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SMITH COLUMN: Jeff Treadway reflects on his Braves days

Jeff Treadway, second baseman for the Atlanta Braves during the worst-to-first era of the nineties, was a small-town boy who could only dream about spending ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Wednesday, August 2, 2023 5:33 pm

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SMITH COLUMN: Irish Whiskey

There was this wife who was passionately into genealogy, which held absolutely no sway with her cynical husband. One day she came home and excitedly ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Wednesday, July 5, 2023 9:30 am

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SMITH COLUMN: Harmon Wages

Hamon Wages was a football player and a very good one, often underrated, but always having a flair for the dramatic, turning heads and causing ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Thursday, June 22, 2023 12:30 pm

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SMITH COLUMN: D-Day Anniversary

We have just concluded the anniversary of the first week of the D-Day invasion.  Originally, the invasion was scheduled for June 5, 1944, but because ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Friday, June 9, 2023 9:30 am

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SMITH COLUMN: My hometown

What do you consider to be your hometown? Where you were born? Where you were raised? Where you have lived the longest? There are many cases ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Friday, June 2, 2023 9:30 am

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SMITH COLUMN: Fred Barber, the multi-faceted

This is a flashback to the times of Fred Barber, Georgia’s classic fullback of yesteryear, one who could have originated the time-honored football term, “Hardnosed.”  Read more

by Loran Smith, Saturday, May 27, 2023 10:30 am

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SMITH COLUMN: Chris Davis

Seeing someone flourish in business which reflects that they are truly happy with their occupation makes you realize the ultimate fulfillment beyond family compatibility is ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Thursday, May 25, 2023 10:30 am

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SMITH COLUMN: Big O has overcome many challenges to reach the NFL

(The following is based on a profile in the new book “How ‘Bout Them Dawgs” published by the University of Georgia Press, available now where ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Thursday, May 18, 2023 2:43 pm

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SMITH COLUMN: Cotton

In the last fortnight, I rode by a farm in South Georgia where cotton was making its way toward harvest — it takes 200 days ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Saturday, May 13, 2023 9:30 am

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SMITH COLUMN: Yankee Stadium

The original Yankee Stadium, “the House that Ruth built,” was constructed one hundred years ago for the opening of the 1923 season. The Yankees had ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Wednesday, May 10, 2023 3:44 pm

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