Calkins: Penny Hardaway, Memphis Tigers are ‘going to be great’
Tigers forward Emoni Bates goes up for a shot during the first day of practice on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. (Mark Weber/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 Memphis Tigers basketball team had its traditional open practice for the Rebounders on Tuesday. And after taking it all in, let me just say: Holy smokes!
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