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Columns

SMITH COLUMN: Three peat

There will always be interesting vignettes in sports histories, some current, but most of them retold with a new perspective as a fragile world turns. Read more

by Loran Smith, Wednesday, January 25, 2023 11:30 am

Columns

SMITH COLUMN: Fond memories of the west coast, L.A.

LOS ANGELES – This city has the most sentimental of names, but one which is no longer descriptive. Nobody would consider Los Angeles “the city ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Thursday, January 12, 2023 10:30 am

Editorials

SMITH COLUMN: Spending some time in Nevada

OVERTON, Nev. – In this town of 4,244, some 65 miles northeast of Las Vegas, the best-known city in the Sagebrush state, which is also ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Friday, January 6, 2023 10:30 am

Columns

SMITH COLUMN: Stetson Bennett’s hometown

HOBOKEN – Georgia Highway 15 passes uneventfully through this crossroads junction which is eleven miles east of Blackshear which may change its name to Bennettville, ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Thursday, December 22, 2022 9:30 am

Columns

KING COLUMN: The story of Christmas

There is a large number of characters and their stories that have sprung up around Christmas. Good characters include Santa Claus and St. Nicholas. Bad ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Wednesday, December 21, 2022 1:58 pm

Columns

SMITH COLUMN: New York is back

NEW YORK – Dating back to the mid-seventies, I was fortunate to visit this electric city at least once a year. I have never had ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Thursday, December 15, 2022 10:30 am

Columns

SMITH COLUMN: Champ Bailey, one of the greats

College football is under duress these days with all the transferring in a free agent world nobody could have predicted along with a grab for ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Thursday, December 8, 2022 9:30 am

Columns

SMITH COLUMN: The arrival of December

With the arrival of December every year, we think of the holidays with Christmas being the centerpiece of our lives; but there is more to ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Wednesday, November 30, 2022 10:30 am

Columns

SMITH COLUMN: Jonas, giving back

Somewhere along the way in recent years, I saw an interesting statement that has been retained and is especially remembered during the Thanksgiving season. Read more

by Loran Smith, Friday, November 18, 2022 11:30 am

Columns

SMITH COLUMN: Steve Webber

As Georgia fans are enjoying a bountiful football season with expectations being met and national rankings accompanying the Bulldogs much of the fall, we pause ... Read more

by Loran Smith, Wednesday, November 16, 2022 9:30 am

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