Sports Conversations with Loran Smith - Adam Wainwright: Recent Episodes
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Each week legendary UGA broadcaster and columnist Loran Smith talks with major sports figures about their lives and careers. Sports stars such as Jack Nicklaus, Roger Staubach, Bobby Bowden, Vince Dooley, Fran Tarkenton, Mark Richt and many more.
Adam Wainwright is a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. The Atlanta Braves selected him 29th overall in the first round of the 2000 amateur draft from Glynn Academy in Brunswick, Georgia.
Mark Richt spent 15 seasons as the head football coach at UGA and 4 seasons as head coach at Miami. He is currently an analyst for the ACC Network and has just released a book called Make the Call.
Greg McGarity is the former Athletic Director for the University of Georgia. He is now President/CEO of The Gator Bowl.
Tom Hart is a play by play announcer for ESPN, calling college football and basketball. He is the former field reporter on Braves Live, a pregame/postgame show for the Atlanta Braves.
Bill Lewis was Head Coach at Georgia Tech from 1992-94. He was a Defensive coach at UGA from 1980-88. He also served as Head Coach at Wyoming and East Carolina.
Holly Rowe is a longtime ESPN sidelines reporter best known for her coverage of college football and basketball.
Frank Ross was Captain of the Georgia Bulldogs in the 1980 National Championship. An executive with the Coca-Cola Company, Ros is the 2009 recipient of the Bill Hartman Award.
Brad Johnson spent 17 years in the NFL and played for the Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Dallas Cowboys. He is perhaps best known for his time with the Buccaneers, whom he led to their Super Bowl XXXVII title over the Oakland Raiders.
Johnson is the brother in law of Mark Richt and is currently a coach at Oconee County High School.
Bill Hartman spent 35 years as a television sportscaster in Atlanta on WAGA-TV and WSB-TM.
Kevin Butler was a kicker at UGA then went on to an NFL career with the Chicago Bears (1985–1995) and the Arizona Cardinals (1996–1997) . He is now co-host of the pre and post game shows for UGA football. He was the first Kicker elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.
Jim Grobe was head coach at Baylor, Wake Forest and other college teams. In 2006, he was named ACC Coach of the Year by a unanimous vote and AP Coach of the Year for coaching Wake Forest to an 11–2 regular season and the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship.
Hugh Nall coached football at TCU, Ole Miss and Auburn. He was an Offensive Lineman on UGA’s 1980 National Championship team. He is currently President and CEO of Southern Ag Carriers in Albany.
Lynn Swan was a Wide Receiver for 9 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers and on 4 Super Bowl Champion teams. He played college football at Southern Cal and spent a number of years as a sports analyst for ABC.
Dick Flavin is a poet known as the 'Poet Laureate of the Boston Red Sox, as well the team's public address announcer at Fenway Park. He is a former journalist, TV commentator and playwright.
Randy Watkins is a longtime SEC and ACC baseball Umpire. He is a former high school football referee and is a native of Athens.
Paul has been with The Orvis Company for 18 years, starting as the outdoor copywriter and editor of The Orvis News. Since then he has worked in both the wholesale and retail fishing divisions of the company, and is now the Manager of Sales Activism, overseeing the work of Orvis's team of copywriters.
Tommy Aaron was a member of the PGA Tour during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Aaron is best known for winning the 1973 Masters Tournament.
John Holland is Visiting Clubhouse Manager for the Atlanta Braves. Starting as a Bat Boy in 1969 he is in his 52nd year with the Braves organization.
Cris Carpenter is a former Major League Baseball player for the Cardinals, Brewers and Marlins. He was the punter for the Georgia Bulldogs in 1985 and 1986. Carpenter now works at Gainesville High School, in Gainesville, Georgia as a social studies teacher.
Matthew Boling is an American track and field athlete specializing in the sprints and long jump. He won four gold medals at the 2019 Pan American U20 Championships and helped set world under-20 records in both of the relay races for the United States. He joined University of Georgia's track and field team in late 2019.
Manuel Diaz is the long-time head tennis coach at the University of Georgia. He has coached the Bulldogs to four NCAA championships. He was inducted into the Georgia Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000.
Malcolm Mitchell is an author, poet, and a former Wide Receiver for the New England Patriots. He played college football at the University of Georgia and high school football for the Valdosta Wildcats. His NFL career lasted only two years due to knee injuries.
Terrell Davis as a running back for the Denver Broncos from 1995 to 2001, winning 2 Super Bowls. Davis was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017.Davis was drafted by the Broncos out of UGA in the sixth round of the 1995 NFL Draft. He is the Denver Broncos all-time leading rusher, with 7,607 rushing yards.
Stewart Cink has been a fixture on the PGA TOUR for many years and is winner of the 2009 British Open
Brian Snitker is the Manager of the Atlanta Braves. He has been in the Braves organization in different roles since becoming a minor league player in 1977. He became their manager in 2016.
Josh Brooks was named Director of Athletics for UGA Jan. 6, 2021, after serving 11 years as Senior Deputy Director of Athletics. Brooks returned to UGA in 2016 as Executive Associate Director of Athletics after serving as Deputy Athletics Director at the University of Louisiana Monroe from 2015-16 and Director of Athletics at Millsaps College from 2014-15.