Jeff Foxworthy had a meeting with UGA librarian Toby Graham and his staff one recent morning and called to see
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Author Archives: Loran Smith
Loran Smith: Godolphin Farms
LEXINGTON, Ky – This area of the Appalachians has always been becoming to the consciousness of any sojourner, mainly because
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Loran Smith: AJC No More
It was a couple of years ago, best I recall, that I heard that it would not be long before
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Loran Smith: Museum of Appalachia
KNOXVILLE – One of the benefits of football travel is to explore new landscapes—and a whole lot more. When Tennessee
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Loran Smith: Georgia/Tennessee Game History
Georgia went from 1937 to 1968—just over three decades—without playing Tennessee, and I have often been asked, “Why?” It was
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Loran Smith: On Horace King
There is redeeming serendipity when you interact with a former player who had his day in the sun, overcoming stiff
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Loran Smith: On Hilton Head
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S. C. – I made my first trip to this popular resort area in the late sixties,
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Loran Smith: For the Love of the Game
In Athens earlier this week, I timed a trip uptown via Lumpkin Street to immerse myself in the phalanx of
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Loran Smith: On Tommy Lawhorne
SEA ISLAND – Life has thrown Tommy Lawhorne, the A+ linebacker, a curve ball, but the valedictorian of his class,
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Grand Georgia Couples: Frank and Christine Anderson
There have been many generous donors to the University of Georgia over the years, and nothing warms an administrator’s heart
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Loran Smith: On D.J. Jones
COLUMBUS — Here, where the waters of Georgia’s most romantic river—the musical Chattahoochee—bring a lively atmosphere to a vibrant populace
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Loran Smith: On Tom Cousins
There are many Biblical references about the incompatibility in the afterlife for those who accumulated wealth on earth, and while
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Loran Smith: On Michael Thurmond
For some time, I have been planning to read Michael Thurmond’s biography of the founder of our state, James Edward
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Loran Smith: Summer’s Heat
The high temperatures, which have overwhelmed us lately, seem to be more intense and more enduring that I can remember.
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Loran Smith: The Kirby Effect
As pre-season practices move front and center, the anticipation for the start of the new football season has everybody revved
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Loran Smith: On Tyler Harper
OCILLA – Near here is the home of Tyler Harper, Georgia’s Commissioner of Agriculture, who is more than an established
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Loran Smith: The Goal Line Stalker
Herschel Walker, nicknamed “the goal line stalker” by Dan Magill may have been the greatest Bulldog ever when it came
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Loran Smith: Portrush Again
With Wimbledon’s recent conclusion, there are but two premier sporting events to take place in Europe—the Tour de France and
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