Calkins: There’s no quit in Precious Achiuwa and the Memphis Tigers who remain
University of Memphis basketball players Boogie Ellis (from left), Lance Thomas, Damion Baugh and Jayden Hardaway watch a Tigers free throw in the final seconds of the Tigers' game on Jan. 12, 2020, against USF at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Fla. (Jim Weber/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.
On the day James Wiseman was supposed to return from suspension, the Memphis Tigers rallied to beat South Florida by refusing to give up.
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