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 960 articles by Geoff Calkins :
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October 2018
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Geoff Calkins It will be the Memphis sports moment of the year. It will be a moment that summons the past and embraces the future and celebrates the return of a favorite son. -
Geoff Calkins Calkins: The complete, colorful history of Memphis Madness
Derrick Rose brought down the house with a preposterous dunk. Rapper Rick Ross canceled on his first Madness visit but made it for the next. Gary Parrish won a chicken-wing eating contest, Larry Finch returned (after he was fired) to coach an alumni game and D.J. Stephens paid tribute to one of the greatest Memphis players ever by wearing his jersey for a dunk contest. All these things happened at Memphis Madness, which is what John Calipari renamed it sometime along the way. So here’s the complete and colorful history of the event, drawn from my notes, columns, memories and newspaper archives.
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September 2018
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Geoff Calkins Calkins: For these Grizzlies, just one thing will spell success
The final dance contestant was Yuta Watanabe. -
Geoff Calkins Calkins: Justin Timberlake? Drake? Memphis Madness is madness!
Let’s see if we have the list. -
Geoff Calkins Calkins: Penny gives first practice pizzazz
The first official practice of the Penny Hardaway era ended the way you might expect. -
Memphis Grizzlies Calkins: Old school meets new school as Grizzlies start fresh
Jaren Jackson Jr. was hanging out in the Grizzlies locker room. This was not long ago, before an informal workout. Marc Gasol walked in, looking sharp. -
Geoff Calkins Calkins: Nick London - rapper, basketball player, son of former Tiger Paris London - does it for St. Jude
Paris London, the former Memphis Tiger, is standing in a crowd, holding his phone up to capture his son on video, and it’s possible he has never been happier. -
Geoff Calkins Calkins: No need to second-guess Memphis football win
Brady White handed the ball to Darrell Henderson who then flipped the ball to Tony Pollard who headed back around left end and into the end zone. -
Geoff Calkins Memphis Express? It beats the Fever Germs
Welcome, Memphis Express! -
Calkins: An insider’s view of Memphis’ resounding win over Georgia State
At 4:43 p.m. Thursday afternoon, Memphis assistants Josh Storms (strength and conditioning) and Sherman Morris (director of recruiting), look at each other, realize they are sitting in the wrong places, stand up and swap seats. “He has to be on my right,” said Storms, as he settles into his place in the back of the conference room. “We do this every game. I’m not saying it has an impact on the result, but I’m not saying it doesn’t, either.”
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