Lately, I’ve been hanging out with a few newspaper publishers who remain convinced that print journalism is not dead. They
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Tag Archives: Loran Smith
Loran Smith: Remembering my time in Missouri
Owing to a golf friendship, there was an annual trip to Kansas City in June for several years, which allowed
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Loran Smith: D-Day Remembrance
We have just concluded the anniversary of the first week of the D-Day invasion. Originally, the invasion was scheduled for
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Loran Smith: Red Grange
Red Grange, the great Illinois halfback, who scored six touchdowns against Michigan on Oct. 18, 1924, lived out his life
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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: The boll weevil is history
In the last fortnight, I rode by a farm in South Georgia where cotton was making its way toward harvest—it
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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: Masters Odds and Ends
Don’t know if you noticed that almost half the field—at least 30 or more—at the Masters last week were “foreigners.”
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