Topic: Geoff Calkins
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December 2018
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Twelve cough drops. Not one, not two, not three, not 10. -
Calkins: Is it possible to be a fan of both Memphis and Tennessee? NO!
As the big game bears down upon us, as Memphis prepares to play Tennessee in basketball, let us all come together to agree on one essential truth: you have to pick a side. -
Calkins: ‘Let’s just do this.’ Why Mike Norvell ended speculation about his future
Mike Norvell had just returned to his office from a day of recruiting in Memphis high schools when he saw a tweet from my former colleague Mark Giannotto speculating about his future. -
Chapter Six: Why the Penny Hardaway bobblehead means so much
At precisely 11:42 a.m. Saturday, the Memphis Tigers ran out of Penny Hardaway bobbleheads. -
Calkins: Great night for some Memphians (really!) as Grizzlies smashed by Lakers
You know who had a good night for Memphis Saturday? -
Calkins: Penny’s Tigers show they are getting better in win over South Dakota State
After eight games, after four wins and four losses, after trips to Baton Rouge, Orlando and Miami, the Memphis Tigers are the one thing you should have really wanted them to be at this point in the season. -
Calkins: A loss to UCF reminds us, it’s not easy being a Memphis sports fan
ORLANDO — Nobody said that following Memphis sports was going to be all happiness and joy.
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November 2018
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Calkins: As Tigers go for a title, it’s Memphis vs. Errrbody once again
ORLANDO — After the traditional photos with the championship trophy, after the smiles and the shaking of hands, Memphis coach Mike Norvell quietly handed a football to UCF coach Josh Heupel — signed by the Memphis team — to give to UCF’s injured quarterback, McKenzie Milton. -
Chapter Four: Penny Hardaway has his greatest triumph – then frets about being a laughingstock
ORLANDO – Just a few days earlier, Penny Hardaway had been sitting along the baseline at the Landers Center, watching three gifted recruits light up the court. -
Calkins: After embarrassing loss, Penny Hardaway lashes out at Penny Hardaway
ORLANDO — Penny Hardaway sat in front of the microphone in the wake of Oklahoma State’s blowout win over the Memphis Tigers in the AdvoCare Invitational and decided to really lay into the individual he thought was responsible for the listless performance. -
Calkins: James Wiseman picks Memphis over Kentucky and it could be a magical ride
Just before noon, James Wiseman looked into the ESPN cameras, and said “After long, thoughtful consideration, I will be attending the University of . . .” -
Calkins: Tony Allen hands out turkeys, talks about his future
Tony Allen started to hand Zamarion Boyd the Thanksgiving basket, but then, noting the size of Zamarion — who is just five — Allen reconsidered and handed the basket to Zamarion’s brother instead. -
Calkins: Undaunted by loss to LSU, Hardaway says Tigers can be ‘special team’
BATON ROUGE — Memphis guard Tyler Harris is listed at 5-9. LSU forward Kavell Bigby-Williams is listed at 6-11. So there’s no reasonable way to explain what Harris did with 14:39 left in the second half. -
Chapter One: The second Penny Hardaway era begins at Memphis
When Penny Hardaway debuted at Memphis the first time, people wore tuxes. -
Chapter Two: How Penny Hardaway proved the skeptics wrong – and a university president right
Penny Hardaway’s final assignment at the University of Memphis – the final assignment before he could get his degree – was a paper on Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” -
Calkins: Memphis headed to fifth straight bowl game (unlike some schools you know)
You know what school hasn’t been to five straight bowl games? -
Geoff Calkins chronicles Season One with Penny Hardaway
Penny Hardaway is beginning his first year as coach of the Memphis Tigers — doesn’t that still seem surreal, reading it? — and Geoff Calkins of The Daily Memphian is going to write the book. -
Calkins: Penny’s first win ‘felt like home’
Jeremiah Martin dropped in one 3-pointer, then he dropped in another 3-pointer, then FedExForum erupted in joy. -
Calkins: With its all-Memphis backcourt, Tiger basketball could spark a party in the 901
Now that the exhibition portion of the season is over, I offer the following thought: The Memphis Tigers could win the tournament.
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October 2018
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Calkins: Penny Hardaway’s first game is a blast
The man never sat down. -
Calkins: Henderson will return - and other news from a conversation with Mike Norvell
Memphis coach Mike Norvell says running back Darrell Henderson will be back for the East Carolina game. Norvell will be flying around Memphis in a helicopter Friday night, traveling to local high school games. And Norvell remains confident in the trajectory of the program, despite the dispiriting loss to Missouri. -
Calkins: Memphis loss to No. 10 UCF will hurt for a long time
They were in range, that’s what hurts. Or that’s one of a thousand things that hurt after a loss like that. -
Calkins: Memphis smashes UConn to remind us it’s not just a basketball school
Darrell Henderson took the handoff, headed left, and what happened next was pure wizardry. -
Calkins: When Penny Hardaway is introduced, all you’ll hear is joy
It will be the Memphis sports moment of the year. It will be a moment that summons the past and embraces the future and celebrates the return of a favorite son. -
Calkins: The complete, colorful history of Memphis Madness
Derrick Rose brought down the house with a preposterous dunk. Rapper Rick Ross canceled on his first Madness visit but made it for the next. Gary Parrish won a chicken-wing eating contest, Larry Finch returned (after he was fired) to coach an alumni game and D.J. Stephens paid tribute to one of the greatest Memphis players ever by wearing his jersey for a dunk contest. All these things happened at Memphis Madness, which is what John Calipari renamed it sometime along the way. So here’s the complete and colorful history of the event, drawn from my notes, columns, memories and newspaper archives.
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