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    Calkins: Yes, the Grizzlies are in the play-in! (And the hated Pelicans are not)

    The Grizzlies are in the play-in! The Grizzlies are in the play-in! And if that doesn’t merit a champagne shower, it’s a real accomplishment. Just look at the New Orleans Pelicans. 

    By Geoff Calkins May 11, 2021
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    Calkins: Mom who gave birth while in a COVID coma celebrates Mother’s Day at home

    When Susie Espinosa went to the emergency room last May, she prayed she’d be home to her three children soon. Instead, she spent eight weeks in a coma. Her recovery — supported by an ICU nurse who’s also a mom — is a testament to the power of perseverance and love.

    By Geoff Calkins May 10, 2021
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    Calkins: Arnold Perl helped build a better Memphis

    People rolled their eyes when Arnold Perl said FedExForum would be built on time and on budget. And he was right. Perl died this week at the age of 81. He leaves behind a better and more optimistic city.

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    Longtime civic champion Arnold Perl dies

    By Geoff Calkins May 06, 2021
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    Calkins: After a year of emptiness, baseball has returned to AutoZone Park

    Sure, there was a rain delay. But after 610 days and nights without baseball in Memphis, what’s another two hours? It was a wet (but glorious!) night at AutoZone Park as the Redbirds made their return. 

    By Geoff Calkins May 05, 2021
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    Calkins: Dancing back to No. 1

    After an eight-year drought, Memphis Pom won a national championship in hip-hop. The inside story of how Memphis reclaimed its spot atop the dance universe.

    By Geoff Calkins May 03, 2021
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    Calkins: It’s time for the Grizzlies and Taylor Jenkins to stop screwing around

    After Wednesday’s humiliating loss to Portland, the Grizzlies have 11 games to stake their claim to the playoffs. It’s time to stop screwing around with the rotation — and play the guys who will win. 

    By Geoff Calkins April 29, 2021
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    Calkins: Ja Morant wants you at FedExForum (and now you can eat at your seat!)

    Ja Morant issued a call for Grizzlies fans to come to FedExForum for the team’s playoff push. It has been a tricky year for in-person attendance. But more and more fans are trickling back. 

    By Geoff Calkins April 28, 2021
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    Calkins: On the sweet pleasure of beating the evil Trail Blazers

    On the sixth anniversary of the game in which the Portland Trail Blazers broke Mike Conley’s face, the Grizzlies swept the evil Blazers (and reminded us how intense NBA basketball can be). 

    By Geoff Calkins April 25, 2021
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    Calkins: Robert Pera, Marc Gasol and sections 103 & 104 fans help FedExForum usher get a new kidney

    Grizzlies owner Robert Pera contributed $10,000 to a GoFundMe for LaVelt Hill, a longtime usher at FedExForum who needs a kidney transplant. The fundraiser is a tribute to Hill and the team’s extended family. 

    By Geoff Calkins April 25, 2021
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    Calkins: For Memphis basketball and the Lawson family, there may be a happy ending

    Nearly eight years after K.J. Lawson committed to Memphis, his two younger brothers are headed there, too. It’s an improbable twist in a messy basketball saga. May it end in the NCAA Tournament. 

    By Geoff Calkins April 22, 2021
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    Calkins: Jaren Jackson Jr. makes a (not very) triumphant return

    Jaren Jackson Jr. returned to play for the Grizzlies Wednesday night. That’s the good news. The bad news was the rest of the game. 

    By Geoff Calkins April 22, 2021
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    Calkins: How DeAndre Williams became the new face of the Penny Hardaway Era (and why that’s a good thing)

    If Penny Hardaway gets Memphis to the NCAA Tournament next season, he won’t do it with a glittering collection of one-and-dones. He’ll do it with players like Williams, who don’t need all of the smoke. 

