Calkins: Happy 25th opener, everyone! Because Ja was Ja.
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant celebrates a made basket against the New Orleans Pelicans n Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
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.
Cedric Coward was perfect and Ja Morant was even better as the Grizzlies opened their 25th season with a win.
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