Calkins: Johnathan Lawson gets an offer from Memphis — and at long last, a bitter feud may be at an end
Wooddale's Johnathan Lawson (center) shoots against Mitchell during the Boys Class AA finals on Feb. 15, 2020. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
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.
Johnathan Lawson received a scholarship offer to play basketball at Memphis. So the long, twisted saga of the Lawson family at Memphis may have a happy end.
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