Calkins: Fifteen years later, Derrick Rose is back in Memphis — as a better version of himself
Memphis Grizzlies guard Derrick Rose speaks the media on Monday, Oct. 2. Rose was a star player for the University of Memphis men’s basketball team in 2008. (Mark Weber/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.
After 15 years, Derrick Rose is returning to Memphis as “a different Derrick.” But can this version rub off on Ja Morant?
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