Smith: Wayne Brantley

This is overdue, and I regret having to pay tribute to a good friend belatedly. When I heard the news that my longtime friend Wayne Brantley had passed away a few weeks ago, I made plans to drive from Athens to Vidalia for his final service.

Smith: Bobby Cox

Something is inspiring about a ballpark where those who professionally inhabit one of those big-league shrines can’t wait to start their day within its friendly confines.

Smith: UGA Hall of Fame

The University of Georgia chapter of the National Football Foundation — the largest chapter in the country for more than 15 years — held its annual awards banquet last week, perhaps its most successful event in its 40-year history.

Smith: Facts about cotton

Having grown up on a farm where our principal cash crop was cotton, I am always interested in what is going on in our state regarding the agriculture sector.

Smith: The Masters

No one knows what the Garden of Eden was like. Still, Masters aficionados, without the slightest hint of irreverence, certainly wonder if that remarkable and stunning place was more beautiful than the grounds of the Augusta National Golf Club at its peak in April.

Smith: The catch

As I sat in the Georgia dugout with Cole Johnson and reminisced about his game-saving catch last Sunday against Tennessee, I thought about how nice it would have been if Jimmy Dorsey’s rendition of his 1957 hit, “So Rare,” had been the musical backdrop to the glorious scene that brought about...

Smith: Catchings & Company

The last home game of the basketball season had something for everyone, including a malfunctioning clock and one or two negatives, each of which was blown away by Catchings & Company, a one-man firm if you peruse the stat sheet — but in actuality, a cog in the well-oiled team machine of one Coach...

Smith: New UGA track

The University of Georgia’s new track is as spectacular as some of the athletes who cast their lot with the Bulldogs to have the best opportunity to train to become world-class performers.

Smith: Anne Donaldson

In late 1963, Georgia was experiencing another forgettable football season when UGA President O.C. Aderhold scheduled a meeting with Joel Eaves, the retired basketball coach at Auburn.

Smith: Sonny Jurgensen

One of the reasons Vince Lombardi came out of retirement to coach the Washington Redskins was the incumbent quarterback, Christian Adolph “Sonny” Jurgensen, who was blessed with a brilliant mind to accompany his world-class arm.