Calkins: Penny Hardaway beats Tennessee (and then does something really surprising)
Memphis head coach Penny Hardaway pulls off his coat during a timeout late in the game against Tennessee on Dec. 14, 2019, in Knoxville. (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.
In front of a deafening crowd in Knoxville, the Memphis Tigers get the best win of the Hardaway era.
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