Luke Kennard helps MLB All-Star Brent Rooker revive love for Grizzlies
Germantown’s Brent Rooker, left, who plays baseball for the Athletics and Luke Kennard, right, a shooting guard for the Memphis Grizzlies have become friends. (Jessie Alcheh, left and Brandon Dill, right/AP Photo file)
MLB All-Star and Germantown resident Brent Rooker’s Grizzlies fandom has had a resurgence thanks to a budding friendship with Memphis guard Luke Kennard.
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Drew Hill
Drew Hill covers the Memphis Grizzlies and is a top-10 APSE winner. He has worked throughout the South writing about college athletics before landing in Memphis.
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