Calkins: Joe Jackson – starting a comeback – says he is ‘still the same person’
Former Memphis Tiger basketball star Joe Jackson (left) chats with radio host Jason Smith (right) on the “Jason & John Show” Monday, July 15. Jackson says a 2017 drug arrest and subsequent jail time sent him spinning into some “grim places” but that he's now looking toward the future and hopeful for a comeback in basketball. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
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.
After being arrested for drug possession, former Memphis Tiger Joe Jackson disappeared from public life. Now he’s emerging to begin what he hopes is a comeback.
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