There are 411 article(s) tagged Geoff Calkins:

• November 2018

  • Calkins: Memphis headed to fifth straight bowl game (unlike some schools you know)

    You know what school hasn’t been to five straight bowl games?

    By Geoff Calkins November 10, 2018

  • Geoff Calkins chronicles Season One with Penny Hardaway

    Penny Hardaway is beginning his first year as coach of the Memphis Tigers — doesn’t that still seem surreal, reading it? — and Geoff Calkins of The Daily Memphian is going to write the book.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff November 09, 2018

  • Calkins: Penny’s first win ‘felt like home’

    Jeremiah Martin dropped in one 3-pointer, then he dropped in another 3-pointer, then FedExForum erupted in joy.

    By Geoff Calkins November 07, 2018

  • Calkins: With its all-Memphis backcourt, Tiger basketball could spark a party in the 901

    Now that the exhibition portion of the season is over, I offer the following thought: The Memphis Tigers could win the tournament.

    By Geoff Calkins November 03, 2018

• October 2018

  • Calkins: Penny Hardaway’s first game is a blast

    The man never sat down.

    By Geoff Calkins October 26, 2018

  • Calkins: Henderson will return - and other news from a conversation with Mike Norvell

    Memphis coach Mike Norvell says running back Darrell Henderson will be back for the East Carolina game. Norvell will be flying around Memphis in a helicopter Friday night, traveling to local high school games. And Norvell remains confident in the trajectory of the program, despite the dispiriting loss to Missouri.

    By Geoff Calkins October 22, 2018

  • Calkins: Memphis loss to No. 10 UCF will hurt for a long time

    They were in range, that’s what hurts. Or that’s one of a thousand things that hurt after a loss like that.

    By Geoff Calkins October 15, 2018

  • Calkins: Memphis smashes UConn to remind us it’s not just a basketball school

    Darrell Henderson took the handoff, headed left, and what happened next was pure wizardry.

    By Geoff Calkins October 07, 2018

  • Calkins: When Penny Hardaway is introduced, all you’ll hear is joy

    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.

    By Geoff Calkins October 03, 2018

  • 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. 

    By Geoff Calkins October 03, 2018

• September 2018

  • Memphis Express? It beats the Fever Germs

    Welcome, Memphis Express!

    By Geoff Calkins September 20, 2018