Calkins: Ja Morant stuck up for Memphis. Now, how about you?
Stephen A. Smith, left, said on ESPN that some NBA players won’t join the Grizzlies because of crime in Memphis. Ja Morant chimed in to say he wasn’t leaving the city. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP file, Wes Hale/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
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.
Leave it to Ja Morant.
Leave it to Morant to come to the defense of his team and his city.
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