Calkins: Maybe there was no gun. There’s still a lesson for Morant.
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant indicated that The Athletic’s report about a postgame fracas between his friends and the Indiana Pacers was lies. (Brandon Dill/AP Photo)
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.
Ja Morant would be better off if he asked his friends and family to let him flourish in the spotlight he has earned.
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