Calkins: Memphis throttles Cincinnati — and shows it just might be up for a challenge
Tigers head coach Penny Hardaway (in a Feb. 1, 2021 photo) said, “Nobody’s going to give us anything. We had to come in here (Cincinnati) and take it, we have to go down to south Florida and take it and we’re definitely going to have to go to Houston and take it.” (Mark Weber/The 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.
The Tigers lost Alex Lomax to injury and got the shaft from the American Athletic Conference, but they rose to the occasion Sunday and won at Cincinnati for the first time since Derrick Rose led the team.
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