Calkins: 2020 just keeps disappointing, as Kenny Gainwell leaves the Memphis football team
Memphis running back Kenneth Gainwell (right) scrambles past Navy defender Vincent Thomas Jr. (left) on his way to a 75 yard touchdown during action in their college football game at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file)
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.
Memphis running back Kenny Gainwell decided to opt out of the season six days before the opening game. It's yet another disappointment in a relentlessly disappointing year.
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