Calkins: Morant is done for the season — and all of Memphis is blue
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant sits on the bench before an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio SpursTuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
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.
Ja Morant is out for the season and Grizzlies fans are mourning a year that just keeps getting worse. As one Memphian put it, succinctly: “I give up.”
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