Calkins: A schism! Jealousy! The Memphis Tigers are coming apart
Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway talks to an official during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. Hardaway talked after the game about issues the Tigers have in the locker room. (AP Photo/Thomas Graning)
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.
Penny Hardaway blames a schism in the locker room for the Tigers’ third straight loss. But is that the result of how he is coaching the team?
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