The American Athletic Conference and ESPN agreed on a 12-year, $1 billion media deal, according to a report from Michael Smith and John Ourand of Sports Business Daily. The deal, which begins in 2020-2021, pays the schools in the AAC four times what the current deal pays. The current media deal pays the league around…
Month: March 2019
It’s Johnny Football Time in Tennessee: Johnny Manziel officially joins the Memphis Express
Former Texas A&M and Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel joined the Memphis Express Monday and fans had mixed reactions on the Memphis Express – Official Group Facebook page: “We’ve officially scraped the bottom of the barrel. Manziel is the last person in the world the Express needs.” “We just became much watch TV for all…
901 Connection Merchandise Drops Today
I started The 901 Connection because there were stories about Memphians I wanted to know. I figured if I wanted to know their stories, there was probably someone else who wanted to know them as well. Eight months later (even with taking a January hiatus), thousands of you are reading the stories I am proud…
The TWO Best BBQ Restaurants in Memphis
Many articles like this start off with “The Five Best Places” or “The 10 Best Places.” Why so many options? It is already hard enough to decide where to go to dinner, so why make it even more complicated? All you need is a Plan A and a Plan B when it comes to picking…
This is Savannah’s Voice: How the 17-year-old Memphian ended up on NBC’s popular singing competition
17-year-old Savannah Brister wanted to see if she could audition for The Voice. She never thought she would make it on the stage and be chosen. “I was like, what the heck, why not try it?” laughs Brister. The Memphis native auditioned for season 16 of the popular NBC singing competition and received two chair…
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