Through Varsity Spirit, the company he established in 1974, he turned cheerleading into a multibillion-dollar juggernaut and exerted control over almost every aspect of it.
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Jeff Webb, Who Built a Competitive Cheerleading Empire, Dies at 76
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Bobby Whitlock, Keyboardist for Derek and the Dominos, Dies at 77
With Eric Clapton, he wrote “Bell Bottom Blues” and built one of the greatest — if most short-lived — supergroups of the 1970s.
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Hard News and Honky-Tonks: How to Cover the American South
As a reporter responsible for region news in the South, Emily Cochrane covers hurricanes, trials, country music and more.
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Bill Lucy, Pioneering Labor and Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 90
He helped popularize “I Am a Man” as a demand for respect during the 1968 strike by Black sanitation workers in Memphis.
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Man Found Guilty in Shooting Death of Rapper Young Dolph
The man, Justin Johnson, was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for the fatal 2021 shooting of Young Dolph, who was gunned down outside a Memphis cookie shop in broad daylight.
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Who Plotted to Sell Graceland? An Identity Thief Raises His Hand.
A person using an email for the company seeking to foreclose on the former home of Elvis Presley says his ring was behind the threat to sell the beloved landmark.
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Judge Blocks Attempt to Sell Graceland, at Least for Now
Elvis’s granddaughter, the actress Riley Keough, had filed a lawsuit seeking to stop what her lawyers said was a fraudulent auction off her family home.
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Riley Keough Sues to Block Sale of Graceland, Charging Fraud
His granddaughter, the actress Riley Keough, claims that a company is fraudulently planning to auction off Elvis’s home in Memphis.
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Jimmy Van Eaton, Purveyor of the Sun Records Beat, Dies at 86
His drumming lent spontaneity and imagination to the unfettered sound of seminal rock ’n’ roll records by Jerry Lee Lewis and others.
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Supreme Court to Hear Starbucks Bid to Overturn Labor Ruling
The coffee chain has challenged a federal judge’s order to reinstate a group of union activists who were fired at a store in Memphis.
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Overlooked No More: Cordell Jackson, Elder Stateswoman of Rock ’n’ Roll
A pioneering record-label owner and engineer, she played guitar in a raw and unapologetically abrasive way. “Whatever song it was,” she said, “I always creamed it.”