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 and follow him on Twitter at @jgreesontfp.
Has anyone else noticed that when the conversation about cancel culture takes center stage and the cancelers are backed into a corner, the conversation changes?
by Jay Greeson 1 hour agoOK, before we get to your questions and emails — sharing some of the feedback I get in a normal week, some with comments, some without, because you guys and gals are interesting folks — let's do our checklist.
by Jay GreesonCreighton coach Greg McDermott stepped on his tongue recently.
by Jay GreesonTexas is swinging open all its double doors a week from today.
by Jay GreesonHey, on Tuesday, we're going to keep the conversation of the most popular league in the country.
by Jay GreesonBias has always been a four-letter word, and it is viewed as one in most cases.
by Jay GreesonBig leaguers on the green grass in spring training makes almost everything right in the world.
by Jay GreesonSo, Mr. Potato Head is exploring the options of dropping his courtesy title.
by Jay GreesonFew things surprise me. Very few in fact.
by Jay GreesonEarly voting ended Thursday.
by Jay GreesonThe conversation around these parts on Tiger Woods on Wednesday was insightful and thought-provoking. Nice job, gang.
by Jay GreesonNo singular athlete in my lifetime was more game-changing and more 'must-see TV' at the heights of his powers than Tiger Woods.
by Jay GreesonThe NFL is closing in on finalizing the 17-game schedule for 2021. Count me in.
by Jay GreesonMan, Kermit was right.
by Jay GreesonNovak Djokovic. Dude won the Aussie Open, which is still a major, at least in name, so he's now within two of the record 20 held by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
by Jay GreesonYou know that TV commercial that ends with Chattanooga mayoral candidate Tim Kelly filling a pothole?
by Jay GreesonI don't know what the right decision is on these things, but I do know you have to be amazingly careful what you say. It can cost you your job. Trust me on that one.
by Jay GreesonI love the efforts from the people in our town to lift the state football championship games from Cookeville, Tennessee.
by Jay GreesonI hope the Blue Cross Bowl comes to town. Whatever is lost in the central location in our elongated state would be made up with the grace and ambiance of our glorious town.
by Jay GreesonThis coaching carousel — in a money-crunching time without a 2020 March Madness and limited football attendance — was much, Much, MUCH bigger than I ever expected.
by Jay Greeson