The Georgia Chapter of the National Football Foundation, the nation’s largest chapter for many years, staged its annual awards banquet
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Author Archives: Loran Smith
Loran Smith: Traveling East To Augusta
BARNETT – This is an unincorporated settlement, which is little more than a long blast off the driver of a
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Loran Smith: Masters Wrap-Up
AUGUSTA – It was a gorgeous day, the final round of the Masters just concluded, but not a gorgeous week
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Loran Smith: The Masters Has Changed, But Traditions Endure
AUGUSTA – In this era with golfers named Sungjae Im, Erik van Rooyen, Si Woo Kim and Christiaan Bezuidenhout you
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Loran Smith Looks At Masters Past and Present
AUGUSTA – Sixty years ago, in 1962, Arnold Palmer had won two Masters tournaments and was often referred to as
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Loran Smith: Bob Goalby Musings
AUGUSTA – Bob Goalby was missing from the champion’s dinner at the Augusta National Golf Club last night, an annual
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Loran Smith: Masters Memories
Some would equate this week to holy week since it is the week of the Masters. There is more reverence
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Loran Smith: Kirby Smart is a Dawg who can hunt
In the sixties, a northern newspaper sent its leading reporter to Austin, Texas, in the heyday of Darrell Royal’s winning
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Loran Smith: Pollen Can’t Spoil Spring
Springtime brings about the best of times for most of us except for the dastardly pollen. My head hurt just
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Loran Smith: Will Tradition Survive Technology?
With the news that robot umpires will be used in triple-A baseball this year, most traditionalists are not thrilled. With
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Loran Smith: Old Brick Barbecue
CHAMBLEE – This suburban community is where General Motors once had an operation that attracted a lot of blue-collar working
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Loran Smith: The Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA, Fla. – While there are no records available when it comes to golf course weather, for the most
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Loran Smith: The Wisdom of Mark Twain
Mark Twain’s time, 1835-1910, was a different time. People didn’t need to lock their doors. Politicians, even back then, got
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Loran Smith: No Spring Training! Why?
When there is a material disagreement between players and management involving money in any professional sport these days, most of
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Loran Smith: John Mangan and a pimento cheese sandwich
CHARLOTTE – At a downtown hotel here recently, there was a function taking place to recognize a segment of the
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Loran Smith: “…if anybody has “Damn Good Dawg” credentials, it is Eric Zeier.”
The color analyst for Georgia football, Eric Zeier, who first learned football in Heidelberg, Germany, the land of his paternal
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Loran Smith: The Drive
For years John Elway’s taking his Denver team 98 yards in the American Football Conference championship game in Cleveland in
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Loran Smith: Super Bowl Musings
There are so many anomalies in sports, which are as historical as mascots and game jerseys. Winning a championship is
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