Greg Jayne

The Drama Of Sports

Sunday's column is about Union's Chris Morgan . . . well, not really. It's also about a heartbreaking moment in a girls game at last week's state tournament. Except that it's […]

Some Day, None Of This Will Matter, But For Now It Does

Interesting story in The Seattle Times about Portland State women's coach Sherri Murrell, who after a rocky time at Washington State has found success at PSU and comfort with her […]

Huskies’ Win Is Highly Unusual

Surprise, surprise. Quincy Pondexter was the hero Thursday for the Huskies in their first-round NCAA game. Consider it a victory for a seemingly dying breed: A really good college player […]

Huskies' Win Is Highly Unusual

Surprise, surprise. Quincy Pondexter was the hero Thursday for the Huskies in their first-round NCAA game. Consider it a victory for a seemingly dying breed: A really good college player […]

Jazz vs. Classical

There are so many angles, so many ways to describe Union's remarkable run to a state title. You know, like, um, "remarkable." And maybe "stunning" or "shocking" or "how in […]

This Would Be A Bad Idea For Ducks

P.J. Carlesimo? Really? Oregon has P.J. Carlesimo on its short list of prospective basketball coaches? What, aren't Steve Fisher and Jerry Tarkanian available? P.J. Carlesimo? The result would be many variations […]

This Might Be The Biggest What-if Of All

Speaking of Portland's rejection of the Delta Dome, co-worker Paul Danzer ran across this fascinating blog post from somebody named Dan Haneckow. In 1962, led by Gov. Mark Hatfield and mayor […]

What if . . . ?

Sunday's column is about some of the great "What if?" questions in Northwest sports. We know all about the Blazers what-ifs: What if they drafted Michael Jordan, etc., etc., and there's […]

A Punch Is A Punch; Or Is It?

The first thing I thought of when I saw this video was LeGarrette Blount. Baylor women's basketball star Brittney Griner has been suspended two games for punching an opponent, and […]

Pettiness In High School Basketball

Great column by Paul Valencia in Wednesday's edition of The Columbian. Here's the gist: Evergreen's Justine Joudrey was one of the best girls basketball players in the area this year, but […]

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