Calkins: Titans’ OC Arthur Smith got where he is the Memphis way — with grit and grind
If you see some of the old Memphis Grizzlies in the Tennessee Titans, that's not an accident. The offensive coordinator is native Memphian Arthur Smith.
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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Memphis Tigers Football Calkins: Silverfield adds another impact transfer (this one will lick his face)
Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield added a transfer this week with excellent quickness and a low center of gravity. Happily, it’s a dog.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Collierville coach mourns fallen Capitol Hill police officer, who studied at U of M
Scott Robinson, the basketball coach at Collierville High School, became close with Howard Liebengood at Memphis. He sent Liebengood a text after the Capitol was attacked. Now Robinson is mourning his friend.
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Spirit of MemphisCalkins: Brady White is the greatest winner to call the Liberty Bowl home
For White and the Liberty Bowl, it was love at first sight. On Saturday, White plans to bid farewell with another win.
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Spirit of Memphis Calkins: An 8-year-old St. Jude kid with a lesson for these times
Jonah McCoy, 8, is a patient at St. Jude. He could teach us a thing or two.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Times they are a-changin', as the NFL throws its support behind Just City
The NFL has granted $200,000 to Just City as part of the league’s social justice initiative. The money is important – but so is the message the money sends.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: For Marc Gasol, home is where the Memphians are
Marc Gasol may have played in FedExForum Sunday, but it wasn’t his “return” to the city. Why? Because y’all weren’t there.
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Metro Calkins: How I know for certain this will be a ‘Happy’ new year
My mother, age 96, got a surprising Christmas present. Let us hope it foreshadows the year to come.
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December 2020
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Gather ‘round, for the story of a Santa who died (really) this Christmas Eve
A West Tennessee mall Santa named Gill Kiper died of a massive heart attack on Christmas Eve. But before you dismiss this as the most 2020 story ever, you should know it has joyous parts, too.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: With disaster looming, Alex Lomax saved the day
It wasn’t Penny Hardaway’s new “lion set” offense that carried Memphis to a win over South Florida. It was Alex Lomax’s Tiger pride.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: Ja Morant in a wheelchair? NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
When the guard left the court in a wheelchair Monday night, Grizzlies fans reacted with all the horror you’d expect.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Ja Morant and Brady White made it a memorable Memphis night
Ja Morant was brilliant in the first game of his season; Brady White was triumphant in the last game of his career. Together, they made it a night that Memphians won’t soon forget.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: A girl, an egg and the meaning of Christmas
An old-time Christmas story, read aloud by Scott Morris, Kirk Whalum and Geoff Calkins.
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Memphis GrizzliesCalkins: Grizzlies tip off 20 years — and hopefully 20 more
There is a lease provision that has to be dealt with, but right now there’s no reason Memphis and its touchstone can’t work things out.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: Congrats on the new deal, Penny! But gosh, your team stinks.
On the day Memphis announced a five-year contract extension for Penny Hardaway, the Tigers looked utterly inept in losing to Tulsa.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Calkins: DeAndre Williams is contagious (in the best way!)
The Evansville transfer became eligible to play just hours before Memphis and Tulane tipped off Wednesday. For a beleaguered Tigers team, it may have been just in time.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballCalkins: Auburn loss raises hard questions about Memphis basketball and Penny Hardaway
Hardaway called it his “hardest loss.” Memphis fans may share that sentiment. There also is a seed of concern that he might not be able to get this team to the NCAA tournament.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: Memphis puts a perfect ending on a perfectly crazy year
This Memphis football team isn’t the greatest team ever. But there’s never been one with a greater will to win.
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Spirit of Memphis Calkins: You probably didn’t know Jimmy Thomasson — but you should
Jimmy Thomasson led a quiet life in Midtown. When he died, a stunning outpouring of tributes revealed just how many people he touched by being the best neighbor anyone could want.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Last dance — COVID took her when ‘it was not her time’
Gail Hackney danced for hours, volunteered and mentored. She may have been 75 years when she died of COVID — but she had a whole lot more to give.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: The Tigers aren’t having their greatest year ever (but, hey, neither are you)
Memphis lost to Tulane Saturday, ending any hope of reaching a fourth straight championship game. Maybe that means the season was unsuccessful. Or maybe, in the time of COVID, we should reevaluate what we mean by success.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: The Memphis Tigers are back! (But all the questions remain)
The Tigers made their return to FedExForum Wednesday night. They got the win they needed, but there’s no way of knowing if they found answers to their questions.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: For old times’ sake, Memphis wins with defense
The Memphis Tigers defeated Navy — and clinched a seventh straight winning season — with rip-snorting defense.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: Penny Hardaway faces his first real crisis as Memphis coach
After losing two straight games in South Dakota, he said the problem was “bad coaching.” It’s impossible to disagree.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Boogie Ellis and the Memphis Tigers are feeling no pain
He caused a mini-drama with a tweet before the Memphis opener. Then he saved the day.
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