Why'd we send two sports guys to Europe?

Last week, the Memphis Grizzlies organization — the players, members of the front office, the entertainment team, the mascot — traveled to Europe to take on the Orlando Magic. Twice. And The Daily Memphian was there. We sent Grizzlies beat reporter Drew Hill and sports editor David Boyd along for the ride.  Plus: The Feds support the National Guard deployment in Memphis Justin J. Pearson is running for reelection and the U.S. House Five Pop Local winners are set to open at Carriage Crossing Germantown residents vocally oppose a tax incentive for The Standard The new GOP chair says there will be a Republican contender for county mayor Elon Musk wants to fund more improvements to MSCS school buildings MSCS adds the Shelby County Commission to the ballot lawsuit