Calkins: The best kind of comeback story
Golfer Doug Barron hugs his wife Leslie, who surprised him with a large gathering of friends, family and firefighters outside of their Germantown home as Barron returned home Monday, Aug. 19, after winning the Dick's Sporting Goods Open. (Patrick Lantrip/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.
Doug Barron won a golf tournament Sunday. But that's not not the only reason 200 friends and family members gave him a surprise welcome home.
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