Geoff Calkins
Calkins: Dillon Brooks knows there are skeptics. But, yes, he can change.
The Grizzlies looked spectacular Friday, 130-99. But the absolutely best part of the night? An efficient (yes, efficient!) Dillon Brooks.
Geoff Calkins
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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.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Tommy Pacello would’ve been 45 today. A new fellowship helps continue his work.
Nearly two years after Tommy Pacello died of pancreatic cancer, his friends and colleagues are celebrating the visionary city planner’s birthday by unveiling a fellowship that will support his work.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: Deion Sanders to Memphis? (Hey, it’s worth a call)
ESPN’s Pete Thamel mentioned Memphis in a podcast about the coaching future of Deion Sanders. Could Coach Prime be coming to Memphis? It’s certainly worth a call.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: Fifty years ago, Jerry Lawler beat him to a pulp. Now they’re friends.
Jerry Lawler beat up Frankie Dudley at the Mid-South Coliseum in the 1970s. Five decades later, Lawler went to see Dudley again. In hospice. It’s a story about heroes and the passage of time.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballCalkins: Kendric Davis leads cold-shooting Tigers to victory. (Get used to that headline, fans)
The Tigers shot just 2 of 19 from deep against Christian Brothers Sunday. That’s the bad news. The good news? They have Kendric Davis. And that may be enough.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: Memphis football avoided humiliation. Is that really enough?
Memphis fought back to lose by 10 to Tulane Saturday. Yes, it was gallant. But is it all Tiger fans can expect?
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: Ja Morant is still awesome (and he’s appearing in Memphis all season long!)
Ja Morant was brilliant in leading the Grizzlies past the Knicks Wednesday. But you know the best part? He will be appearing at FedExForum all season long.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Tennessee beats Alabama! It was the leg!
While Jalin Hyatt, Hendon Hooker and Chase McGrath all had a hand in the Vols' win over Alabama, Catherine Davenport had — well, she had a leg.
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Vols defeat Alabama on field goal to end 15-game losing streak
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Memphis Tigers FootballCalkins: Memphis keeps blowing big leads. Is that a coincidence? Or the coach?
A week after blowing a 19-point lead to lose to Houston, Memphis blew a 17-point lead to lose to East Carolina. This is becoming a dispiriting — and damning — trend.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: A Tennessee fan even Memphis fans can root for
Vols fans in West Tennessee have it rough. On this massive weekend for Tennessee football, a local fan named Catherine Davenport will celebrate by putting on a bright orange prosthesis. That’s right, she has a Tennessee leg.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: What his new contract says about Penny Hardaway
Six more years of Penny Hardaway? Yes, it’s true. Hardaway signed a new deal with Memphis that runs through 2028. Here’s what it means.
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Memphis, Penny Hardaway agree to contract extension through 2027-28
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: The incredible, shrinking prep writer! (How John Varlas lost 143 pounds.)
John Varlas — who covers preps for this publication — has done something that should inspire the rest of us Memphians. He’s lost 143 pounds.
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Memphis GrizzliesCalkins: It’s year 22, Memphis. The Grizzlies are back.
Ja Morant and the Grizzlies assembled at FedExForum for media day. It’s the team’s 22nd season in Memphis. And it should be a blast.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: For Memphis and Ryan Silverfield, a staggering, incomprehensible collapse
Memphis had a win probability of 99.9% Friday night. Incredibly, Memphis still lost. Will the collapse define Ryan Silverfield? On a grand night that somehow went wrong.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: The Big 12 picked Houston over Memphis. Here’s why that was a mistake.
The Big 12 picked Houston in its last round of expansion. Memphis never had much of a shot. But that doesn’t change the reality that the Memphis program has a higher ceiling than Houston. Here’s what the Big 12 failed to see.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: Ryan Silverfield is right. Memphis doesn’t have to apologize for 4-1.
Being 4-1 means never having to say you’re sorry. And the Tigers are 4-1. On a strange, sputtering, but ultimately triumphant day for Memphis football. (Did we mention that the Tigers are 4-1?)
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: It’s a new season of Tiger basketball. This time with no cloud!
Something was different when the Memphis Tigers gathered for their annual open practice Friday night. What was it? “There’s no cloud,” said Penny Hardaway.
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With IARP ruling behind them, Tigers are ‘locked in’ ahead of season
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: It’s a great day for Memphis — and total vindication for Penny Hardaway
The IARP’s decision was stunning vindication for Penny Hardaway and for Memphis. So go ahead, celebrate.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis basketball to learn NCAA fate today
Nearly three years after James Wiseman played three games for the University of Memphis — and despite the NCAA dissolving the IARP going forward — the university will learn its penalty.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: How TV’s Marybeth Conley found God, love and a new mission — with an ex-con
Twenty years after starting “Live at 9,” Marybeth Conley has found love, God and a new mission with a childhood crush — who happens to have served time for robbing a bank.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: Memphis fans stood in long lines — and then they sealed the victory.
Memphis fans waited in long lines to get into the stadium Saturday night. But in the end, their bedlam helped clinch the win over Arkansas State. “How sweet is it?” said Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield, who credited the crowd with the victory.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: Bango! Pete Pranica is Mark Twain (for a limited time only)
For two shows, Pete Pranica will transform into Mark Twain. Call him Big Twain, maybe? It’s all for the benefit of the Tennessee Shakespeare Company. And it’s just the latest evidence that Pranica is a great Memphian.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: With hope and defiance, thousands finished Eliza Fletcher’s run
They didn’t let fear stop them. Exactly one week after Eliza Fletcher’s abduction and death, more than a thousand Memphians turned out at 4:20 a.m. to finish the run that Eliza could not.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Will Drennan died a hero. His friends want everyone to know.
Volunteers at the FedEx St. Jude Championship will be given purple ribbons to celebrate the life of Will Drennan — a former volunteer who died saving a child from a sudden flood Tuesday night.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: How did Memphis beat Navy? By letting Seth be Seth.
When you’ve got Seth Henigan, who needs a running game? The Memphis Tigers won their first game of the season — and their first road game in exactly a year— by letting Seth be Seth.
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