Calkins: Grizzlies lose! But do not be discouraged! (The players certainly aren’t)
Memphis Grizzlies center Jonas Valanciunas (17) struggles for control of the ball with New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram (14) Jan. 20, 2020, at FedExForum. (Brandon Dill/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.
The New Orleans Pelicans ruined MLK Day by defeating the Memphis Grizzlies. But Jonas Valanciunas has a brilliant plan to make it right.
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