Calkins: Why a man and his dogs stayed at Bass Pro — for a record 45 days
Jimmy Birkholz and his dogs get a new room key during his extended stay at Big Cypress Lodge June 26. (Benjamin Naylor/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.
Jimmy Birkholz walked to the front desk of Big Cypress Lodge, the hotel inside Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid, and asked for a new room key.
They laughed.
He laughed.
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