Calkins: What did the Grizz get you this Black Friday? Everything!
Memphis Grizzlies forward Kenneth Lofton Jr. (6) drives against New Orleans Pelicans center Willy Hernangomez on Nov. 25, 2022. (Brandon Dill/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.
Yes, Ja beat Zion. And that was fun. But this was a Black Friday performance that had everything. The Grizzlies kept on giving, right to the end.
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