{"id":28032,"date":"2024-07-08T11:15:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=28032"},"modified":"2024-07-08T11:15:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:15:44","slug":"monday-update-245","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/08\/monday-update-245\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NBA Summer League gets underway for the Grizzlies tonight as they play the Utah Jazz. Catch the game on the Grind City Media app. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All eyes will be on number 9 draft pick Zach Edey, the 7\u20194\u201d college Player of the Year who turned down a chance to represent Canada in the Olympics in favor of NBA Summer League. Jaylen Wells and Cam Spencer, Memphis\u2019 2024 second-rounders, are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localmemphis.com\/article\/sports\/local-sports\/memphis-grizzlies-finalized-summer-league-game-roster\/522-bce4d63e-0dd0-449f-84b7-4b13c38f1d1f\">roster<\/a> as well. Other players of note: returning Grizz GG Jackson and Jake LaRavia, Memphian D.J. Jeffries, and Scotty Pippen Jr. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memphis Hustle coach Jason Marsh will coach the Summer League Grizzlies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/705362d229109d36a11def0e1273f5b6\/national-ice-cream-sundae-day\">National Ice Cream Sundae Day<\/a>. Margie\u2019s 901 can help you with that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not a big water drinker? The New York Times has a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/28\/well\/hydrating-foods.html?smid=url-share&#038;unlocked_article_code=1.5U0.mjE6.YH7BSUAOgYpl\">foods that will keep you hydrated<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Main Association will have its <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/s\/july-south-main-social-the-oli\/841147720786255\/\">July social<\/a> Tuesday at The Oliver at 7 Vance. Drinks by Old Dominick. Light hors d\u2019oeuvres. Free for SMA members, $20 non-members. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slider Inn Downtown is having another <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/s\/red-white-silent-disco-\/343875875412440\/\">silent disco<\/a> Saturday and the theme is Red, White &amp; Blue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Memphis Flyer\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/s\/memphis-summer-cocktail-festiv\/1080736363236815\/\">summer cocktail festival<\/a> is this Saturday at The Kent at the corner of Front and Keel. This event is a fundraiser for Volunteer Memphis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be a <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/s\/jookin-warz-memphis-jookin-bat\/7795359787256304\/\">Memphis Jookin battle tournament<\/a> Saturday at Premiere Palace in The Edge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historic Elmwood Cemetery is <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/s\/open-lateelmwood-cemetery\/8173771532657464\/\">staying open late<\/a> this Thursday until 8 PM. Free to stroll the grounds, no ticket required. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cossitt Library will host a <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/events\/s\/capoeira-memphis-martial-arts-\/1016507826510061\/\">Capoeira martini arts class<\/a> Wednesday evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I got to see a Savannah Bananas game yesterday on ESPN. They\u2019re an exhibition comedy baseball team,, kind of the baseball equivalent of the Harlem Globetrotters. They\u2019re pretty fun. Check them out if you\u2019re get a chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that I think about it, I watched the Savannah Bananas while being served by Hannah Banana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who else is savoring these last few Sundays of good sports TV before the boring-ass NFL makes its return?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s all for now. I\u2019ll be back with more tomorrow. <\/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>NBA Summer League gets underway for the Grizzlies tonight as they play the Utah Jazz. Catch the game on the Grind City Media app. All eyes will be on number 9 draft pick Zach Edey, the 7\u20194\u201d college Player of the Year who turned down a chance to represent Canada in the Olympics in favor &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/08\/monday-update-245\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Monday 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\/28032"}],"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=28032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28033,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28032\/revisions\/28033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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