Calkins: Ja Morant, Murray State and Memphis — a basketball love story
Murray State fans cheer for Grizzlies rookie Ja Morant, foreground, before the game against Cleveland Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, at FedExForum. Morant played at Murray State. (Karen Pulfer Focht/AP)
Geoff Calkins
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.
Ja Morant loves Murray State. Murray State loves Ja Morant. There is a hopeful lesson for Memphis in this, too.
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