Michael Finger

Jan 2, 2025 | memphismagazine.com | Michael Finger

In 1948, Willie Mays signed his first professional baseball contract, agreeing to a monthly salary of $250 to play as a center fielder for the Birmingham Black Barons, a team owned by the operator of a Memphis funeral parlor.

Sep 11, 2024 | memphismagazine.com | Michael Finger

The witnesses testifying at the Civil Aeronautics Board Accident Investigation, held in Memphis on February 22, 1944, couldn’t agree on what they had heard in the skies over Arkansas 12 days earlier. A half-hour before midnight on February 10, they had looked up as American Airlines Trip 2, dubbed the Sun Country Special, flew overhead. Some reported the propeller-driven plane’s engines sounded normal. Two boys, just a few miles farther east, said the plane backfired several times.

Jun 11, 2024 | memphismagazine.com | Michael Finger

Editor’s Note: Every year, the national medical group Castle Connolly compiles a list of the best doctors in America. In the Memphis area, the list comprises more than 400 physicians representing 60 specialties. Here, we introduce you to one of the caregivers who have been a Top Doc time and again. For a complete list, pick up a copy of our June 2024 issue from your favorite newsstand, or — even better — subscribe.

Mar 6, 2024 | memphismagazine.com | Michael Finger

When Boyle Investment Company first opened its doors in 1933, local business leaders were already familiar with the family who founded the new firm. After all, J. Bayard Boyle Sr., B. Snowden Boyle, and Charles H. Boyle Jr. could trace their ancestry all the way back to Judge John Overton, one of the three men from Nashville who founded Memphis in 1819.

Sep 13, 2023 | memphismagazine.com | Michael Finger

Editor’s Note: Roy Harrover passed away December 12, 2016, but he left behind a body of work that may be considered unique because of the extensive range of his designs — a portfolio of homes, schools, churches, parks, and civic structures. Memphians, in fact, are often surprised to learn that one man designed such distinctive structures as Memphis International Airport, Memphis College of Art, Commerce Square, and Mud Island.