Red Grange, the great Illinois halfback, who scored six touchdowns against Michigan on Oct. 18, 1924, lived out his life
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Author Archives: Loran Smith
Loran Smith: If anybody can, Kirby can!
What do you consider to be your hometown? Where you were born? Where you were raised? Where you have lived
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Loran Smith: A pilot afraid of heights?
Seeing someone flourish in business which reflects that they are truly happy with their occupation, makes you realize the ultimate
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Loran Smith: The multi-faceted Fred Barber
This is a flashback to the times of Fred Barber, Georgia’s classic fullback of yesteryear, one who could have originated
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Loran Smith: The Story of Big 0
Watch a fullscreen slideshow HERE. The following is based on a profile in the new book “How ‘Bout Them Dawgs”
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Loran Smith: Remembering Maureen Knight
For an extended period before COVID, annual trips to the British Open were excursions that “made” my summers. Spending a
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Loran Smith: Yankee Stadium Memories
The original Yankee Stadium, “the House that Ruth built,” was constructed one hundred years for the opening of the 1923
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Loran Smith: John Underwood’s Legacy
John Underwood, a classic, keenly creative, and extraordinary writer, has entered the afterlife, but he leaves behind an enviable legacy—especially
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Loran Smith: Philly Dawgs
When the Eagles drafted Georgia’s Nolan Smith soon after having picked Jalen Carter earlier, a couple of calls came in
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Loran Smith: Wesley Walls, from Pontotoc to Charlotte
CHARLOTTE – With a population of 874,579 as proclaimed by the last census, the Queen City of Charlotte is the
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Loran Smith: 3 Generations
TEMPE, Ariz. – Last weekend here in the Valley of the Sun, there was a gathering of three generations—grandfather, father,
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Loran Smith: UGA Hall of Fame
The National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame have local chapters across the country, with one of the
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Loran Smith: “The Song of the Chattahoochee”
The spring and the fall are glorious times to take respite in the North Georgia mountains. Anytime you go near
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Loran Smith’s Masters Saturday Column
AUGUSTA – Sometimes, eavesdropping has its advantages, and that was the case with the overhearing of a conversation with Colin
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Loran Smith: Tommy Aaron and Roberto De Vicenzo
With every official, competitor, and patron maintaining a hopeful eye on the weather while basking in the golden rays of
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Loran Smith: This is my 63rd Masters, and I am as excited as ever
AUGUSTA – This is my 63rd Masters, and I am as excited as ever to become immersed in the most
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Loran Smith: The Monte Markham Story, UGA Renaissance Man
When Monte Markham came to visit the campus of his alma mater in late February, arrangements were made by a
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Loran Smith: Kim Braswell “Kicking Adversity Aside”
MADISON – Kim Braswell, the left footed placement practitioner for the Georgia Bulldogs in 1970-72—one of the last of the
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