Jim Tanner has worked as assistant sports editor at the Times Free Press since late 2006.
He started at the Times Free Press in 2001 and worked as a news copy/design editor from 2001 through 2006. In addition to working as a night and weekend editor producing local and national sports coverage for print and online readers, Jim occasionally writes local sports and outdoors stories.
Jim grew up in Ringgold, Ga., and is a graduate of McCallie School in Chattanooga. He earned an associates degree from Oxford College of Emory University and attended Emory University before earning his bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Prior to joining the staff at the Times Free Press, Jim worked as a sports copy editor at the Chattanooga Times and was news editor at the Dalton (Ga.) Daily Citizen.
Jim lives in the Ferger Place community near downtown Chattanooga.
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The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team wrapped up play at Dot Richardson's National Collegiate Invitational in Clermont, Fla., in fine fashion on Sunday, rallying late to claim a 7-1 victory over Florida Atlantic.
Day two of the 2012 season didn't go quite as well for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team enters 2012 with a lot of new faces, a lack of pitching depth and considerable uncertainty at key positions.
Fans of the Atlanta Braves in Chattanooga will get a chance to see some of the team’s top young stars on Feb. 9 when the annual Braves Caravan makes a visit to the downtown Taco Mac.
Most people's "bucket list" of things to do in life might include a trip to Europe, getting tickets to the Super Bowl or taking an exotic cruise. But for two local men, scratching off an item will involve six days of grueling bicycling through mountains in South America.
For many people in the Chattanooga area, going out for Chinese food means one thing: the buffet.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga softball team will play 22 home games in 2012 and will take part in four invitational tournaments as part of the team's regular-season schedule announced today.
A disappointing end to the 2011 season for the Atlanta Braves couldn't diminish what was an amazing first full season for closer Craig Kimbrel.
The Chattanooga area is well known for distance running, and many area residents have participated in some of the many 5- and 10-kilometer races that are held throughout the year.
Fans of the casual meat-and-three restaurant Southern Star have enjoyed the down-home fare for more than a decade at that eatery's locations downtown and on Signal Mountain.
