The stadium also hosts some games for the University of Memphis baseball team, most notably, the annual game with Ole Miss.

This made the Motown, Muscle Shoals, and Memphis sounds favored by the DJ trio seem passe, and the hosts ' audience, unsurprisingly, began to age, something almost always unattractive to radio station managers.

After the change, some of the guest hosts included former running back Eddie George, former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan, University of Kentucky and former University of Memphis men's basketball coach John Calipari, Arizona Diamondbacks left fielder Eric Byrnes, former NBA guard Gary Payton, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis and Fox MLB analyst Mark Grace.

In 2001, the Vancouver Grizzlies relocated to Memphis, which left the Raptors as the only Canadian team in the NBA.

It has been host to the University of Memphis NCAA basketball team, the Memphis Grizzlies NBA team, the Great Midwest Conference basketball tournament, the Southeastern Conference basketball tournament, the Conference USA basketball tournaments, and the 2003 Conference USA women's basketball tournament.

The team became the fourth NBA franchise to relocate since 1985 ; the Kansas City Kings moved to Sacramento, the Vancouver Grizzlies to Memphis and the Charlotte Hornets to New Orleans.

There is also a Major League Soccer team called the Chicago Fire, and there are / were also NBA teams called the Memphis Grizzlies ( 2001 – present ) and Charlotte Hornets ( 1988 – 2002 ) ( although the nickname " Hornets " for minor league baseball teams in Charlotte long precedes the WFL entry, and the " Grizzlies " name for the Memphis NBA team was selected when the franchise was still in Vancouver ).

They finished the 2007 – 08 NBA season with exactly 50 wins as well as finishing the first half of that season 25 – 16 ( 50 – 32 overall record, tied for the third-best all-time Nuggets record since the team officially joined the NBA in 1976 ), following a 120 – 111 home victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in the last game of the season.

The team's majority owner is Michael Heisley, who controls a 95 % share of the franchise ; the remaining 5 % is controlled by several local owners, including AutoZone founder J. R. (" Pitt ") Hyde, his wife Barbara Hyde, equity manager Staley Cates, and former NBA player and University of Memphis point guard Elliot Perry.

While two other teams in Tennessee ( Tennessee Titans and Nashville Predators ) in the four major North American sports leagues ( NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL ) play in Nashville, the Grizzlies are the only team currently to play in Memphis.

The Grizzlies and Charlotte Hornets both applied with the NBA to relocate to Memphis on the same day, March 26, 2001.

The Trail Blazers are also currently the only NBA team based in the binational Pacific Northwest, after the Vancouver Grizzlies relocated to Memphis and became the Memphis Grizzlies in 2001, and the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008.

* Zach Randolph, professional basketball player, NBA Memphis Grizzlies.

* Marc Gasol, NBA player with the local Memphis Grizzlies, moved to Germantown as a teenager with his parents after older brother Pau was drafted by the Grizzlies.

On June 22, 2007, the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA hired Wizards coach Dave Joerger as an assistant coach along with Johnny Davis and Gordon Chiesa.

Storm was born in Oak Park, Illinois, and is the daughter of sports executive Mike Storen, who was a commissioner of the American Basketball Association, general manager of that league's Indiana Pacers, Kentucky Colonels and Memphis Sounds franchises, and president of the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA.

In June 2010, Ehrlich was endorsed by Terrapin basketball standout and Memphis Grizzlies NBA draft pick Greivis Vasquez.

After leading a young, dismantled team to an unexpected 42 – 40 record, he finished just behind Hubie Brown of the Memphis Grizzlies in voting for the 2004 NBA Coach of the Year Award.

* Steven Hunter, Center, NBA 2000 – present ( currently with Memphis Grizzlies )

Over its history, the University of Memphis has graduated many famous alumni, including U. S. Congressman Steve Cohen, actor and former U. S. senator Fred D. Thompson, historian of the American South Joe Gray Taylor, Anfernee Hardaway, NBA and former University of Memphis basketball player, and DeAngelo Williams, former All-American college football running back.

Built in 1991, it was the home court for the University of Memphis men's basketball program, and the National Basketball Association's Memphis Grizzlies until 2004.

The Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association is the only club from one of the " big four " major sports leagues in the city ; however, the minor leagues are well represented.

Their most recent championship came on April 7, 2008 when they defeated Memphis 75-68 in overtime to win the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.

The team's name, logo, and color scheme originated with the Memphis Sounds of the American Basketball Association ( ABA ), who used them for one season in 1974 before the team relocated and became the Baltimore Claws.

The Memphis Houn ' Dawgs was an American Basketball Association ( ABA ) team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The team began play in the fall of 2000.

In July, 1974, Wilson, along with Isaac Hayes, Al Wilson ( singer ), Mike Storen and others, bought the Memphis Tams franchise in the American Basketball Association.

In 1970, Finley also purchased the Memphis Pros of the American Basketball Association, changing the team's name to the Memphis Tams, the name being an acronym for Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.

The Memphis franchise of the former American Basketball Association had intended to move to Baltimore for what turned out to be that league's final season, 1975 – 76, but then folded without ever actually playing a game in Baltimore.

It was the home court for the University of Memphis men's basketball program, and later for the National Basketball Association's Memphis Grizzlies.

Memphis Sounds was the final name of a franchise in the American Basketball Association.

* Memphis Sounds, a former basketball team of the American Basketball Association

Gilbert Jay Arenas, Jr. (; born January 6, 1982 ) is an American professional basketball player who has most recently played for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ).

In April 1972, Rupp was named Team President of the Memphis Pros, soon to become the Memphis Tams, of the American Basketball Association.

Zachary Randolph ( born July 16, 1981 ), nicknamed Z-Bo, is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ).

He coached the Phoenix Suns for the first seven games of the 1972 – 73 campaign, before being fired and replaced by Jerry Colangelo, then did a stint with Memphis of the American Basketball Association in 1973 – 74.

* University of Kansas Jayhawks defeat the Memphis Tigers in the championship game of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, 75 – 68 in overtime in San Antonio, Texas.

It was also home to three American Basketball Association teams: the Memphis Pros ( 1971 – 1972 ), the Memphis Tams ( 1972 – 1974 ) and the Memphis Sounds ( 1974 – 1975 ).

Two PGA Tour tournaments bore his name: the Danny Thomas-Diplomat Classic in south Florida in 1969 and the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic from 1970 to 1984.

Haas's first PGA Tour win, at the Memphis Invitational as an amateur, broke Byron Nelson's record streak of 11 straight victories.

His first PGA Tour win was the 1983 Danny Thomas Memphis Classic.

Al Geiberger shoots 59 at Colonial CC in the second round of the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic, to set a new PGA Tour 18-hole record.