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Smith: Dawgs take on Tigers
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Georgia and Clemson met for the first time on the Gridiron in 1897 in Athens, and the Bulldogs won 24-0.
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
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Smith: Callihan’s Mountain Retreat
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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.The pastime here is having a...
Thursday, August 22, 2024
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Smith: Football today
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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?
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
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
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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.
Thursday, August 8, 2024
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Smith: The Chatsworth Cheetah, Ladd McConkey
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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.
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
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Smith: Castronis turns 100
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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.You see, this delightful, sanguine,...
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
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Smith: Georgia T&F coach Caryl Smith Gilbert
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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.Before she cleaned out...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
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Smith: Summer sports satisfy in Europe
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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.
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
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Smith: Willie Mays
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The tributes to Willie Mays last week were bittersweet.
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
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Smith: Chick and ‘Teddy Ballgame’
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There was a teenage rookie outfielder for the San Diego Padres in the summer of 1936 who was fidgety, restless, and blatantly anxious to experience more playing time in the outfield.
Thursday, June 27, 2024