Greg Jayne

As we mentioned awhile ago, Blazers reporter Matt Calkins pulled off quite a feat in the national 2011 writing contest sponsored by the Associated Press Sports Editors. Matt won three […]

As we mentioned awhile ago, Blazers reporter Matt Calkins pulled off quite a feat in the national 2011 writing contest sponsored by the Associated Press Sports Editors. Matt won three […]

The genesis of this week's By the Numbers column came when I was marveling at the fact that Willie Bloomquist has been in the major leagues for 11 years and […]

The genesis of this week's By the Numbers column came when I was marveling at the fact that Willie Bloomquist has been in the major leagues for 11 years and […]

On his second attempt, Al Aldridge whittled his reasons for leaving Prairie High School to one word. "Refreshing . . . revitalizing, that's the word I'm looking for," Aldridge said Wednesday […]

Here's my favorite sports story from this week: College coach wins national title, then announces that she's taking another job and taking her team with her. She's a chess coach. Texas […]

The Pac-12 and the Big Ten are holding a college football playoff hostage, which led to this Talking Point for Saturday's paper: The latest math-challenged proposal from the BCS involves three […]

In case you missed it, here was the headline in Tuesday's Columbian following Kentucky's title: "Won and Done." That one came courtesy of copy editor Jeff Klein, the hardest working man […]

There's not a Cinderella to be found in this year's Final Four. Isn't that the way it should be? Kentucky, Kansas, Ohio State and Louisville have combined for 49 Final Four […]

On April 7, at the age of 49, Jamie Moyer will start for a team that didn't exist until seven years after he reached the major leagues. […]