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.
I don't have the answers. I wish I did.
by Jay GreesonWe need good news. Now more than ever.
by Jay GreesonHey, it's new. It's money. It's college football.
by Jay GreesonThe emotions are overwhelming. The attempts to imagine that kind of pain are impossible. The issues are clear, and the need for action is paramount.
by Jay GreesonI don't see any way the Heat get through this one.
by Jay GreesonWant to see the importance of experience in moments that matter the most? Rewatch the final 45 minutes of the final round of the PGA.
by Jay GreesonThe long and proud history of the Signal Mountain Invitational has a star-studded list of winners and competitors.
by Jay GreesonThe city may have been a touch slow in noticing the wear and tear on the American flags on each side of the Veterans Bridge, but they certainly were quick to act.
by Jay GreesonSo many sidelines and storylines here. Let's try to break them down, even though I know I'll miss at least a few.
by Jay GreesonThe 30 American flags along the sides of Veterans Bridge in downtown Chattanooga have a relatively short but notable history.
by Jay GreesonWell, SEC Media Days just got way more interesting. And that next Aflac commercial shoot is going to need security.
by Jay GreesonA major tournament could be exactly what golf needs to get a break from the controversy that has dominated the sport's headlines lately.
by Jay GreesonSo, most of the golfing headlines around the spectrum of late have been rather controversial. Especially for golf.
by Jay GreesonSo, stop me if you've heard this before, but NIL is controversial and creates divided opinions.
by Jay GreesonOK, and maybe the terrain is so new, so unknown, so anti-everything we have come to know and rely on in college sports that each passing NIL headline is the next rung down the ladder to the bottomless pit of "total college sports game-changer."
by Jay GreesonAnyone else want to discuss my stance on how the Hawks will regret trading Luka for Trae Young for a generation?
by Jay GreesonIt may be elementary, but state Sen. Bo Watson, R-Hixson, apparently fully embraces the "Happy wife, happy life" mantra.
by Jay GreesonLet's handle our business first. We'll start with the Rushmores.
by Jay GreesonHey, the Braves played last night and the Braves won last night.
by Jay GreesonDo you know the only person who had a hand in the only two public high school football championships in Hamilton County in this century?
by Jay Greeson