McFarlane Toys is at it again, says Bartlett & Cordova Appeal reporter Jody Callahan, who has his finger on the pulse of such things. He reports:

After making basketball action figures of Memphis Grizzlies Pau Gasol and Jason Williams (back when he was a Grizzly, that is), and crafting not one but SIX Elvis figures, the company is immortalizing another adopted Memphian in plastic.

This time, it’s NBA great Jerry West, now the head honcho of the Grizzlies. As part of its NBA Legends series, the company has created a figure showing Jerry West in his old purple Laker away uniform (and boy, were those shorts SHORT).

The figure is out now, and, in fact, was sitting on the shelf at Toys R Us Wednesday morning.
Better hurry, though. They only had a few.

I’m getting blitzed by the sports talk shows in Knoxville and they seem to be deeply concerned about how the Tennessee Vols will handle Saturday’s game against Memphis at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium

The reasons:

1) The Vols’ 31-30 escape against Air Force Sept. 9.

2) The Vols’ 21-20 loss to Florida at home Sept. 16.

3) The sluggish early play against Marshall last weekend in Knoxville, before pulling away to win 33-7.

4) Tiger coach Tommy West assuming control of the defense after last week’s firing of coordinator Joe Lee Dunn.
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