Calkins: Jim Nantz — the new mayor of Memphis — presides over historic day
CBS announcer Jim Nantz prepares to go live at the 2019 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational at TPC Southwind on Saturday, July 27, 2019. (Houston Cofield Special To The 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.
With Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka atop the leaderboard, the new Memphis golf tournament has delivered on all its promises. And the message about it all is coming from a voice known all over the country.
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