Loran Smith

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Loran Smith/File Photo

Smith: New press box at Sanford Stadium

Loran Smith
Thursday, September 12, 2024
You may have heard: that Georgia has a new press box.The old facility gave way to premium seat locations for donors, which has been a trend regarding the media in recent years – something that has taken place in stadium enhancements and enlargements across the country.
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Loran Smith/File Photo

Smith: Dawgs take on Tigers

Loran Smith
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Georgia and Clemson met for the first time on the Gridiron in 1897 in Athens, and the Bulldogs won 24-0. The two teams have met intermittently through the years, with the Bulldogs holding a 43-18-4 lead.
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Loran Smith/File Photo

Smith: Callihan’s Mountain Retreat

Loran Smith
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Sapphire, North Carolina, a well-reputed and highly inviting plateau in the Blue Ridge Mountains, has always been a garden spot for visitors and residents alike with a bent for recreation and temperate days and nights that help bring about bountiful outdoor fulfillment.
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Loran Smith/File Photo

Smith: Football today

Loran Smith
Thursday, August 15, 2024
There is so much uneasiness about college football today. While I am comfortable with paying the players, I cannot help but ask, shouldn’t there be some guardrails and respect for the grand ole game’s traditions? Some structure and an overseeing body to bring about common-sense regulation?
Erk Russell was Georgia football's defensive coordinator for 17 years and helped start the football program at Georgia Southern. (Photo Courtesy of the UGA Hargrett Library)

Erk Russell was Georgia football's defensive coordinator for 17 years and helped start the football program at Georgia Southern. (Photo Courtesy of the UGA Hargrett Library)

Smith: Erk Russell tribute planned for Letterman’s Club at UGA

Loran Smith
Thursday, August 8, 2024
As another football season is about to get underway, I thought about all the lustful and enduring praise for offensive football, which has always been the talk of the town. I recalled how the late Erk Russell joined in, too, but underneath, he was plotting and scheming for an equalizer.
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Loran Smith/File Photo

Smith: Ladd McConkey

Loran Smith
Thursday, August 1, 2024
After a brief respite in the hills of Northwest Georgia, the Chatsworth Cheetah—a most appropriate byname for Ladd McConkey—has returned to Los Angeles with his sights set on continuing his football career with the Chargers.
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Loran Smith/File Photo

Smith: Castronis turns 100

Loran Smith
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Orlean Castronis is a retired former journalist, the widow of one of the most popular players and coaches ever to wear the Red and Black, and likely the only living person to have seen Harry Mehre coach a game live between the hedges of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium.
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Loran Smith/File Photo

Smith: Georgia T&F coach Caryl Smith Gilbert

Loran Smith
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Caryl Smith-Gilbert is the director of the men’s and women’s track teams at the University of Georgia; if you yawn and move on about your day, be aware that track in these parts is likely to be sensational on her watch ¬– just give her competitive facilities, and you’ll see.
Loran Smith/Staff

Loran Smith/Staff

Smith: Summer sports satisfy in Europe

Loran Smith
Thursday, July 11, 2024
The fortnight it takes to determine the various champions of Wimbledon, one of the classiest sporting events worldwide, is likely on every true sports aficionado’s bucket list. Wimbledon is the equal of the Masters golf tournament and the Kentucky Derby in class.
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