Calkins: Enjoy this moment in Memphis sports. It’s never happened before.
Quarterback Seth Henigan (left) has led the Memphis Tigers football program to national ranking, as coach Penny Hardaway (middle) has done with the basketball team. Meanwhile, Ja Morant (right) is part of a Grizzlies team that may be playoffs-bound. (The Daily Memphian files)
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.
The basketball Tigers are ranked. The football Tigers are ranked at the same time. When has that happened during a Grizzlies playoff season? Never. These are heady times.
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