Calkins: It’s Memphis vs. Golden State in epic Battle of the Bridges
The Golden Gate Bridge (left, in an AP photo) is a perfect amalgam of delicacy and power. Our bridge (in an Arkansas Department of Transportation photo) needs some work.
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.
OK, their bridge is more famous. And their team is more famous. But here’s why the Grizzlies can beat the Warriors — and claim eighth place in the Western Conference — in Sunday’s Battle of the Bridges.
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