Calkins: Ten years of airplanes — and miracles
Riley, a young St. Jude patient, shows off a FedEx Cessna Caravan that was named in his honor at the FedEx St. Jude Championship Aug. 10, 2022. (Patrick Lantrip/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.
For 10 years, FedEx has named an airplane after a St. Jude kid. But the best part of the story? It’s what has happened since.
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