Calkins: On the sweet pleasure of beating the evil Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers forward Robert Covington, right, shoots in front of Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Sunday, April 25, 2021. (Craig Mitchelldyer/AP)
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.
On the sixth anniversary of the game in which the Portland Trail Blazers broke Mike Conley’s face, the Grizzlies swept the evil Blazers (and reminded us how intense NBA basketball can be).
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