Calkins: Merry Christmas, Memphis. Here’s to all who persevere.
Christmas decorations in a vacant lot on South Bellevue near Beechwood Avenue on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. 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.
It is hard not to think about loss this Christmas. Here’s to those who help us find joy in the midst of it all.
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