Calkins: Can Hardaway get it done at Memphis? My ‘stupid bleeping’ question still stands
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.
I asked Penny Hardaway if he could “get this done” at Memphis. His answer — complete with four expletives — revealed a lot.
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