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Buckley: So many in Memphis have a favorite Jack Eaton moment. It’s hard to pick one.

By , Daily Memphian Updated: January 15, 2024 11:01 AM CT | Published: October 11, 2023 10:35 AM CT
Tim Buckley
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Tim Buckley

Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.

Beloved, late Memphis Tigers play-by-man and TV sportscaster Jack Eaton is remembered by friends and admirers with smiles and laughs as he is inducted into the Memphis Sports Hall of Fame.

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