Calkins: Jennifer Biggs was a friend to all Memphis — whether you had met her or not
Jennifer Biggs, center left, and Geoff Calkins, center right, attend the press conference announcing The Daily Memphian on July 16, 2018, at FedExForum. (The Daily Memphian files)
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.
Jennifer Biggs wrote about food and people and angels and whiskey. When she died Wednesday of complications from cancer, Memphis lost one of its best friends.
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