Loran Smith

Loran Smith Senior Associate Athletic Director for Sports Communications Claude Felton during Georgia’s annual G-Day scrimmage on Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, April 15, 2023. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA)

Smith: Legendary UGA sports information director Claude Felton

Loran Smith

Thursday, February 15, 2024

I knew this day was coming, but before we lament its inevitability, we will maintain dry eyes and sing, “Thanks for the Memories.

A Californian at heart, Brock Bowers now proudly considers Athens and UGA as his home away from home. COURTESY OF UGA ATHLETICS

Smith: Well-rounded tight end Brock Bowers becoming Georgia legend

Loran Smith

Thursday, October 5, 2023

If you talk with Brock Bowers about his passions for hunting and fishing and know nothing about his background, you might take him for a native Georgian. He could hail from Americus, Valdosta, or Albany. Or perhaps the hills of Habersham.

Pat Dye played at Georgia and then went on to coach at Auburn later in life. CONTRIBUTED

Smith: Georgia grad Pat Dye made huge impact at Auburn

Loran Smith

Thursday, September 28, 2023

A journey over to Auburn always brings about reflections of times spent with Pat Dye on his farm near Notasulga, Alabama, which is a little less than 13 miles from the campus where he spent almost a dozen years as head football coach and athletic director.

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Smith: Braves outing

Loran Smith

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Even when the Braves come up short, an outing at Truist Park can still be a resonating affair, especially when the weather is good, and the team is headed to the playoffs.

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Smith: Scattering cotton

Loran Smith

Thursday, September 14, 2023

This time of the year, I always relate everything to hurricanes, football, cotton picking, and the 1951 playoff game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants.

Sonny Seiler, caretaker of the University of Georgia's bulldog mascot, died last week. Photo/UGA Athletics

Smith: The legendary Sonny Seiler

Loran Smith

Thursday, September 7, 2023

At Sonny Seiler’s 90th birthday celebration back in February at the Oglethorpe Club there was the ultimate social.

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Smith: New life for hometown newspapers

Loran Smith

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Lately, I’ve been hanging out with a few newspaper publishers who remain convinced print journalism is not dead. They are not doomsayers. They are intrepid entrepreneurs.

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Smith: Remembering Bud Grant

Loran Smith

Thursday, March 23, 2023

On my way to a pheasant hunt in South Dakota one brisk November day about 10 years ago, I made a stop in Minneapolis to visit with Bud Grant, an extraordinary football coach and a passionate outdoorsman.

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