Calkins: Joe Jackson – starting a comeback – says he is ‘still the same person’

By , Daily Memphian Updated: July 15, 2019 5:27 PM CT | Published: July 15, 2019 4:38 PM CT
Geoff Calkins
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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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Geoff Calkins Joe Jackson Josh Pastner Memphis Tigers Penny Hardaway

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