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.
OK, the scores are easy to read, but the playoff winners from the Wildcard round are not always as clear. Neither are the losers.
by Jay GreesonThere are so many hats flying into the ring of Hamilton County politics your head will spin.
by Jay GreesonNot since Father Karras went into Regan's room has a demon been so thoroughly vanquished like what Allen and the Bills did to Bill Belichick's Patriots, who have only dominated the AFC East for two decades.
by Jay GreesonWe haven't picked NFL games this year, but there's no time like the present right?
by Jay GreesonIt's far from breaking news to tell you that COVID-19's insidious reach has affected every aspect of our lives. Some more visible and stark than others, of course.
by Jay GreesonSo Novak Djokovic has been in and out and now back in the Australian Open because of his less-than-honest handling of the vaccine requirements.
by Jay GreesonOK, there are a few coaches that have earned a lifetime deal in college sports.
by Jay GreesonThe ripples of Georgia's fourth-quarter domination that led to a 33-18 national-championship clinching win over Alabama needs context first.
by Jay GreesonAs Nashville-based Chattanooga Times Free Press reporter Andy Sher shared with readers Monday, Tennessee's state legislators get back to work Tuesday.
by Jay GreesonThe NFL's the best. Period.
by Jay GreesonThe market is there for even more gambling discussion, and moving forward isolating trends and theories on in-game options will certainly have a market.
by Jay GreesonIn this time of uncertainty - when inconsistency is the only consistency - I always enjoy the year-end lists that come with the flipping of the calendar.
by Jay GreesonWelp, we're at the doorstep. We're almost done with another college football season.
by Jay GreesonThe whole "Let's Go Brandon" thing is kind of surreal, right?
by Jay GreesonSo, the NFL has one more week — a never-before-seen week 18 — before the playoffs.
by Jay GreesonI know a lot of us viewed the calendar flip with a cautious optimism and mused, "Well, it can't be much crazier, right?"
by Jay GreesonWeekend winners: SEC football. The elite teams delivered. Big time.
by Jay GreesonLots of business to tend to today, so no time like the present.
by Jay GreesonHappy New Year's Eve, friends.
by Jay GreesonWell, COVID permitting, and to paraphrase Bocephus, I hope you are ready for some football.
by Jay Greeson