Calkins: What’s it look like when a 315-pound lineman learns to swim? PURE joy.
Chris Morris, a 6-foot-4, 315-pound offensive lineman, attends a swim lesson at the Whitehaven YMCA on Thursday, May 16. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Geoff Calkins
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.
The YMCA needs lifeguards. The football-playing kids at PURE Academy need to learn how to swim. The two organizations hit on a creative way to solve both problems. And it’s already making quite a splash.
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