Calkins: Penny Hardaway and the Memphis Tigers earned their epic game at Houston
The Tigers have a tremendous opportunity when they play the Houston Cougars on national TV Sunday. It’s one they first had to earn.
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March 2021
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February 2021
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Calkins: Memphis throttles Cincinnati — and shows it just might be up for a challenge
The Tigers lost Alex Lomax to injury and got the shaft from the American Athletic Conference, but they rose to the occasion Sunday and won at Cincinnati for the first time since Derrick Rose led the team.
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Calkins: It’s Memphis vs. Errrbody once again
When the American Athletic Conference stripped Memphis of its final home game against Houston, it was just the latest in a long line of civic shaftings. There’s a reason Memphians are so resilient. What other choice do we have?
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Calkins: There’s no other way to put it — the Memphis Tigers got screwed
The American Athletic Conference moved the Tigers’ last home game of the season to Houston. It’s a transparent screw job.
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Calkins: Memphis wins — and that’s all that matters for now
Memphis looked rusty after 18 days without basketball. But never mind that. The Tigers got the win!
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Box score: Memphis 75, UCF 61
Feb. 1, 2021: Memphis 75, UCF 61
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January 2021
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Calkins: A Tiger loss, a Tiger death, and why hope is the only answer
Phinehas Johnson was one of the biggest, most upbeat Memphis Tigers fans in the universe. He died last week. In the wake of yet another discouraging loss, can he teach us something about how to persevere?
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December 2020
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Calkins: DeAndre Williams is contagious (in the best way!)
The Evansville transfer became eligible to play just hours before Memphis and Tulane tipped off Wednesday. For a beleaguered Tigers team, it may have been just in time.
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Calkins: Auburn loss raises hard questions about Memphis basketball and Penny Hardaway
Hardaway called it his “hardest loss.” Memphis fans may share that sentiment. There also is a seed of concern that he might not be able to get this team to the NCAA tournament.
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Calkins: The Memphis Tigers are back! (But all the questions remain)
The Tigers made their return to FedExForum Wednesday night. They got the win they needed, but there’s no way of knowing if they found answers to their questions.
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November 2020
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Calkins: Penny Hardaway faces his first real crisis as Memphis coach
After losing two straight games in South Dakota, he said the problem was “bad coaching.” It’s impossible to disagree.
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Memphis basketball adds Central Arkansas to schedule
The home game replaces the Dec. 5 matchup at Ole Miss.
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Calkins: Boogie Ellis and the Memphis Tigers are feeling no pain
He caused a mini-drama with a tweet before the Memphis opener. Then he saved the day.
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Calkins: Thanksgiving in S.D.? It’s time for Memphis Tigers to decline
With COVID-19 out of control nationwide, the Tigers should do what so many other Americans are doing and change their Thanksgiving plans.
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Calkins: No reason (yet!) to have Memphis in the Top 25
You can’t blame Associated Press voters for leaving the Tigers out of the preseason poll. The program has a recent history of underachieving. This is the year to flip that around.
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October 2020
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Hardaway’s take: ‘Uncertainty, excitement, caution, anxious’
The Memphis coach expounds on the Tigers’ schedule, recruiting outlook and what will make the team tick.
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September 2020
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‘We have a voice': Memphis athletes lead unity walk for social justice
“We don’t plan on keeping quiet anytime soon,” women’s basketball player Lanyce Williams, one of the march organizers, said.
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Sports Notebook: A StubHub stink; Memphis hoops move up, and Conley’s bad luck
Memphis 901 FC's Tim Howard gets a second gig, and two towering figures who died this week: John Thompson Jr. and Tom Seaver.
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July 2020
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Sports Notebook: Serious NBA ‘bubble’ concerns; FedEx wants ‘Redskins’ name changed
From Ja Morant to Damian Lillard, NBA players have concerns about the Orlando "bubble" and continued safety; plus, FedEx makes a formal request for NFL's Washington Redskins to change the team's name.
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June 2020
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ECS guard Kameron Jones commits to Marquette
Evangelical Christian School guard Kameron Jones picked a college Tuesday.
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Calkins: With Miller gone, pressure increases on Hardaway
Penny Hardaway will have to hire a crack recruiter to replace Mike Miller. It's another in a long list of challenges facing Hardaway as he heads into his third year as Memphis coach.
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May 2020
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Laird Veatch: School will support Lance Thomas’ right to free speech
Laird Veatch said Thursday that he looks forward to listening to Lance Thomas' thoughts about racial injustice in America.
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Calkins: Johnathan Lawson gets an offer from Memphis — and at long last, a bitter feud may be at an end
Johnathan Lawson received a scholarship offer to play basketball at Memphis. So the long, twisted saga of the Lawson family at Memphis may have a happy end.
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Calkins: Nearly eight years after committing to the school, Austin Nichols got his Memphis degree
He was supposed to be an NBA star. Now he's working at a steel factory. But when Austin Nichols got his diploma Saturday, it came with a feeling of accomplishment unlike any he has known before.
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April 2020
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Calkins: Landers Nolley is the good news that Memphis Tiger fans need
Virginia Tech transfer Landers Nolley is headed to Memphis. That's great news for a program that has been in need of some.
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