Jon Fabris is still coaching—this time, however, it is akin to homeschooling since his instructional expertise is reserved exclusively for
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Tag Archives: Loran Smith
Loran Smith: Royal St. Georges
There is something alluring about the Open championship wherever it takes place each summer. This week for the playing of
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Loran Smith: A Plainsman in Athens
One of the benefits of residency in a college community is exposure to countless people with absorbing resumes and singular
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Loran Smith: The Red Cow
Today, golfers at the Open championship will do their best to make the cut at golf’s oldest championship at the
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Loran Smith: The Open is Underway
The 148th playing of the British Open championship got underway this morning, long before America woke up. In my mind’s
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Loran Smith: British Open Reminiscences
For four decades, I have been fortunate to cover the British Open, starting in 1978 at St. Andrews, a rare
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Loran Smith – Classic Summer Sports Travel
A sports aficionado can enjoy his or her fill of classic sports competition by spending a summer in Europe. It
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Loran Smith: Another Vaccine
It is always illuminating to engage the Internet to connect with a special day in history every day of the
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Loran Smith: Dog Days
The dog days of summer. You know about those sultry days when the temperatures make everybody edgy and lethargic. Already,
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Loran Smith: When In Rome…
July is named for the Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar, which you likely are aware of. My first introduction
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Loran Smith: National Fried Chicken Day
Today is national fried chicken day, but there is the view out there that this Southern delicacy is popular across
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Loran Smith: Two Minute Drill
With July 4th falling on Sunday, most Americans will celebrate this national holiday today, Monday July 5th. Many will have
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WHATCHA GOT LORAN? After 54 years, Murray Poole is putting down the keyboard … his positive words and dedication to his subjects make him a true journalism legend
There are no ground rules for being a local hero, but the perfect model for that appellation in the Golden
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WHATCHA GOT LORAN? Despite Jacksonville getting an extension for the Georgia-Florida game, Kirby Smart’s desire to play the game on campus should be considered
The recent extension of the contract between Georgia and Florida to continue playing in Jacksonville brought back memories of the
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Bridges to Everywhere
Thrilled to have my poem “Cocktail Party” published in my last iteration of Han Vance on Georgia football for Bulldawg
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Whatcha Got Loran? The Georgia-Florida game is personified by good times with great friends
The Georgia-Florida game is personified by good times with great friends, which I had many of with John
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Whatcha Got Loran? Grady School Dean, Charles Davis, Wants a Bulldog Win for Bragging Rights
University of Georgia Grady College Dean, Charles Davis, wants nothing more than to walk away from Saturday’s homecoming
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WHATCHA GOT LORAN: Recollections about the consummate team player, Doug McFalls
Doug McFalls never picked up the nickname cobra, but that would have been an appropriate description for the
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