Calkins: St. Jude is where miracles (and champions!) are made
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a place of miracles. And it turns out those miracles extend to golf.
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.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Happily, Rory McIlroy is no robot
Rory McIlroy got help from a FedEx robot Wednesday. But the way he talked about the raw emotions of the British Open showed his humanity.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: The new Memphis tournament is seriously cool
A cool week in Memphis? At this time of year? Tournaments organizers have plainly thought of everything.
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Sports Calkins: Memphis deserves this week
It may not be the best sporting event in the 200-year history of Memphis, but the World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational is the most deserved.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Darius Washington has picked himself up off the floor
It's been 14 years since Darius Washington missed those free throws against Louisville. How he handled that disappointment has helped shape his life.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Memphis tournament where it all began for Sellers Shy
Three decades ago, Sellers Shy was a Memphis kid who just wanted to help at the golf tournament. Now he's back as a producer for CBS.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Tiger Woods is not coming to Memphis – and that’s too bad
The first World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational is going to be great. But it would have been greater with Tiger Woods.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Joe Jackson – starting a comeback – says he is ‘still the same person’
After being arrested for drug possession, former Memphis Tiger Joe Jackson disappeared from public life. Now he’s emerging to begin what he hopes is a comeback.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: The one-of-a-kind package that guarantees Tiger Woods will play Memphis
We'll find out soon if Tiger Woods will be playing Southwind next week. Just to help the cause, we put together the definitive Memphis gift bag.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: It’s Chandler Parsons Independence Day!
The Grizzlies have traded Chandler Parsons. So have a parade!
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Memphis Grizzlies Calkins: Meet the Memphian who recently bought a piece of the Grizzlies
Brandon Arrindell, 33, was the first African-American student council president at Memphis University School. Now he wants to leverage his stake in the Grizzlies to help his hometown.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Has there ever been a better moment in Memphis sports?
Tiger Woods may be coming. Tiger football and basketball are rolling. And now the Grizzlies are compelling, too. There’s never been a more hopeful time to be a Memphis sports fan. And there’s a good reason for all that hope.
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June 2019
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: As Nick Vergos fights his own cancer battle, he’s still making kids’ wishes come true
Nick Vergos of the Rendezvous was diagnosed with metastatic cancer last December. It has made him even more determined to raise money for Make-A-Wish.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Tyler Harris puts freshman guards ‘in their place’
The Memphis Tigers may have the No. 1 recruiting class in the country but they'll need returning players like Tyler Harris to flourish in order to win big.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Tony Barone Sr. — who died Tuesday at the age of 72 — brought joy to the early Grizz
Former Grizzlies executive and interim coach Tony Barone has passed away. He helped launch the early Grizz.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Suddenly, the Memphis Grizzlies are ‘brilliant,’ ‘young’ and ‘exciting’
The plodding, short-sighted Grizzlies have suddenly become both electric and visionary. For Memphis fans everywhere, it's a welcome transformation.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Ja Morant and Brandon Clarke make it a glorious night for the Grizz
The Grizzlies tipped off a brand new era by picking Ja Morant and Brandon Clarke.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: One era ends, another begins as Mike Conley is traded to Utah
The Grizzlies traded Mike Conley to the Utah Jazz Wednesday, ending one era but bolstering the new one.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: The Memphis Tigers aim to ‘demolish’ opponents
The members of the Memphis Tigers' top-ranked recruiting class met the media Tuesday. They plan to do a lot of damage before the year is done.
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Memphis Grizzlies Calkins: Is Taylor Jenkins the right coach for the Grizz? Forty-five reasons he just might be
If his opening press conference is any indication, new Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins may be the relationship-builder the franchise needs.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: Forrest Goodman was the gentlest of Tigers
The elderly woman was struggling into the elevator so Forrest Goodman offered to give her a hand. That's the kind of guy he was.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: New Grizz coach Taylor Jenkins has a blue-blood resume and a blue-collar style
Don’t be fooled by the fancy resume. New Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins is a hard-nosed guy from way back.
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Performing Arts Calkins: A 36-year employee of FedEx makes it onstage at the Kennedy Center — the inspiring tale behind the trip
At age 63, Memphis theatre power — and longtime FedEx employee — Cecelia Wingate has made it to the Kennedy Center. Here's the story of how she and Memphis playwright Evan Linder arrived on the nation's stage.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: The most successful Grizz fan account on Twitter has been run by (surprise!) a teenage girl
If you thought the most popular Grizzlies fan account on Twitter couldn't be the work of a young woman who started it when she was just 12, consider yourself enlightened.
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: New, national Memphis commercial taps into why we love the place
Facebook launched a new commercial during the NBA Finals featuring regular people singing "Walking in Memphis." The overwhelming response said a lot about the way we feel about our town.
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