Latest Posts from Loran Smith
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Crazy things had to happen for Georgia to close deal on 1959 SEC championship
This is the second of a two-part series relating to the recent death of LSU’s fabled back, Billy Cannon, and how Georgia’s football team became the surprise winner of the...
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How the late Billy Cannon of LSU figured into Georgia’s 1959 SEC championship
Loran SmithThis is the first of a two-part series relating to the recent death of LSU’s fabled back, Billy Cannon, and how Georgia’s football team became the surprise winner of the...
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G-Day offers another chance for Bulldogs legends to return home
Loran SmithATHENS — The spring game weekend, and the lead-up to that scrimmage, had one and all whetting their appetites for football — but learning very little about the Georgia team....
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Petros Kyprianou’s vision paying off for Georgia track and field programs
Loran SmithMany who live in a college town often are afflicted with myopia. What we are not aware of far exceeds what we know. Some of that is because a large...
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Remembering former Georgia player, coach ‘Jesup’ John Donaldson
Loran SmithPrecious memories linger and flood our soul — even before that final hour comes. Some of the most uplifting and gratifying moments on this complex earth come when we remember...
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Former Georgia great Pat Hodgson has plenty of stories to tell
Loran SmithBOGART – Pat Hodgson, the centerpiece of the Moore-to-Hodgson-to-Taylor-Glory touchdown pass in 1965, is getting about gingerly these days — owning to ankle surgery. It hasn’t diminished his status as...
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Billy Henderson made strong contributions at UGA, throughout state’s high schools
Loran SmithThe contributions by high school coaches through the years to our communities have been monumental, and in some cases, everlasting. Coaches traditionally are men and women with a bent for...
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John Paul Holmes has as many connections as anyone in Georgia
Loran SmithMONTICELLO – Here in the heart of Georgia’s Piedmont, you find small-town living flourishing. Monticello, the seat of Jasper County, has a fetching square with the traditional courthouse being the...
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Joni Taylor has right stuff for Georgia women’s basketball
Loran SmithSometimes your emotions betray you. You sense that a person has extraordinary qualities, but after plum bobbing and further review, you find that all the dots, which might be superficial,...
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Kennedy Dekle can’t imagine not being at Georgia’s Sanford Stadium in fall
Loran SmithMETTER – Here in the seat of Candler County, you can brush up against the best when it comes to agri-business, farming, fishing for bass and catfish. You also can cavort...
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Georgia fans got the Rose Bowl experience they wanted, but there is 1 more to go
Loran SmithCan you hear Porter Wagner, steel guitars a hummin’ and banjos a strummin,’ “Just a Rose Will do.” Such entertaining lyrics, but if you are a Georgia Dawg, that conclusion...
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Los Angeles gets more high marks after historic Rose Bowl
Loran SmithLOS ANGELES – Downtown LA is about as vibrant as any place you will find in the Golden State, which is about as diverse as any place you set foot....
