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Reflecting on Brandon Clarke, whose unlikely rise ended too soon
 
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The day before his 29th birthday, a Memphis Grizzlies forward delivered a check to a class full of second graders. “I tried to make sure everyone got a high-five or a hug.” That was Brandon Clarke. 

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Chris Herrington

Chris Herrington

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Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He now splits his time between Minneapolis-St. Paul, where his wife works, and Memphis.

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