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?
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 1013 articles by Geoff Calkins :
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February 2020
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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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January 2020
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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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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Go Tennessee Titans! (Because Nashville could use the break)
It's time that Memphians come together to support the Tennessee Titans. Because we shouldn't hoard all the joy.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Calkins: There’s no quit in Precious Achiuwa and the Memphis Tigers who remain
On the day James Wiseman was supposed to return from suspension, the Memphis Tigers rallied to beat South Florida by refusing to give up.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: Wichita State smokes Memphis — and now Penny Hardaway faces a test
On the same day ESPN proclaimed Memphis to be an NCAA Tournament "bubble team," the Tigers looked like one in losing to Wichita State.
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Memphis Tigers Basketball Calkins: Jimmy Hayslip — who died at the age of 85 — just wanted to pitch in
Jimmy Hayslip was the official scorer at the University of Memphis for 53 years. He did it out of gratitude.
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Memphis Grizzlies Calkins: Playoffs? Nah. These Grizzlies can dream bigger than that.
The Grizzlies are not aiming to just build a team for this year's playoffs. They are aiming to build a playoff team for many years to come. And they gave Memphis fans another glimpse of it Tuesday night, as they defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies Podcast: Playoff race and Zach Randolph’s retirement
Chris Herrington and Geoff Calkins discuss the Grizzlies' recent good play, Zach Randolph’s retirement and the death of former NBA commissioner David Stern.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: Penny Hardaway has a message for America: ‘We’re here!’
The Memphis-Georgia game may not be the matchup everyone anticipated, but the Tigers continue to make positive strides despite the departure of James Wiseman.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: The NCAA? John Calipari? Potholes? Who can Memphians boo?
After the K.J. Lawson booing hullabaloo, Geoff Calkins asked the people: Who or what is it appropriate for Memphians to boo in 2020?
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December 2019
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Never mind the score — Memphis wins the Cotton Bowl!
The final book says Penn State outscored Memphis 53-39. That is numerically correct. But anyone who understands the inglorious history of Tiger football understands that this day was a Memphis win.
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Memphis Tigers FootballCalkins: Memphis — that’s all of Memphis — is at the Cotton Bowl
Memphis is at the Cotton Bowl. Not just the football team, the city, the long-suffering but now celebrating people of the 901.
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Memphis Tigers Football Calkins: If this is the last game for Brady White, what a way to go
As Brady White weighs his future in football, he can relish in the fact he took the Memphis Tigers to the pinnacle of the program's history.
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