Calkins: Hey, look, I’ve got mail (on race, realignment and the Big 12)
OKlahoma State of Big 12 came to Memphis in 2018 to play the Missouri Tigers. Despite realignment, it doesn’t look like the University of Memphis will make the cut to the larger conference. (Stan Carroll/Special to The 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.
I wrote a column last week pondering whether race was a factor in Memphis being perpetually overlooked in realignment. As you can imagine, this went over well.
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