John Martin

• Recruiting Insider: Melrose WR/DB considering Vanderbilt, UCLA Published 06/18/2013 at 5:31 p.m.

  Cornelius Sturghill, a senior wide receiver/defensive back from Melrose, said Tuesday he has a top two of Vanderbilt and UCLA -- and that he’s considering graduating in December to join his future team by the 2014 spring semester.

• Recruiting Insider: Tigers, Arizona in pursuit of former Texas Tech guard Updated 06/17/2013 at 9:24 p.m.

  Josh Gray, a Texas Tech basketball transfer who is spending his sophomore season at a Texas junior college following a coaching change at Tech, said Monday that the University of Memphis and Arizona are the two schools hotly pursuing him.

• Recruiting Insider: Whitehaven's Joshua McMillon catching SEC attention Published 06/13/2013 at 6:59 p.m.

  Joshua McMillon didn’t have a single scholarship offer entering his sophomore year. The Whitehaven linebacker hadn’t started one varsity game and was fairly new to football, having not picked up the sport until middle school.

• Recruiting Insider: Elite Chicago F Cliff Alexander plans to visit Memphis Tigers Updated 06/12/2013 at 5:16 p.m.

  Cliff Alexander, a top five-ranked power forward from Curie High School in Chicago, said Tuesday that he will take an official visit to the University of Memphis. No date has been set.

• Top 10 prospect Skal Labissiere switches AAU teams again Published 06/04/2013 at 4:17 p.m.

  Skal Labissiere, the No. 8 ranked player in America according to ESPN and a rising junior at Evangelical Christian School, has switched AAU teams for at least the third time in two summers — this time, going from Team Penny, ...

• Tiger basketball notebook: Pastner happy to add 'efficient and effective' Pellom Published 06/01/2013 at 6:30 p.m.

  One of the bigger questions around the Memphis basketball program is how Josh Pastner will replace the production of Tarik Black.

• Recruiting Insider: Breaking down the Memphis Tigers' 2013 class Published 05/30/2013 at 6 p.m.

  A big reason Josh Pastner has one of the wealthiest contracts in college basketball is his ability to lure high-level prospects — both locally and nationally.

• Dominic Woodson, former Baylor signee and Top 100 center, commits to Memphis Updated 05/30/2013 at 1:35 p.m.

  The 6-9, 315-pounder becomes the sixth commitment of the Tigers' 2013 class, joining local stars Austin Nichols (Briarcrest); Markel Crawford (Melrose); and Nick King (East), and national recruits Kuran Iverson (Va.) and Pookie Powell (Fla.).

• New Memphis Tigers aide Robert Kirby happy to be back home Published 05/21/2013 at 7:41 p.m.

  LSU coach Johnny Jones and assistant Robert Kirby, friends of more than 20 years, made a pact early in their coaching days.

• Baylor, Florida among those in mix for White Station's Black Published 05/17/2013 at 5:12 p.m.

  White Station junior forward Leron Black, a one-time Baylor commitment, said he is considering the Bears along with Illinois, Ohio State, Florida, UCLA, and UConn.

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