Calkins: Isn’t it time we let Lorenzen Wright rest in peace?
Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife, Sherra Wright, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the shooting death of the basketball player and was sentenced to 30 years in prison on July 25, 2019. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian 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.
Can we please stop with the nationally televised whodunits in the Lorenzen Wright case? We already know who done it. Which is why Sherra Wright, his ex-wife, is sitting in prison.
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