Calkins: Jalen Rose says Memphis will play for the national title. (I say enjoy the ride.)
Former NBA player Jalen Rose receives the 11th Annual National Civil Rights Museum Sports Legacy Award before an NBA basketball game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the New Orleans Pelicans on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, in Memphis. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
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 key to Penny Hardaway’s success? It’s optimism. And if he really believes Memphis can win a national title, y’all should believe it, too.
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