    By Geoff Calkins April 20, 2021
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    Calkins: Magical Memphis spring game ‘just felt right’

    A massive crowd showed up to the Liberty Bowl Friday night to celebrate Memphis football — and the return of life as normal.

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    Friday Night Stripes: Tigers offer glimpse of QB race, defense’s work

    By Geoff Calkins April 19, 2021
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    Calkins: Grizzlies lose a heartbreaker! (Not)

    Luka Doncic hit a last-second miracle shot to defeat the Memphis Grizzlies Wednesday night. But don’t let anyone tell you it was a heartbreaker. It was not. 

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    Luka Doncic, Mavs stun Grizzlies at the buzzer 

    Box score: Mavericks 114, Grizzlies 112

    By Geoff Calkins April 15, 2021
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    Calkins: Thanks to y’all, John Payne will start walking next week

    John Payne needed more than $92,000 to buy the robotic system that can help him walk again. Thanks to the generosity of readers, the ReWalk will be arriving next week.

    By Geoff Calkins April 13, 2021
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    Calkins: Let’s help this Memphian walk again

    John Payne has spent the past two decades helping Memphians of all ages run. Now it’s time for Memphians to help him walk again.

    By Geoff Calkins April 13, 2021
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    Calkins: No vaccination, no admission. This Marine is showing us the way

    Tony Ludlow served his country for a decade. He didn’t do it to protect the right of the misguided to make the rest of us sick. So if you want to join his boot camp, you’ll have to show him proof of vaccination first. 

    By Geoff Calkins April 12, 2021
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    Calkins: How did my 96-year-old mother celebrate her vaccination? She went to Disney, of course

    Mom got her second dose of the Moderna vaccine not long ago. We celebrated by taking her to Disney World. It was a magical experience — made possible by the magic of the vaccine.

    By Geoff Calkins April 09, 2021
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    Calkins: Hey, Memphis fans, the sky is not falling! (It just entered the transfer portal)

    Boogie Ellis, D.J. Jeffries and Damion Baugh all have entered the transfer portal. That’s not great — but it doesn’t have to be the end of the world. 

    By Geoff Calkins March 31, 2021
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    Calkins: Katrina Merriweather will make women’s basketball at Memphis matter once again

    Katrina Merriweather looks like a perfect fit as the new coach. Here’s hoping she returns the program to relevance.

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    Memphis’ new women’s basketball coach lauded as ‘proven winner’ and a ‘star’

    By Geoff Calkins March 31, 2021
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    Calkins: Now comes the hard part for Penny Hardaway — persuading his players to stick around

    The Memphis Tigers could be a dangerous team next season if their most important players return. But will they? In the age of the transfer portal, all bets are off. 

    By Geoff Calkins March 29, 2021
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    Calkins: It was a perfect ending for the Tigers

    Memphis won the NIT title Sunday, overwhelming Mississippi State. If it wasn’t the tournament the Tigers had hoped for, it was the triumphant ending they deserved.

    By Geoff Calkins March 28, 2021
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    Calkins: ‘Fire and heart’ lift Memphis Tigers into NIT championship game

    The Tigers, like so many other teams, could have opted out of the NIT. It is to their immense credit that they instead opted all the way in.

    By Geoff Calkins March 27, 2021
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    Calkins: How Memphis (elevation 338 feet) became the unlikely center of the climbing world

    Not long ago, Memphis was the biggest city in the country without a climbing gym. This weekend, it is the unlikely host of the United States Climbing team trials. 

    By Geoff Calkins March 29, 2021
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    Calkins: D.J. Jeffries makes a ‘winning play’ — and then says something you really should hear

    D.J. Jeffries seemed likely to be headed elsewhere after this season ended. Could the team’s run to the NIT final four help keep him around?

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    NIT quarterfinals: Tigers surprise with clutch free throws in win over Boise State

    For the Tigers, the devil (and the delight) is in the details

    Box score: Memphis 59, Boise State 56

    By Geoff Calkins March 26, 2021

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