Industrial. There are at least 21 golf courses within 20 miles of the center of Griffin. Spalding County was named disc golf capital of the southeast, being home to four courses. The Griffin Warriors, a World Basketball Association team, played at the high school in 2006. Griffin, during the "golden ages" of baseball, hosted several minor league Class D level teams: Griffin Lightfoots, (1915–1916), Griffin Griffs, (1917) - Georgia-Alabama League Griffin - Georgia State League (1920, 1921) Griffin Pimientos (1947–1949, 1951) (Class D affiliate of the St. Louis Browns), Griffin Tigers (1950) - Georgia-Alabama League Media The Griffin Daily News is a local paper, founded in 1872. WMVV is a local Christian station, while WKEU (AM) broadcasts oldies. WYFK, a Christian station, has their W290AG translator in Griffin. University of Georgia Griffin Campus has a news radio station on 88.9FM or live streaming at wkeuradio.com. Notable people Bill Anderson - country singer; born in South Carolina and grew up in Griffin Edward Andrews - film and television actor; born in Griffin Lewis White Beck - philosopher, translator, textbook author, and scholar of German philosophy; born in Griffin Tim Beckham - professional baseball player; first overall pick in 2008 Major League Baseball draft after attending Griffin High School; born in Griffin Brian Bohannon - head football coach at Kennesaw State; previously played wide receiver for UGA and held a number of assistant coaching positions James S. Boynton - politician and jurist; briefly served as the 51st Governor of Georgia from 1883 after the death of governor Alexander Stephens; born in Henry County, Georgia and moved to Griffin in 1865; buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Griffin Jody Breeze - rapper Thomas Jefferson Byrd - actor Charlie Clemons - football player who played for several different National Football League teams; member of the St. Louis Rams team that won Super Bowl XXXIV; uncle of Nic Clemons and Chris Clemons Chris Clemons - NFL defensive end and brother of Nic Clemons; played college football for University of Georgia; member of Super Bowl XLVIII champion Seattle Seahawks Nic Clemons - defensive end for the Denver Broncos Elbert Dubenion - football player; wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills Rick Dyer - Bigfoot enthusiast known for high-profile hoaxes John J. Eagan - industrialist and co-founder of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company Jack Flynt - lawyer and U.S. Congressman from Spalding County; born in Griffin Willie