Calkins: With disaster looming, Alex Lomax saved the day
“We got to take chances, not be scared,” said Alex Lomax, left, who sparked the Tiger resurgence against the University of South Florida Tuesday night. “I can at least bring my effort and my heart if I can’t bring anything else.” (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.
It wasn’t Penny Hardaway’s new “lion set” offense that carried Memphis to a win over South Florida. It was Alex Lomax’s Tiger pride.