Opinion: Remembering my friend, UGA legend Vince Dooley
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 1996 Olympics, Athens and the University of Georgia re-enacted the torch run. As chairman of Athens 96, I invited Billy Payne, left, and Vince Dooley, right, to speak at the ceremony. (Submitted Photo)
In sports lingo, it’d be a highlights reel. For me, it’s more of a mental scrapbook. I remember that Saturday afternoon on Oct. 8, 1966. As a 17-year-old UGA freshman, I was sitting on a baking-my-bot…
