Calkins: Congrats on the new deal, Penny! But gosh, your team stinks.
Memphis coach Penny Hardaway directs his players during action against Tulsa on Monday, Dec. 21, at FedExForum. Memphis lost, 56-49. (Mark 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.
On the day Memphis announced a five-year contract extension for Penny Hardaway, the Tigers looked utterly inept in losing to Tulsa.
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