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    Calkins: Want to feel better about MSCS? I give you Ollie Liddell and his fabulous band.

    Hundreds of high school jazz bands audition from all over the world to be invited to the Essentially Ellington contest in May. Only 30 bands make it — and guess where one of them is from. 

    By Geoff Calkins January 23, 2025
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    Calkins: How did it end for Feagins? In chaos, of course.

    “The decision to fire Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins was chaotic but predictable. It felt like the fix was always in.”

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    By Geoff Calkins January 22, 2025
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    Calkins: Five board members want to oust Feagins. They’re making her a martyr instead.

    Geoff Calkins: Whatever you think of the job Feagins has done, it can’t possibly be as bad as the job the board has done in trying to fire her. Instead of persuading the community that Feagins has to go, they have rallied the community to her side. 

    By Geoff Calkins January 20, 2025
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    Calkins: Sure, Taylor Jenkins screwed up. But that’s not what you should worry about.

    Taylor Jenkins took the blame for the loss. It was nice of him to say. But the Grizzlies real problem may be their inability to handle the best in the West.

    By Geoff Calkins January 10, 2025
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    Calkins: The one thing Memphians must resolve to do in 2025 (and it’s not lose weight)

    Hey, Memphians. It’s time to resolve to have fun again in 2025. Go to a Tigers game. Go to a Grizzlies game. Get off your couch and do something.

    By Geoff Calkins January 04, 2025
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    Calkins: The jolliest place in Memphis this season? It might be this UPS Store.

    He may not be Santa, but Thermon Knighten runs the jolliest packing and shipping store this side of the North Pole. Not only that, he does weddings. At The UPS Store. How jolly is that?

    By Geoff Calkins December 19, 2024
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    Calkins: Feagins survives for now. But what an embarrassing mess.

    Grant Wells, a teacher, joined hundreds of others in support of Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins Tuesday night. His explanation for the entire fiasco? “This is Memphis stuff,” he said.

     

    By Geoff Calkins December 18, 2024
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    Calkins: The St. Jude Memphis Marathon isn’t just a race. It’s a lesson for us all.

    Some 22,500 people will be running through Downtown Memphis on Saturday. How did it happen? That’s a story worth telling all your friends.

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    By Geoff Calkins December 09, 2024
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    Calkins: Enjoy this moment in Memphis sports. It’s never happened before.

    The basketball Tigers are ranked. The football Tigers are ranked at the same time. When has that happened during a Grizzlies playoff season? Never. These are heady times. 

    By Geoff Calkins December 03, 2024
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    Calkins: He’s the pastor who survived the Harvest plane crash. A story of gratitude and grief.

    Kennon Vaughan has been told that the insurance company’s survivability expert concluded there was a zero percent chance anyone could have survived the plane crash. But he did. Here’s how he makes sense of his story. 

    By Geoff Calkins July 15, 2025
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    Calkins: 901 FC is gone. Could the Redbirds be next?

    If Memphis doesn’t find the money to make needed repairs, Geoff Calkins says, there could be an empty ballpark at B.B. King Boulevard and Union Avenue before long.

    By Geoff Calkins November 14, 2024
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    Calkins: For 50 years, Ron Olson has been keeping us laughing

    Ron Olson celebrated 50 years in Memphis radio at the beginning of November. How has he done it? By making us laugh.

    By Geoff Calkins November 10, 2024
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    Calkins: It’s a pivotal year for Penny Hardaway — and us

    “This certainly isn’t the most anticipated season of the Penny Hardaway era. But it’s the most pivotal. What lies ahead for Hardaway and the Memphis Tigers? It all begins tonight.”

    By Geoff Calkins November 04, 2024
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    Calkins: Hundreds of students will be working the polls Tuesday. So be nice!

    If you’re voting Tuesday, don’t be surprised if you’re checked in by a high school student. More than 250 have signed up to work the polls this week. So be on your best behavior, people.

    By Geoff Calkins November 03, 2024
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    Calkins: On opening night in Memphis, Grizz fans got everything they wanted

    After a season of misery, Memphis fans got everything they wanted in Saturday’s home opener. Including the return of Ja Morant, the debut of Yuki Kawamura — and an unexpected hero in a Hufflepuff shirt.

     

    By Geoff Calkins October 27, 2024
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    Calkins: Gene Brady is gone. The world needs more Gene Bradys.

    Gene Brady, 89, died in a single-car wreck last week. Maybe you didn’t know him. But if you’re lucky, you’ve known people like him. We could use more of them today.

    By Geoff Calkins November 06, 2024
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    Calkins: As NBA season tips off, FedEx’s Richard Smith says it’s a ‘desperate’ moment for Downtown

    FedEx exec Richard Smith says this is a critical moment for Downtown Memphis — and the Grizzlies, FedExForum and Beale Street may be the key.

    By Geoff Calkins October 23, 2024
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    Calkins: Richard Smith on crime, conference realignment and how the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium gift happened

    Richard Smith was as surprised as anyone when Fred Smith, his father, decided the family would give $50 million to help renovate the stadium. Here’s Smith on crime, Ja Morant, conference realignment and how that gift came to be.

    By Geoff Calkins October 23, 2024
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    Calkins: It was a joyous night of basketball for Memphis. Let’s hope it’s just the start.

    “Could not be any better,” said Richard Shadyac Jr., the president and CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness arm of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “And next year, we’ll take it to the next level.”

    By Geoff Calkins October 16, 2024
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    Calkins: Derek Clenin was ‘one of a kind.’ A story about rivalry, friendship, life and death.

    Twenty-two years ago, Derek Clenin blocked an extra point to lift MUS over CBHS. Clenin died Oct. 8. Now, the quarterback of that CBHS team, Carter Giovannetti, plans to run the St. Jude Marathon in his friend and rival’s name.

    By Geoff Calkins November 06, 2024
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    Calkins: This Memphis restaurant owner went to the police. You might be surprised by what he found.

    Rick Spell, who owns three Memphis restaurants, had a recent meeting with the police. And he came away impressed. 

    By Geoff Calkins October 10, 2024
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    Calkins: Maybe it was sensible to say ‘no’ to the Pac-12. But it sure feels bad.

    Was it prudent for Memphis to say no to the Pac-12? Possibly. Was it deflating? Unquestionably.

     

    By Geoff Calkins September 23, 2024
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    Calkins: Will Grizzlies be a casualty of gun referendum fight?

    “The future of the Grizzlies might be caught up in the ongoing fight over the gun referendum. For Memphis, it’s a dangerous game to play.”

    By Geoff Calkins September 23, 2024
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    Calkins: Memphis should jump to the Pac-12

    If given the chance, Memphis should jump to the Pac-12. It isn’t even a close call. 

    By Geoff Calkins September 17, 2024
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    Calkins: Biggest Memphis win ever? It might just be.

    “Ryan Silverfield called the win over Florida State ‘monumental.’ It was certainly that. Indeed, there is an argument that it was the most important win in program history.”

    By Geoff Calkins September 16, 2024

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