Calkins: Penny Hardaway says national championship hopes ‘more real’
Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway reacts during a game against Tulsa on March 9, 2019, at FedExForum. With his first season behind him, Hardaway said Tuesday his hopes for a national championship at Memphis are "more real." (Karen Pulfer Focht/Special to The Daily Memphian)
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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.
Penny Hardaway wrapped up his first season by declaring that his hopes for a national championship at Memphis are "more real."
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