Calkins: Richard Smith on crime, conference realignment and how the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium gift happened
Richard Smith, son of FedEx founder Fred Smith, is the CEO of FedEx Airline and International. (Samuel Corum/The New York Times via AP, Pool 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.
Richard Smith — the CEO of FedEx Airline and International — met with me last week to talk about the future of Downtown Memphis. Along the way, he also talked about how his family’s Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium gift came about, conference realignment, crime and a variety of other topics.
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