Calkins: After an offseason unlike any other, Ryan Silverfield is still living the dream
“This is still my dream job,” said Tigers head coach Ryan Silverfield, seen here in 2019. “Nothing has changed.” (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
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.
And there to witness the triumph of reaching game day will be his parents.
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