Calkins: A debacle in Nashville
Memphis fans LaVonne Finley (left), granddaughter Finley Richey (middle) and Kim Richey (right) sit in the stands after a positive COVID test on the Tigers team canceled their game against Tennessee on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 in Nashville. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis basketball team staff members leave the arena after a positive COVID test on the Tigers team canceled their game against Tennessee on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 in Nashville. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The University of Memphis basketball game against Tennessee was canceled after a positive COVID test among the Tigers, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 in Nashville. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis fans leave the arena after a positive COVID test on the Tigers team canceled their game against Tennessee on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 in Nashville. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis fans Clayton Ellis (left) and Marty Kelman (right) prepare to leave the arena after a positive COVID test on the Tigers team canceled their game against Tennessee on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 in Nashville. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis fan Katie Hart (middle) sits amid Tennessee fans as the Vols basketball team scrimmages, after a positive COVID test on the Tigers team canceled their game on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 in Nashville. (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 Memphis-Tennessee series ended in dismal fashion when Saturday’s game at Bridgestone Arena was canceled because of COVID-19. It’s an ending nobody wanted. But that won’t stop fans from both sides from arguing about it until the end of time.
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