With every official, competitor, and patron maintaining a hopeful eye on the weather while basking in the golden rays of
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Tag Archives: Loran Smith
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: We all keep an eye on the weather
The recent cold snap left this one-time farm boy emotionally bothered and depressed. It was again a reminder of how
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Loran Smith: Parade Magazine and “The Belle of Bloomfield”
Although I was not aware of what was going on, it was a little disconcerting in the last couple of
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Loran Smith: On Mike Bobo
While I prefer never to begin any essay or treatise with anything negative, I realize that images sometimes become entrenched
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Remembering France
The balmy temperatures of last weekend allowed for a respite on my back patio, which led to a memorable flashback
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Loran Smith: Covey Rise
CAMILLA – The most rewarding and uplifting experiences in life are those which are recurring. You see a game between
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Loran Smith: On Sonny Seiler
The patriarch of the Uga dynasty experienced a milestone birthday last weekend and sure didn’t look and act his age
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Loran Smith: On Todd Monken
While I didn’t resort to keeping a tally sheet, I must have been asked three dozen times or more if
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Lorne Smith: The Great White Way
Now that time has elapsed since Kentucky went down in defeat to Mike White’s upstart Bulldogs, it is nice to
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Lorne Smith: Billy Harper enjoyed being a homer
For many years, I enjoyed a friendship with a French sportswriter by the name of Denis Lalanne, who wrote for
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Loran Smith: On Herb White
Every now and then, I will get a call from Herb White, the “Elevator from Decatur.” He calls from
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Loran Smith: The Bankston Brothers
St. SIMONS ISLAND – Midday last Sunday, with a bright sun tempering a biting wind, I enjoyed a filling hamburger
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Loran Smith: On Vern Lundquist
Lundquist, who makes his home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, with a second home in Austin, Tex., returned to Dallas last
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Loran Smith: Three-Peat?
There will always be interesting vignettes in sports histories, some current, but most of them retold with a new perspective
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Loran Smith: On Mike White
With basketball season moving deep into January, there is good news for UGA partisans in that the Dawgs seem to
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Loran Smith: Winter Blues
There are many times when it is icy cold that I flashback to summer’s dreadful heat and ask: Which do
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Loran Smith: All is well that ends well
LOS ANGELES – This city has the most sentimental of names, but one which is no longer descriptive. Nobody would
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