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.
Happy 44th birthday to Tom Brady, who may have the GOAT résumé across all of sports, friends. Think about that.
by Jay GreesonThe Braves' 8-9 stretch without back-to-back wins or losses is the longest run of its kind in MLB history, at least that's what Dave O'Brien offered on Twitter after Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Brewers.
by Jay GreesonThe Olympics normally do stir me — as a person and as a sports fan. THESE Olympics do not stir me.
by Jay GreesonWhether on a rodeo horse or a pommel horse, 21-year-old Brody Malone can make it look easy.
by Jay GreesonThis is downright comical if it wasn't so downright scary.
by Jay GreesonI don't understand. Truly.
by Jay GreesonDespite a final Hail Mary, the Big 12 learned it's on the clock when Oklahoma and Texas announced they will not renew their grants of media rights when the deal is up in 2025.
by Jay GreesonWow, with all of the glowing praise in local media last week about Bryan Johnson, it almost felt like we lost him.
by Jay GreesonThe Big 12 realizes its football survival is attached to keeping Texas and Oklahoma. That's as clear as the physics degree on Spy's wall.
by Jay GreesonSo the baseball team formerly known as the Cleveland Indians has changed its name.
by Jay GreesonThe ratings for the Olympics were going to be a challenge anyway considering the time difference, but now? Dreadful.
by Jay GreesonNick Saban needs to make $50 million a year. And he still may be underpaid, even at that price.
by Jay GreesonMilwaukee has been known for a few things through the years.
by Jay GreesonPeyton Manning rarely made a bad decision as a quarterback.
by Jay GreesonThe strangest Olympics of the modern age has its opening ceremony on Friday.
by Jay GreesonYes, I am biased — sue me — but the numbers from the All-Star weekend scream that Shohei is a superstar regardless of the language barrier.
by Jay GreesonI wish this was a fish story.
by Jay GreesonWe have two weeks until the trading deadline, and while the Braves have underachieved mightily, there is a clear half-full/half-empty scenario with the defending NL East champs.
by Jay GreesonIt was a mirage, after all.
by Jay GreesonSpeaking of college football, this will create some ripples. And I fully expect some other programs to follow along.
by Jay Greeson