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    Calkins: In a time of pandemic, can construction paper save us all?

    Across-the-street neighbors Melinda Henson and Laura Allen realized they weren't seeing as much of each other as they should. So they took it upon themselves to connect as only two elementary school teachers could. In the process, they taught a lesson to us all.

    By Geoff Calkins March 28, 2020
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    Calkins: Help us ‘crazy’ Memphians save local journalism

    Memphians are just audacious enough to think they can can find solutions. That’s what defines us as much as anything else. We roll up our sleeves. We innovate. And at a time when the model for local journalism is broken — but the need for local journalism is as keen as ever — Memphians have come up with a solution to that. But it needs you.

     

    By Geoff Calkins March 25, 2020
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    Calkins: Yes, it’s true! They had a (very happy) coronavirus parade!

    The teachers at Bailey Station Elementary missed their students. So they threw a giant (no joking) coronavirus parade!

    By Geoff Calkins March 25, 2020
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    Calkins: The class of 2020, and a lost senior spring

    The Class of 2020 will not have the senior spring that the rest of us had. It may shape them in important and lasting ways. 

    By Geoff Calkins March 26, 2020
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    Calkins: The Bread Emergency (from the inside)

    Scotty Oates, 29, understands the 'hell' of living inside the coronavirus crisis. No, Oates is not a doctor. He's a bread man. 

    By Geoff Calkins March 22, 2020
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    Calkins: Taylor Berger shutters Railgarten and Rec Room — and already misses Memphis spring

    Taylor Berger and his partners made the hard decision to close Railgarten, Rec Room and Highland Axe & Rec. What does that mean for his 100 employees? And what does that mean for the rest of us?

    By Geoff Calkins March 19, 2020
  • Memphis Tigers Basketball

    Calkins: Thoughts on Memphis — the team and the city — from a director of ‘The Harder Way’

    What quintessentially teenager thing happened to Tyler Harris this year? What is Precious Achiuwa really like? Henry Proegler, one of the directors of "The Harder Way," weighs in on this and more. 

    By Geoff Calkins March 17, 2020
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    Calkins: As the final, dramatic episodes air, an inside look at ‘The Harder Way’

    They came to Memphis knowing nothing about the city or the basketball program — but as "The Harder Way" documentary series wraps up, Henry Proegler and Ryan Booth leave as believers in both. 

    By Geoff Calkins March 17, 2020
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    Calkins: There was a Selection Sunday show! (Brought to you by Owen, a 9-year-old boy with autism)

    Owen Dowdle, 9, is a boy on the autism spectrum whose whole life revolves around sports. He couldn't bear the absence of a Selection Sunday show — so he broadcast one himself. 

    By Geoff Calkins March 15, 2020
  • Memphis Tigers Basketball

    Calkins: A surreal ending for a surreal season

     It was not the season Memphis basketball expected. It was an ending nobody will ever forget.

    By Geoff Calkins March 12, 2020
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    Calkins: Sometimes the show must not go on

    I love sports. So do you. But the NBA did the right thing by suspending the season. The NCAA should stop play, too.

    By Geoff Calkins March 11, 2020
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    Calkins: Precious Achiuwa wins AAC Player of the Year

    The season may have been harder than expected but Precious Achiuwa — the AAC Player of the Year — says Memphis was the ‘“right place for him.”

    By Geoff Calkins March 11, 2020
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    Calkins: Now Memphis will have to make history

    The Memphis Tigers will need four wins if they're to get the automatic bid by winning the AAC Tournament. And they've never done that.

    By Geoff Calkins March 09, 2020
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    Calkins: A night the Memphis Tigers deserved

    The 100th season of Memphis Tiger basketball wasn’t the grand romp everyone expected. But the last home game was certainly sweet.

    By Geoff Calkins March 06, 2020
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    Calkins: Processes may change, but NCAA vindictiveness remains

    The University of Memphis took a principled stand in the James Wiseman case. Now the NCAA seems determined to make the NCAA pay.

    By Geoff Calkins March 05, 2020
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    Calkins: For Memphis basketball, a long-awaited (and much-deserved) day of joy

    After a season of tumult, the Memphis Tigers defeated Houston Saturday. You should have seen the smiles.

    By Geoff Calkins February 22, 2020
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    Calkins: James Wiseman is not the villain — but he’s not telling the truth

    The NCAA is the bad guy in the James Wiseman story. But Wiseman is the one who chose to walk away. 

    By Geoff Calkins February 21, 2020
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    Calkins: Only death could keep her from Memphis basketball

    For the first time in 26 years, Ginge Robinson missed a Memphis home game. Her absence — Robinson died over the weekend at the age of 84 — reminded us why Memphis basketball matters.

    By Geoff Calkins February 20, 2020
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    Calkins: Ripping Penny Hardaway for this season isn’t ‘hilarious’ — it’s dumb

    It's ridiculous — and ungrateful — for Memphis fans to criticize Penny Hardaway in this calamitous year. 

    By Geoff Calkins February 18, 2020
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    Calkins: For Memphis Tiger basketball, the real peril is next year

    It's crazy to say Memphis is "the biggest disappointment" of this college basketball season. But it's not at all crazy to start worrying about next year. 

    By Geoff Calkins February 17, 2020
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    Calkins: If only that block had been a charge

    It was another miserable night in a miserable season for Memphis. Sometimes, that's just the way that sports goes. 

    By Geoff Calkins February 14, 2020
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    Calkins: Don’t need Ja Morant goggles to see these Grizzlies might be playoff bound

    The Memphis Grizzlies finished off the first part of the season by beating the Portland Trailblazers Wednesday night. If they continue to play that well after the All-Star break, they'll be in Los Angeles when the playoffs begin.

    By Geoff Calkins February 13, 2020
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    Calkins: Can Penny Hardaway root out ‘bad energy’ in Memphis program?

    The next few months will be a test of Penny Hardaway. Not as head coach but as basketball CEO.

    By Geoff Calkins February 12, 2020
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    Calkins: Shocking news! Grizzlies have a really smart front office (for a change)

    Zach Kleiman and the Grizzlies front office earn the benefit of the doubt.

    By Geoff Calkins February 11, 2020
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    Calkins: Memphis basketball season is in tatters — but, please, save the hot takes

    Memphis suffered a crushing loss to South Florida Saturday. But it's not some big secret why this season has gone bad.

    By Geoff Calkins February 09, 2020

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