Evan’s guide to all things NFL: 2018 NFL playoff preview and mock draft
Evan Dorian, Reporter
January 4, 2018
Preface: We have officially reached the end of the 2017 regular season. It’s been as fun as any NFL season I remember, with eight out of the twelve playoff teams having missed the playoffs last year. In other words, only the defending champion Patriots, as well as the Falcons, Steelers and Chiefs ar...
Evan’s guide to all things NFL: Week 14 NFL power rankings
Evan Dorian, Reporter
December 20, 2017
Preface: You didn’t get to view my power rankings from last week, but I’m still including each team’s movement from last week because the changes in these rankings are pretty striking because of the upsets and other developments that took place in Week 14. I’ll put the list of all 32 teams fr...
Evan’s guide to all things NFL: Week 12 NFL power rankings
Evan Dorian, Reporter
December 3, 2017
Preface: I took last week off from publishing power rankings. It was a busy week because of Thanksgiving and time off that ended up being spent doing other things, and Week 11 didn’t exactly lend itself to giving adequate time for writing power rankings very expertly. So I’ll be cutting out the “down X...
Evan’s guide to all things NFL: Week 10 NFL power rankings
Evan Dorian, Reporter
November 17, 2017
Biggest Jump: Packers, 7 spots Biggest Fall: Cowboys, 7 spots 1. Eagles (8-1, no change from last week) Every team ranked second to fifth make good bids for a number one overall ranking while the Eagles were on bye, but it’s simply impossible to knock the Eagles down at all u...
Evan’s guide to all things NFL: Week 9 NFL power rankings
Evan Dorian, Reporter
November 12, 2017
Biggest Jump: Lions, Jets up 6 spots Biggest Fall: Seahawks, Bengals down 7 spots 1. Eagles (8-1, no change from last week) The Eagles are far and away the highest scoring team in the league, with 283 points on their résumé. They have, of course, played nine games, while many teams...
Evan’s guide to all things NFL: Week 8 NFL power rankings
Evan Dorian, Reporter
November 5, 2017
Filed under Columns, Showcase, Sports
Biggest Jump: Ravens, 15 spots Biggest Fall: Dolphins, 13 spots 1. Eagles (7-1, no change from last week) No surprise here. As long as the top team keeps on winning, it will stay right here. That’s exactly what the Eagles are doing - they cruised to a victory over the weak 49ers ...
Evan’s guide to all things NFL: Week 6 NFL power rankings
Evan Dorian, Reporter
October 22, 2017
Filed under Columns, Showcase, Sports
Preface: Thanks to all who read last week’s power rankings and plan to tune in for my future sports writing contributions to The Lodge. Last week, I detailed my reasoning for moving every team up or down, and added a blurb about the player from each team that you’d be smart to pick up for your f...
Evan’s guide to all things NFL: Week 5 NFL power rankings
Evan Dorian, Reporter
October 13, 2017
1. Chiefs (5-0) The score of Sunday night’s bout with the Texans doesn’t tell the entire story of Kansas City’s dominance. Rookie standout Kareem Hunt continued to impress, despite being held out of the end zone for the second game in a row. Alex Smith is having what is perhaps the best sea...
Hidden gems: croquet is king
Bart Mueller, Contributing Writer
October 12, 2017
Filed under Columns
Croquet (pronounced crow-Kay) is a sport most people do not give much thought. When thinking of this sport, most people have images of an upper class British family enjoying a leisurely game on the lawn of their stately manor. In this stereotype, they would actually be mostly correct since the game w...
Gryphons commit: John Carter Hawkins
Bayard Anderson, Sports Editor
November 28, 2016
Senior John Carter Hawkins committed to play division three lacrosse at Rhodes College this past week. “I felt like a small liberal arts school was a good fit for me,” Hawkins said, “and the community is great.” Hawkins also wanted to thank his teachers, coaches, friends, family and God for hel...
Gryphons commit: Kate Murphy
Bart Mueller, Reporter
October 14, 2016
Sophomore Kate Murphy committed to play Division 1 lacrosse at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. this past August. Vanderbilt’s close proximity to home and tradition of academic excellence played a major role in her decision. “I ended up choosing Vanderbilt because I wanted to pla...
Humans of Memphis
Elise Fong, Opinion Editor
March 21, 2016
Filed under Columns, Local, Showcase
Today began like any other day for me. I ran out to the mall to buy some things I needed, I went to Barnes and Noble to finish up some homework and look at new books, and later on, I started to get hungry. So, I thought, what better way to fight off my hunger than sweets? I quickly ran over to Great Am...