At the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis one September day, tourists pause solemnly before a group of life-size statues, some crafted in Tennessee National Guard uniforms,

And, in the game of the night, on CBS Sports Network, Oregon State beat nationally ranked Gonzaga 97-89 in overtime. Relatively speaking, it was a slow day in the sport (except for another Florida coach being accused of wrongdoing in a Title IX complaint).

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring the civil rights icon, falls on Monday, Jan. 20. Here's what to know.

Memphis football, which competes with Power Four schools for local high school recruits, sometimes benefits from area players who want to come home.

He was a star for Fairley and then for Germantown who was the No. 9 player in Tennessee when he committed to Michigan out of high school. Jones' arrival will be a welcome sight for a Memphis ...

By beating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 34-23 on a frigid Atlanta night, Ohio State has the right to tell everyone in the country they have the best football team. This was a team that needed a swift kick in the rear end by arch rival Michigan to light the fire inside them we all knew was there all along.

All Times EST No. 3 Iowa St. (15-2) vs. UCF (12-5), 8 p.m. No. 4 Alabama (15-3) vs. Vanderbilt (15-3), 7 p.m. No. 6 Tennessee (16-2) vs. No. 14 Mississippi St. (15-3), 7 p.m. No. 10 Marquette

Memphis football wrapped up the 2024 season as a ranked team. The Tigers (11-2) came in at No. 24 in the final AP Poll that was released Tuesday morning. Memphis was ranked No. 25 in the last AP Poll after the conference championship games in early December.

CBS Sports bracketologist Jerry Palm updated his bracket on Monday. Palm dropped the Tigers from a 3-seed in his previous projection to a 6-seed in the Midwest. Palm has Memphis facing a First Four winner in Denver on the opening weekend. Palm projects 3-seed Kansas and an 14-seed Utah Valley as potential second-round opponents.

Memphis football's 2025 roster just got a significant boost. First team All-AAC defensive end William Whitlow Jr., who entered the transfer portal last month, announced Tuesday he would return to ...

Kendrick Wade, once head coach at a struggling HBCU program, is now a part of Memphis football. Wade has been named tight ends coach for Memphis football. This comes roughly two months after he was fired at Mississippi Valley State University.

The rebuilt Pac-12 has eight members signed up for the 2026-27 athletics season: Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Gonzaga, Oregon State, San Diego State, Washington State and Utah State. The conference must attract at least one more football-playing member before 2026 to reach the NCAA’s eight-team minimum to qualify as an FBS conference.