Latest Posts from Loran Smith
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Loran Smith: A spittin’ image of Erk Russell resides in Bremen and goes by ‘Rooster’
BREMEN – This small town on the west side of Georgia is a throwback to yesteryear when there was a pace that had energy without stress. The streets were clean,...
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Loran Smith: A toast to Georgia’s ’68 and ’78 teams on the occasion of their anniversaries
Loran SmithATHENS — Georgia will honor its 1968 and ’78 teams this weekend. Those teams played 50 and 40 years ago, respectively, a reminder that some of them are getting long...
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Loran Smith: There’s nothing quite like The Open Championship in Scotland
Loran SmithCARNOUSTIE, Scotland – This is Open week and you better not mess up the grand old championship by adding the word “British,” although many do, mostly Americans. It is, after all, the first Open...
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Queen Anne: How yet another Georgia alum turned New England Patriot shines off the field
Loran SmithFOXBOROUGH, Mass. – As Anne Noland (Queen Anne to her friends, which is warmly apropos) is hosting a tour of the New England Patriots well-appointed executive suite, she whispers, “Mr....
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Crazy things had to happen for Georgia to close deal on 1959 SEC championship
Loran SmithThis 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...
