Calkins: Electric performance by Memphis was ‘a long time coming’
University of Memphis forward DeAndre Williams (12) flexes after a layup. It was a night for celebration. (Patrick Lantrip/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.
After months of frustration, the Tigers’ performance against Wichita State was reason to exhale.
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