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    Calkins: Tar Heels, Gamecocks coming to Memphis. That’s the power of St. Jude.

    The North Carolina men’s basketball team and the South Carolina women’s basketball team are coming to Memphis. for a nationally televised doubleheader to benefit St. Jude. And just wait until you hear what St. Jude is hoping to do next.

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    Tigers basketball to host North Carolina, South Carolina in games benefiting St. Jude

    By Geoff Calkins September 12, 2024
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    Calkins: Ed Scott is the man for the moment. But can he save Penny Hardaway?

    Scott said Hardaway would absolutely, unequivocally be back “based on every piece of information I have right now, today.” Tomorrow, the information could be different.

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    Memphis AD: Hardaway will ‘absolutely, unequivocally' stay Tigers' coach

    By Geoff Calkins September 11, 2024
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    Calkins: Rick Stansbury is the latest to go — and the chaos is not ideal.

    “Penny Hardaway has fired Rick Stansbury and three other staffers just weeks before a new season begins. The continuing chaos is not ideal.”

     

    By Geoff Calkins September 05, 2024
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    Calkins: For Memphis football, it’s a hole new ballgame!

    Memphis crushed North Alabama in their first game at the Liberty Hole, also known as Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. The place looked really strange. But in a good way.

    By Geoff Calkins September 01, 2024
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    Calkins: Jermaine ‘FunnyMaine’ Johnson is a Memphian to take seriously

    The comedian, DJ, video producer and ‘poet laureate of Alabama football' is new to Memphis-Shelby County Schools. But he’s not as new to Memphis as you might think.

    By Geoff Calkins August 29, 2024
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    Calkins: Linda Sklar ran the MSCS optional programs for 13 superintendents. Yes, 13! That’s lucky for us.

    Linda Sklar was hired to bring middle-class families back to Memphis schools. For roughly 50 years, she did that and more. She built optional programs that inspired hundreds of people to stand in lines. 

    By Geoff Calkins August 23, 2024
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    Calkins: U of M to celebrate the life of Liza Fletcher with a new soccer stadium

    It’s the perfect way to honor Fletcher’s legacy — and to continue to spread her light.

    By Geoff Calkins August 21, 2024
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    Calkins: As Dr. McCullers led Memphis through the pandemic, he fought his own private battle

    Dr. Jon McCullers became an influential leader of the Mid-South’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the midst of that, he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. 

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    Q&A: Dr. McCullers on how Memphis managed the pandemic — and what still makes people mad

    By Geoff Calkins August 17, 2024
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    Calkins: How a kid from Germantown made his Olympic dream come true

    When he was 16, Seth Rider told his family he wanted to be an Olympian. It was an audacious thing to say. But that kid from Germantown now has a silver medal around his neck. 

    By Geoff Calkins August 07, 2024
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    Calkins: They’re knocking down the Liberty Bowl — and hoping it’s not too late.

    “They started knocking down Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium Monday. The goal isn’t to have a nicer place to watch games. The goal is an invitation to a power conference. But is it too little, too late?”

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    Phase 2 of Liberty Stadium renovations begins

    By Geoff Calkins July 23, 2024
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    Calkins: The flag over Liberty Stadium is more than 100 years old. Will it continue to fly?

    The illuminated flag atop Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium has been displayed in the city for more than 100 years. Now the stadium is being redone. So what happens to the flag? They are trying to move it — very carefully.

    By Geoff Calkins July 18, 2024
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    Calkins: More than four decades later, a beloved Memphis jersey finds its way home.

    Forty-four years ago, after the last game the Memphis Rogues would ever play, 14-year-old Geoffrey Gaia asked Jado Hasanbegovic for his jersey. Hasanbegovic stripped off the jersey handed it to the kid.

    By Geoff Calkins July 18, 2024
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    Calkins: A story about Ron Olson, pneumonia, a painting — and so many cats.

