Calkins: After 136 days, Grizzlies basketball is back
That’s the Grizzlies' De'Anthony Melton (0) and Josh Jackson (20) playing against Philadelphia -- back in February. But now we have NBA basketball back, sorta, and new photos will come along with that. (Matt Slocum/AP file)
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 Memphis Grizzlies didn't win their first scrimmage in the NBA bubble. But at a time when everything in life seems fragile, it was a gift to have them back.
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