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Geoff Calkins On Demand: Just Posted

Calkins: On Fred Smith’s 81st birthday, the city he loved said goodbye
 
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Memphis threw a celebration at FedExForum that was worthy of Fred Smith’s life. Of course, Smith himself might not have liked all the fuss. He would have told us to get back to work.

 
 

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Calkins: Mongolian girl wins caddie scholarship. (It's a golf story you won't believe.)
 
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Calkins: Why Fred Smith saved the Memphis golf tournament. (Hint: It wasn't about the golf.)
 
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Calkins: Hey, xAI did a good thing! (And MSCS was smart enough not to get in the way.)
 
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Geoff Calkins

Geoff Calkins

Columnist

Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.

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