Calkins: Break out the foam fingers! Memphis (the university) is nationally ranked!
University of Memphis President David Rudd (second from left) was among the first to cross the new pedestrian bridge, one of the many improvements he's shepherded at the school. (Mark Weber/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.
For the first time ever, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Memphis among the nation's top public universities. That didn't happen by accident.
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