Calkins: Hey, Memphis, Joe Jackson wants to work
Joe Jackson, seen here in 2014, worked at basketball to the exclusion of almost everything else. That’s costing him now. (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 former king of Memphis spent the first 28 years of his life in a basketball bubble. Now he’s trying to find a real job.
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