Smith: Herb White

Every now and then, I will get a call from Herb White, the “Elevator from Decatur.” He calls from his home in Mexico, where he literally can play golf every day of the year. He lives in the region of Lake Chapala, which is 30 miles west of Guadalajara, which is 791 miles southwest of San Antonio.

Smith: Verne Lundquist

When you arrive at Dallas–Ft. Worth Airport, you always notice the sprightly atmosphere that prevails. There may be a recession elsewhere in the country but not in this sprawling metroplex. Like all big cities, Dallas has problems.

SMITH: Aiming for a 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.

SMITH: A Heisman trophy winning story

Long after this year’s Heisman celebration was over and all constituents were preparing to return home, I sat in the media room at the Marriott Marquis last weekend and reflected on a personal experience with Georgia’s first Heisman winner.

SMITH: New York City is back

Dating back to the mid-’70s, I was fortunate to visit this electric city at least once a year. I have never had a bad experience in New York. Until COVID, the National Football Foundation held its annual induction dinner at the Waldorf Astoria.

SMITH: Bowl games

With the expansion of the playoffs, more bowl games, hopefully, will become more involved. After the support the holiday bowls have extended to colleges over the years, the institutions of higher learning should never be guilty of giving the bowls back of the hand treatment.

SMITH: Reflecting on the successful, rewarding, passionate life of Charley Trippi

The immigration stories of the 19th century are fascinating. People from the old countries of Europe, primarily, came to America, the land of opportunity, with little more than the clothes on their backs.