Jay was named the Sports Editor of the Times Free Press in 2003 and started with the newspaper in May 2002 as the Deputy Sports Editor.
He was born and raised in Smyrna, Ga., and graduated from Auburn University before starting his newspaper career in 1997 with the Newnan (Ga.) Times Herald. Stops in Clayton and Henry counties in Georgia and two years as the Sports Editor of the Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal preceded Jay’s move to Chattanooga.
He has won local, state, regional and national awards as a writer, designer and section editor and was part of a TFP team that won a 2011 APSE award.
Jay and his wife Kathleen were married in 2004 and have a son, Lee born in 2007, and a daughter, Madeline Ray born in 2010.
Contact Jay at (423) 757-6273 or jgreeson@timesfreepress.com.
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From the "Talk too much studios," let's go.
From the "Talk too much studios," let's go.
Maybe it's the end of football season. Or maybe it's the New Year's Eve-type build-up and the typical post-Super Bowl blahs.
We're going to need a few minutes to collect our thoughts this morning. It dawned on us that football is officially done.We'll have to make due with everything else until the end of August when the college season kicks off. Sigh.
There is more money gambled on the Super Bowl than any other single sporting game. There also are way more bets on the Super Bowl than any event in the history of the gambling world.
OK, you know what the 5-at-10 loves? well, yes, it is the draft. You know what else the 5-at-10 loves? Theme shows.
We have never attempted this before. For more than 250 days in 2011 and for 24 days into 2012, we enjoyed presenting the 5-at-10 — five sports-related items at 10 a.m. for your enjoyment.
