Calkins: In Binghampton or The Bahamas, basketball is basketball
Raynor Russell, 14, (left) drives for a layup against Memphis Tigers player Lester Quinones (right) during a basketball camp with local youth in the Bozine Town area of Nassau, Bahamas, Aug. 16, 2019. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
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Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. 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.
The Memphis Tigers spent the morning on a playground in The Bahamas Friday. Somehow, it all felt familiar.
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