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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.
There are 983 articles by Geoff Calkins :
Upsets are a part of basketball. Especially this year. But that doesn't seem to apply to Memphis coach Penny Hardaway, whose Tigers defeated Cincinnati Thursday, and who keeps winning all the games he's supposed to win.
Ja Morant loves Murray State. Murray State loves Ja Morant. There is a hopeful lesson for Memphis in this, too.
The New Orleans Pelicans ruined MLK Day by defeating the Memphis Grizzlies. But Jonas Valanciunas has a brilliant plan to make it right.
My father died the other day. Age 99. He knew just how lucky he was. We kids were lucky, too.
After dominating the Denver Nuggets Tuesday, the Grizzlies are just one game away from .500. No, really. Don't look so surprised.
Can the Grizzlies grab a playoff spot? Geoff Calkins, Don Wade and Chris Herrington discuss the what-ifs.
DJ Jeffries is going to miss 4-6 weeks with a knee injury. But Memphis can still make the NCAA Tournament if they do this one thing.
Ja Morant is a killer — on and off the court.
Dillon Brooks says he wants Andre Iguodala to be traded so he can play him "and show him what Memphis is really about."
The Grizzlies signed Dillon Brooks and traded a 36-year-old player who wanted no part of Memphis for a 23-year-old player who can't get here fast enough. What a difference a year makes!
The Grizzlies aren't settling for a playoff run this time around. Be grateful they have bigger things in mind.
Memphis suffered a crushing loss to South Florida Saturday. But it's not some big secret why this season has gone bad.
Second seasons can be telling at Memphis. Can Penny Hardaway regain momentum in his second season as Memphis head coach?
Zach Kleiman and the Grizzlies front office earn the benefit of the doubt.
The next few months will be a test of Penny Hardaway. Not as head coach but as basketball CEO.
Chris Herrington and Geoff Calkins talk about the Grizzlies’ moves at the trade deadline, team executive Zach Kleiman’s public comments, the ahead-of-schedule playoff push and more.
The Memphis Grizzlies finished off the first part of the season by beating the Portland Trailblazers Wednesday night. If they continue to play that well after the All-Star break, they'll be in Los Angeles when the playoffs begin.
It was another miserable night in a miserable season for Memphis. Sometimes, that's just the way that sports goes.
It's crazy to say Memphis is "the biggest disappointment" of this college basketball season. But it's not at all crazy to start worrying about next year.
It's ridiculous — and ungrateful — for Memphis fans to criticize Penny Hardaway in this calamitous year.
For the first time in 26 years, Ginge Robinson missed a Memphis home game. Her absence — Robinson died over the weekend at the age of 84 — reminded us why Memphis basketball matters.
The NCAA is the bad guy in the James Wiseman story. But Wiseman is the one who chose to walk away.
After a season of tumult, the Memphis Tigers defeated Houston Saturday. You should have seen the smiles.
Chris Herrington and Geoff Calkins discuss the Grizzlies' longest losing streak since December.
The University of Memphis took a principled stand in the James Wiseman case. Now the NCAA seems determined to make the NCAA pay.