{"id":27930,"date":"2024-05-25T08:26:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T13:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=27930"},"modified":"2024-05-25T08:26:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T13:26:14","slug":"saturday-update-276","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/25\/saturday-update-276\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_1478.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" class=\"wp-image-27929\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_1478.jpg?resize=375%2C500 375w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_1478.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_1478.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_1478.jpg?resize=1200%2C1600 1200w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_1478.jpg?w=1500 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 85vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I\u2019m having a Mexican Coke at Memphis Chess Club as I type this. Outside, the Great American River Run is about to start. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13memphis.com\/community\/tom-lee-park-reopens-to-serve-up-pickleball-tourney-other-outdoor-activities\/article_d49d1318-19d0-11ef-9a1e-0b6cc4f9e3bb.html\">Tom Lee Park reopens<\/a> this weekend. Sunday the park will host a pickleball tournament with cash prizes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/05f0c5d09cda122815fc4422620e0c49\/national-wine-day\">National Wine Day<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In sports news, it looks like an agreement between the NCAA and conferences will allow ACC, SEC, Big Ten, and Big 12 schools to start paying athletes directly. Memphis isn\u2019t in any of those conferences and is therefore looking at the very real possibility of permanent second-tier status. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prediction: Arkansas wins a national football title by 2034. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fedexforum.com\/events\/-lionel-richie-with-earth-wind-fire-sing-a-song-all-night-long-240529\">Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind &amp; Fire<\/a> play FedExForum Wednesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Grizzlies forward Chandler Parsons <a href=\"https:\/\/bealestreetbears.com\/posts\/memphis-grizzlies-chandler-parsons-that-place-sucks\">thinks Memphis sucks<\/a>. The feeling is mutual, Chandler. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orpheum-memphis.com\/event\/shrek\">Shrek the Musical<\/a> comes to the Orpheum next weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A short post is better than no post, I suppose. About to run an errand then hit the Farmers Market. Back in 72 hours or less with more news. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>It\u2019s free to read this blog, but I gratefully accept tips!&nbsp;<\/em><br \/><\/strong>Venmo:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/account.venmo.com\/u\/Paul-Ryburn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@Paul-Ryburn<\/a><br \/>Cash App: $PaulRyburn1<br \/>Apple Pay: paul.ryburn@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Lee Park reopens this weekend. Sunday the park will host a pickleball tournament with cash prizes. Today is National Wine Day. In sports news, it looks like an agreement between the NCAA and conferences will allow ACC, SEC, Big Ten, and Big 12 schools to start paying athletes directly. Memphis isn\u2019t in any of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/25\/saturday-update-276\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Saturday 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\/27930"}],"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=27930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27931,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27930\/revisions\/27931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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