Calkins: Navy’s Cameron Kinley is a Memphian, a cornerback — and a president we can all get behind
Navy Midshipmen cornerback Cameron Kinley (3) contributes as East Carolina’s Blake Proehl (11) misses a pass on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in Greenville, N.C. (Jacob Kupferman/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.
When he was in the sixth grade at Presbyterian Day School, Cameron Kinley wrote an essay about what makes Navy athletes special. Now he’s showing us in real life.
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