Following World War II, one of the sports that Americans were eager to embrace was college football. The nation was
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Author Archives: Loran Smith
Loran Smith: Paul Cramer, Looking Beyond the Horizon
Paul Cramer, a native of Clifton Park, N.Y., arrived in Athens in 1995, to finish building The Classic Center and
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Loran Smith: Planting in April
April is a good time for planting in Georgia—everything from the larger row crops such as cotton, corn, and peanuts
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Loran Smith: Masters Saturday
AUGUSTA – Spending down time at the Masters with assorted personalities and accomplished men and women offers opportunity to interact
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Loran Smith: Masters Friday
AUGUSTA – When I first started covering the Masters in the early Sixties, the honorary starters were two ole timers,
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Loran Smith: On Verne Lundquist
AUGUSTA – As the Masters officially gets underway, I began my day (that it was mid-morning was not a deterrent)
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Loran Smith: The 1975 Masters
AUGUSTA – Much of the pleasure of the Masters each year is reminiscing—looking back to great moments in the storied
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Loran Smith: Masters Memories
With the Masters coming up next week, there are so many memories and reflections that are reminders of what this
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Loran Smith: Let’s help nature trump greed
FOLKSTON—The 402,000-acre Okefenokee Swamp—land of the trembling earth—is a remarkable treasure but its pristine heritage is being threatened by corporate
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Loran Smith: Don’t Miss the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Spring
Last weekend the Classic City was graphically spectacular; breathtakingly becoming and overwhelmingly beautiful. It was a gloriously supercalifragilisticexpialidocious presentation of
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Loran Smith: On Tommy Lawhorne
Recently at a beachside gathering, Bill Griffin invited Tommy and Susan Lawhorne to join friends for a social outing at which
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Loran Smith: The Highwaymen
I’ll always be thankful for public television and the people and places that its cameras and producers explore and showcase
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Loran Smith: On Lyndi Rae Davis
If Lyndi Rae Davis had another year of eligibility, she might leave campus with a PhD. By the end of
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Loran Smith: The Golden Isles are a treasure for all Georgians
St. SIMONS ISLAND – Whenever I have an opportunity to visit Georgia’s Golden Isles, I become overwhelmed with the serenity
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Loran Smith: Theron Sapp, Drought Breaker and Hall of Famer
In the last fortnight, Theron Sapp was among the ten inductees elected to the State of Georgia Sports Hall of
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Loran Smith: Revisiting Donovan
DONOVAN, Ga. – This unincorporated community in North Central Johnson County is near the farm where I grew up. I
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Loran Smith: Vidalia, The Sweet Onion City
VIDALIA – This vibrant agri-business town, which is known far and wide for a vegetable that people can’t get enough
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Loran Smith: On Darien
DARIEN – This charming coastal enclave is a banana split town. If that causes a mite of head scratching, just
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