\n

Hard Rock Cafe will offer a Valentine’s Day menu<\/a> Wednesday, February 9 through Tuesday, February 15. It’ll offer limited-time entrees like a lobster cobb salad or a surf & turf deluxe steak.<\/p>\n

From Mashed: Everything we know about Robert Irvine and Jon Taffer’s new series<\/a><\/p>\n

The CA reports that a giant neon carrot<\/a> could sprout in South Main. It’s part of the signage South Point Grocery is requesting to put up.<\/p>\n