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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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University of Memphis president David Rudd told The Daily Memphian that "current indicators would suggest" students will be back on campus in the fall. He's hopeful football will be back, too.
Jimmy Sexton and agents at CAA just negotiated contracts for 43 NFL players worth a total $611.5 million. How do you do that in the midst of pandemic? Well, you start by never leaving your home.
Jalen Green skips college for the G League. It's the latest disappointment for Penny Hardaway and Memphis basketball.
Eli Morris is feeling better after testing positive for COVID-19. Now he and the rest of the clergy at Hope Church are focusing on those in the community who are facing the same challenges he faced — usually with fewer resources.
Tyler Harris has decided to transfer. With the expected arrival of Virginia Tech transfer Landers Nolley, it makes all the sense in the world. But Memphis fans should be forever grateful to Harris for reaffirming the connection between the Tigers and the town.
Virginia Tech transfer Landers Nolley is headed to Memphis. That's great news for a program that has been in need of some.
Dennis Bradshaw, former quarterback at the University of Memphis, died Saturday of COVID-19 at the age of 62.
Nate Franklin trained to run his first marathon on his 26th birthday. When it was postponed by COVID-19, he decided to run it anyway. It's a lesson for us all.
Area mayors outlined a "Back-to-business" framework Monday. The framework did not include a definite starting date — and that's a good thing.
Todd Maxwell is a nurse from Byhalia, Mississippi. When the pandemic hit New York, he left his job in Jackson, Tennessee, to fly up and work in a hospital dedicated to COVID-19 patients.
You've seen the parades all over town, haven't you? For birthdays and elementary schools and the like? Well, they had one at Trezevant Manor Thursday. It was the happiest parade of them all.
Memphis and Shelby County will start reopening for business Monday. It's up to Memphians to make sure it's not the disaster many expect.
The government didn't shut down the economy. COVID-19 did that. So it'll take more than the government to open Memphis back up.
Yes, Memphis and Shelby County are trying to figure out how to do business in in the midst of a pandemic. That's not irrational. It's the only path there is.
Before Zoom, there were letters. My Mom was the best letter-writer I've ever known.
He was supposed to be an NBA star. Now he's working at a steel factory. But when Austin Nichols got his diploma Saturday, it came with a feeling of accomplishment unlike any he has known before.
Johnathan Lawson received a scholarship offer to play basketball at Memphis. So the long, twisted saga of the Lawson family at Memphis may have a happy end.
Pepper Rodgers died Thursday at the age of 88. He wasn't just a football coach. He was a civic salesman when Memphis needed it most.
There was a line of people waiting when Gibson's Donuts re-opened at 5 a.m. Friday. They weren't just there for the donuts. They were there for the joy.
You see it all the time when you're out shopping — people breaking the new norms around COVID-19. So what's to be done about it? Nothing at all.
In the wake of Wednesday's NCAA vote to allow football and men's and women's basketball players to return to campus starting June 1, Memphis president David Rudd says the athletic department has a plan for football players to return "in the near future."
Seventy-eight youth baseball teams are playing a tournament at GameDay in Cordova this weekend. It is scary beautiful.
When Memphis football players start returning to campus for voluntary workouts on June 6, they'll be tested for COVID-19. There are no plans for regular, asymptomatic testing after that. Is that ideal? Maybe not. But, as a country, it's what we do.
The experts are "optimistic and hopeful" about the trajectory of COVID-19 in Memphis. So you can be, too.
Memphis forward Lance Thomas tweeted Wednesday that “I’m never pledging allegiance to the American Flag before any of my games or anywhere I’m at ever again." Thomas later took down the tweet, but his anger and disgust is understandable.