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‘Knowledge Bowl’ placed ‘on hiatus’ after nearly four decades
“Knowledge Bowl” may not return this year, according to an email from the general manager at WREG-TV.
Geoff Calkins
Columnist
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. 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.
There are 1155 articles by Geoff Calkins :
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: Ed Scott promised to fix the problems at the Liberty Bowl. I bought a ticket to see if it worked.
“Two weeks after the University of Memphis apologized for the long lines and general chaos at the new Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium’s home opener, the school bounced back with a performance that didn’t leave a lot to criticize.”
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: It’s not just a new stadium. Liza Fletcher is still ‘sprinkling hope’
Too many Memphians exploit the reality of violent crime for their own purposes. But the legion of people who made the Liza Wellford Fletcher Stadium possible decided the better response was to be like Liza and sprinkle hope.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: It’s the Super Bowl, the World Cup and ‘American Idol’ all wrapped up in one. Plus, lots of ducks!
The Federal Duck Stamp Contest is taking place in Memphis on Thursday and Friday. Pick the winner, and Geoff Calkins will buy you lunch.
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Geoff CalkinsCalkins: This is the state that thinks it can run Memphis? The state that just tried and failed to kill someone?
“The State of Tennessee can’t even kill someone. But it can teach Memphis kids, run the Memphis airport and redefine who Memphis gets to vote for in Congress just because the president said so.”
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