Columns
Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Erk Campaign
As another football season is about to get underway, I thought about all the lustful and enduring praise…
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Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Ladd McConkey
After a brief respite in the hills of Northwest Georgia, the Chatsworth Cheetah—a most appropriate byname for Ladd…
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Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Orlean Castronis
Orlean Castronis is a retired former journalist, the widow of one of the most popular players and coaches…
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Loran Smith’s sports column: Wimbledon
The fortnight that it takes to determine the various champions of Wimbledon, one of the classiest sporting events,…
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Privilege: An Editorial
I once read that France created an elaborate system of etiquette as a way to distinguish between classes.…
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Loran Smith’s sports column: Willie Mays
The tributes to Willie Mays last week were bittersweet. He, of course, deserved all the lofty praise, but…
Columns
Loran Smith’s sports column: Wes Johnson
In all likelihood, Georgia baseball coach Wes Johnson is not a devotee of medieval poet Geoffrey Chaucer. He…
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Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Charlie Condon
A few weeks ago in Phoenix, the Arizona Diamondbacks were hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers which brought about…
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47 Minutes: A Book Review
Local author Jon D. Marsh sets a brisk pace with every event in his novella spanning 47 minutes.…
Editorials
My experiences in small town Georgia
I remember when I first went to Leslie. Someone was talking about raising wolf dogs. A lady was…
Editorials
A Reluctant Defense of the Arts: An Editorial
I used to be an engineering major. That lasted two semesters. One would think the countless hours spent…
Columns
Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Players Championship
When Wyndham Clark’s birdie putt lipped out of the cup late last Sunday at Ponte Vedra, it was…
Columns
Loren Smith’s Sports Column: The Steg and the Coach
The Steg in winter is now the place to be unless you have a fireplace, firewood, and a…
Columns
Loren Smith’s Sports Column: Super Dawg
There will be a Georgia player in the forthcoming Super Bowl for the 23rd consecutive season on February…
Columns
Loran Smith’s feature column: Homer Harding
It has been several seasons since I have pheasant hunted in South Dakota, but I fully expect to…
Columns
Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Norman King
Years ago, Reader’s Digest, published a periodic feature under the heading of, “The Most Unforgettable Character I ever…
Sports
Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Mark Richt
LAS VEGAS – Not sure how many halls of fame Mark Richt will become a member of, but…
Columns
Loran Smith’s Thanksgiving Column
I’m Thankful Each of us is given the gift of 86,400 seconds each day. How often have…
Columns
Loran Smith’s Feature Column: Autumn reflections
As the fields across the landscape emerge into a state of fallowness and the thermometer trends downward, we…
Columns
Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Tennessee
Although Georgia and Tennessee competed in football in the early 1900’s, the two teams did not play each…
Columns
Loran Smith’s Feature Column: Peanuts
During the harvest season in October, I rode by a farm in South Georgia where the harvesting of…
Columns
Loran Smith’s Feature Column: Vernon and Patricia
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL – Owing to a college friendship, I was the beneficiary of the most…
Columns
Loran Smith’s Feature Column: Helen Reminisces
HELEN – I have had a love affair with this community dating back to the first time I…
Sports
Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Hoylake
With the Open championship (you see I am yielding to the Brits who prefer—sometimes insist—that their national golfing…
Sports
Loran Smith’s Sports Column: Wimbledon
With the Wimbledon finals coming up this weekend, I will be watching and not just the tennis—but also…
Columns
Loran Smith’s Feature Column: Europe In Summer
It is difficult to book a seat on a plane or find an empty hotel room in the…
Columns
Loran Smith’s Column: Masters for Thursday
AUGUSTA – With every official, competitor and patron maintaining a hopeful eye on the weather while basking in…
Columns
Loren Smith’s Column: Masters Week
AUGUSTA – This has been an eventful week at the Augusta National Golf Club with rain or the…
