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Greg Jayne: There's always more to tell about legendary coaches

Greg Jayne: Commentary

The well-deserved tributes have started, and there's no telling when they will run their course.

By the Numbers: There's a WAR going on in baseball

Greg Jayne: By the Numbers

By the end of the 2012 baseball season, there was so much talk about WAR that you thought you were listening to a classic rock station.

Greg Jayne: Crush of life hasn't held back Patterson

Greg Jayne: Commentary

Her biography from the past year could be a primer for the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale.

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By the Numbers: Robinson The Ballplayer left a legacy

Greg Jayne: By the Numbers

Attempting to capitalize on the opening of baseball season, Hollywood will be unfurling "42" this week.

Greg Jayne: Finding something to believe in

Greg Jayne: Commentary

It has become one of sports' great philosophical questions, a query that demands Socratic debate: What if everybody believed that nobody believed in them?

Greg Jayne: Call to retire Roy's number a symptom of mediocrity

It was a nice moment, a powerful moment, and yet it raised some philosophical questions. You know, questions about expectations, and questions about demands, and questions about the acceptance of mediocrity.

Greg Jayne: Postseason should be concern No. 1 for Gonzaga

Gonzaga is poised to ascend to the No. 1 spot in the college basketball rankings when the polls are released Monday, a status that 10 years ago seemed unlikely.

Greg Jayne: Seattle an Olympic city?

Greg Jayne: Commentary

Why couldn't the largest city in the Northwest host an Olympic Games?

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Greg Jayne: Al Aldridge still learning on the job

Greg Jayne: Commentary

After 62 years on this earth and 32 seasons as a basketball coach and 710 victories that included six state championships, Al Aldridge has adjusted.

Greg Jayne: NFL experience too raw for some

Greg Jayne: Commentary

You see, NFL fandom on any given Sunday has become a tribal ritual. Go to a game at any stadium in the league and you can witness a Lord of the Flies mentality.

Greg Jayne: Providing opportunity comes with cost

Greg Jayne: Commentary

Governments, we have learned time and time again, are masters of the noble idea and the nonexistent checkbook.

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Greg Jayne: We all love good story whether fact or fiction

Greg Jayne: Commentary

The truth, they say, is out there. Somewhere between the myth-making and the hero-worship and the legend-building, somewhere beyond the darkness of fiction and the fog of what we wish to be true, stands the brightness that is the truth.

Greg Jayne: Hall of Fame is not Hall of Good Guys

Greg Jayne: Commentary

The Hall of Fame class of 2013 will be announced Wednesday, and it will be the most scrutinized vote in the history of the institution.

Greg Jayne: Much is still possible for Seahawks

Greg Jayne: Commentary

In a game that it needed to win against a strong opponent, the Seahawks (10-5) turned in the Mother of All Blowouts, building a 28-3 lead in the first 28 minutes.

Greg Jayne: Athletes may end up being false idols

Greg Jayne: Commentary

The lesson, as usual, is to not lionize sports figures while they are still alive.

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