Calkins: Don’t ever count out Penny Hardaway. Not when a whole town is in love.
Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway (middle) draws up plays before taking on Wichita State Thursday, March 5, 2020 at the FedExForum. (Mark Weber/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.
There’s a reason Penny Hardaway still has a good chance to become a successful coach at Memphis. That reason is love.
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