Calkins: Memphis football is asking for your help
Memphis athletic director Laird Veatch (shown during a media briefing on Dec. 8, 2019) is asking “Memphis season ticket holders to use, donate or defer the value of their 2020 season tickets and parking back to the athletic department.” (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.
The campaign with season ticket holders is #KeepMemphisRoaring. The hope is that they will.
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