    Olson thought he was giving away a painting of a cat. Instead, he tapped into a massive, enthusiastic and wonderfully supportive cat community he didn’t know existed before.

    By Geoff Calkins July 10, 2024
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    Calkins: Happy July Fourth, Memphis! Have a parade!

    High Point Terrace is staging its 75th Independence Day Parade this year. But the parade isn’t beloved because it’s big and spectacular. It’s beloved because it touches the heart. 

    By Geoff Calkins July 04, 2024
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    Calkins: Scott Morris on God, joy, the future — and stepping down from the only thing he’s ever done.

    Scott Morris walked out of Crosstown Concourse Friday for the last time as CEO of Church Health. He’s not leaving, just changing his role. Here’s a Q&A with Dr. Morris.

    By Geoff Calkins July 01, 2024
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    Calkins: Why a man and his dogs stayed at Bass Pro — for a record 45 days

    Jimmy Birkholz and his two dogs spent 45 days living at the hotel inside the Bass Pro Pyramid. That’s 45 days of alligators, pork rinds and elevator rides. How did it happen?

    By Geoff Calkins June 28, 2024
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    Calkins: Welcome to Memphis, Ed Scott! Now buckle up.

    Ed Scott is the new AD at the University of Memphis. All he has to do is direct the largest construction project in program history, raise millions in cash, get Tiger hoops on track and lift the university into the Power 5.

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    Memphis Tigers name Ed Scott athletic director

    By Geoff Calkins June 26, 2024
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    Calkins: He lost 100 pounds — playing pickleball

    “Adam Clay was always the fat guy. He endured all the humiliations that went along with that. So how did Clay finally lose 100 pounds? With a regular diet of pickleball.”

    By Geoff Calkins June 25, 2024
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    Calkins: The Memphis AD search and the future of Penny Hardaway

    The University of Memphis has identified a pool of candidates to interview for the job of athletic director. Among the questions those candidates will be asking: What’s up with Penny Hardaway? 

    By Geoff Calkins June 18, 2024
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    Calkins: Before Elon Musk, there was Jerry West.

    “Nobody believed Jerry West would take a job with the Grizzlies. He was too famous, too big, for this town. But West never thought that.”

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    Jerry West, a 3-time Hall of Fame selection and the NBA logo, dies at 86

    By Geoff Calkins June 12, 2024
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    Calkins: The mural said, ‘We can do better.’ Within weeks, it was vandalized.

    A group of Crosstown High students painted a beautiful mural that said, “We can do better.” Within weeks, the mural was vandalized. So how did they respond? By doing better. 

    By Geoff Calkins June 11, 2024
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    Calkins: Elon Musk is great news for Memphis. (Don’t believe what you read on Nextdoor.)

    Ted Townsend had to answer some questions about Elon Musk and xAI on Sunday. And he couldn’t very well duck them. They were from his mom.

    By Geoff Calkins June 10, 2024
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    Calkins: A mayoral basketball game won’t save us. But the spirit behind it just might.

    It was Mayor Paul Young vs. Mayor Lee Harris on the basketball court Saturday. And it was not always a pretty sight. But the impulse behind it was beautiful. Isn’t that what really counts?

    By Geoff Calkins June 08, 2024
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    Calkins: Superlo is celebrating its 80th anniversary! Why do Memphians love it so?

    Superlo is celebrating its 80th anniversary this summer. In recognition of this moment, we attempted to discover why Memphians are so crazy about this grocery store. The answer? It isn’t just the fried chicken. (But the fried chicken doesn’t hurt). 

    By Geoff Calkins June 04, 2024
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    Calkins: Is this the beginning of the end for U of M sports?

    For years, Memphis has competed at the highest level in college sports. That is in jeopardy now. The NCAA and the Power 5 have agreed that Power 5 schools can pay roughly $20 million a year in direct payments to college athletes. How is a school like Memphis supposed to compete?

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    NCAA, Power 5 leagues sign off on plan that includes paying athletes

    By Geoff Calkins May 26, 2024

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