Calkins: Worry about the Liberty Bowl? Nah. But about that new deal for the Grizzlies ...
The debate over who will control Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium was lively at Tuesday’s Memphis City Council meetings. (Patrick Lantrip/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.
Save your fretting for the Grizzlies. That’s where there is work to be done.
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