Grizzlies Podcast: Losses, injuries piling up
Chris Herrington and Geoff Calkins discuss the Grizzlies' longest losing streak since December.
Geoff Calkins
Columnist
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 974 articles by Geoff Calkins :
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: For Memphis basketball, a long-awaited (and much-deserved) day of joy
After a season of tumult, the Memphis Tigers defeated Houston Saturday. You should have seen the smiles.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: James Wiseman is not the villain — but he’s not telling the truth
The NCAA is the bad guy in the James Wiseman story. But Wiseman is the one who chose to walk away.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: Only death could keep her from Memphis basketball
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.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: Ripping Penny Hardaway for this season isn’t ‘hilarious’ — it’s dumb
It's ridiculous — and ungrateful — for Memphis fans to criticize Penny Hardaway in this calamitous year.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballCalkins: For Memphis Tiger basketball, the real peril is next year
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.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: If only that block had been a charge
It was another miserable night in a miserable season for Memphis. Sometimes, that's just the way that sports goes.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: Don’t need Ja Morant goggles to see these Grizzlies might be playoff bound
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.
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Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies Podcast: Big finish before the break
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.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballCalkins: Can Penny Hardaway root out ‘bad energy’ in Memphis program?
The next few months will be a test of Penny Hardaway. Not as head coach but as basketball CEO.
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Memphis GrizzliesCalkins: Shocking news! Grizzlies have a really smart front office (for a change)
Zach Kleiman and the Grizzlies front office earn the benefit of the doubt.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Calkins: Suddenly, the Penny Hardaway era hangs in the balance
Second seasons can be telling at Memphis. Can Penny Hardaway regain momentum in his second season as Memphis head coach?
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Memphis basketball season is in tatters — but, please, save the hot takes
Memphis suffered a crushing loss to South Florida Saturday. But it's not some big secret why this season has gone bad.
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Memphis Grizzlies Calkins: A year into the rebuild, Grizzlies aiming for greatness
The Grizzlies aren't settling for a playoff run this time around. Be grateful they have bigger things in mind.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: A magnificent night for the Grizzlies
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!
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: The real reason Dillon Brooks called out Andre Iguodala
Dillon Brooks says he wants Andre Iguodala to be traded so he can play him "and show him what Memphis is really about."
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Memphis Grizzlies Calkins: Ja Morant takes on Steph Curry — as the Grizzlies take on the world
Ja Morant is a killer — on and off the court.
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Memphis Tigers BasketballCalkins: U of M keeping NCAA hopes alive
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.
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Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies Podcast: Playoffs here we come?
Can the Grizzlies grab a playoff spot? Geoff Calkins, Don Wade and Chris Herrington discuss the what-ifs.
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Memphis Grizzlies Calkins: Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies are surprising even themselves
After dominating the Denver Nuggets Tuesday, the Grizzlies are just one game away from .500. No, really. Don't look so surprised.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Lessons I learned from my dad’s 99-year life
My father died the other day. Age 99. He knew just how lucky he was. We kids were lucky, too.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Grizzlies lose! But do not be discouraged! (The players certainly aren’t)
The New Orleans Pelicans ruined MLK Day by defeating the Memphis Grizzlies. But Jonas Valanciunas has a brilliant plan to make it right.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Ja Morant, Murray State and Memphis — a basketball love story
Ja Morant loves Murray State. Murray State loves Ja Morant. There is a hopeful lesson for Memphis in this, too.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: In a season of crazy upsets, Hardaway and the Tigers refuse to lose
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.
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Memphis Grizzlies Calkins: Ja Morant tells James Harden and the basketball universe about his Grizz
Ja Morant took on James Harden and the Houston Rockets on a night that helped define the new Memphis Grizzlies.
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