David Williams

• David Williams: Football is brutal, but we love it Published 05/13/2012 at midnight

  I'm with the William Faulkner character who said about football, "I hear it ain't much different from actual fighting."

• David Williams: No rush to decide about AutoZone Park Published 04/15/2012 at midnight

  A couple of years ago, in one of our occasional reports on the financial struggles of the Redbirds and AutoZone Park, we asked Rita Sparks, former Memphis Redbirds Baseball Foundation president, for her theory.

• David Williams: Question with no answer: City in stadium business? Published 04/08/2012 at midnight

  Every few years, someone will ask the question: Should the city of Memphis be in the stadium business?

• David Williams: You want Memphis recruiting? Here's your guy Published 04/01/2012 at midnight

  Here's the dirty little secret of sports writing: Sports writers hate to write about recruiting.

• David Williams: City's deal with Grizzlies good Updated 03/25/2012 at 12:08 a.m.

  It's not "East of Eden," but as legal documents go, it's good stuff. It's seriously good, considering no more leverage than the city and county had when negotiating it.

• David Williams: Peyton Manning's legacy is his love of football Published 03/10/2012 at 11 p.m.

  In one regard, I'm very much a Peyton Manning fan: He wants to keep playing because he loves the game. That's enough for me.

• David Williams: Grizzlies, Memphis are match made in Bluff City Updated 02/26/2012 at 12:06 a.m.

  It was the morning after a recent Grizzlies game. It was one of those grit-and-grind affairs; I realize that doesn't narrow it down much.

• David Williams: What came first, chicken or the Liberty Bowl? Published 02/19/2012 at midnight

  Years later, the old place has somehow survived, even if it's a mystery as to how. Not exactly Stonehenge with a scoreboard, but a bit of a head-scratcher, nonetheless.

• David Williams: Ignore the naysayers on Big East move, Tiger fans Published 02/12/2012 at midnight

  Enjoy the joy. Dismiss the doom. Sure, the U of M is stepping onto a larger stage, and there will be higher standards to meet, greater pressure to perform, and there will be some catcalls, too -- but that's OK. ...

• David Williams: Time to tweak game stories a bit Published 02/05/2012 at midnight

  It's a staple of newspaper sports journalism, probably going back to the days of set shots, if not peach baskets.

• David Williams: Fair or not, Rudy Gay is the Grizzlies' fall guy Published 05/20/2012 at midnight

  A week later, you can't have a conversation with another Memphian without hearing it: the Grizzlies need to get rid of Rudy Gay.

• Sunday best: Brain candy for inquisitive sports fans Published 09/11/2011 at midnight

  What a week, huh? From the conference realignment saga to the probation -- sort of -- for a prominent local prep football team, to the resumption of talks aimed at ending the NBA lockout, there's been plenty of news.

• Sunday's Best: College football's here! Can we talk? Published 08/28/2011 at midnight

  I know, I know. It's a lot y'all's favorite time of year -- college football season. How about I meet your enthusiasm halfway? Rah! Humbug!

• Sunday Best: College football is fixable -- here's how Published 08/14/2011 at midnight

  What would you do if you were the king of college football, for just five minutes? In today's column, we put the question to three of our reporters.

• Sunday Best: Kyle Veazey brings Memphis state of mind Published 07/03/2011 at midnight

  Twitter followers of sports reporter Kyle Veazey -- and there are enough to pretty much fill Tad Smith Coliseum -- may have noticed a recent gap of 16 days without a tweet.

• SUNDAY'S BEST: NBA draft off our radar, and that's OK Published 06/19/2011 at midnight

  You miss it, don't you? The NBA draft, I mean. When it mattered to Memphis, that is. When it was our postseason.

• Sunday Best: Baseball, ballads go hand in hand Published 04/24/2011 at midnight

  There's something about baseball that just hits us funny, knocks us woozy, brings out the poet in us, the artist, makes us want to break out into song.

• Sunday's best: College basketball matters in this city Published 03/20/2011 at midnight

  Does college basketball matter? The question was asked last Sunday on the cover of The New York Times Magazine.

• Sunday Best: Memphis seized its Sputnik moment Published 02/20/2011 at midnight

  We've never been called cool. We've certainly never been called "235 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal." We're just happy when they don't call us late for deadline.

• Sunday Best: Name the truly 'cool' Memphis athletes Published 02/13/2011 at midnight

  We sportswriters don't normally sit around reading GQ magazine, but the latest issue hooked us -- "The 25 Coolest Athletes of All Time."

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