SMITH: Remembering Vin Scully

When the Dodgers played their first season of baseball in Los Angeles in 1958, they competed in what had to be the worst facility in major-league history. Built in 1921, owing to civic pride, it was configured for the Olympics, but it became the home of the Los Angeles Rams and later the L.A.

Smith: Looking back at the British Open

St. Andrews is a place I love and not just for the Open Championship which comes about every half dozen years or so. This year was the first time that I have missed the championship at the home of golf since 1971.

Smith: Audrey Scott from Manhattan Beach

A traditional greeting upon meeting a stranger often includes a simple query, “Where you from?” Correct grammar is not expected of proponents of such questioning. The inquiry can be rather pedestrian in that it is a conversational ice breaker when you don’t have much to talk about.

Smith: Boys of summer

Years ago, I enjoyed a nice summer outing in Kansas City working with Tom Watson and his charity golf outing, which raised big dollars for the Children’s Mercy Hospital, a very popular cause in his vibrant community.

Smith: Top tennis tourney underway

Competition at Wimbledon is now underway with the finals to conclude the weekend of July 9-10. The All-England land Club which runs this championship, dating back to July 1868, no longer has to worry about inclement weather, so all events will take place in a timely and orderly manner.

Smith: David Allen - From athlete to physician

David Allen was a fine defensive back as a Tennessee undergraduate who prepared for a life after football that would have him returning to his hometown of Athens to practice medicine. In his three varsity years, the Volunteers posted a 31-5 record that included three bowl trips.

Smith: Summer of 1962

Repairing to my basement office earlier this week to search for a document, I ran across a file labeled, “Coast Guard,” which brought pause to my objective.