Calkins: Think you’re a Memphis Tigers fan? Meet Julie.
Lifelong Penny Hardaway fan Julie Barrett and her daughter Maci cheer on the Tigers during the Feb. 24 game against Temple at FedExForum. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian 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.
Julie Barrett went to her very first game at FedExForum Thursday. But you’d have to travel a long way (1,000 miles, anyway) to find a more devoted Memphis Tigers fan.
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