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Jayne: What to make of latest suicide?

Greg Jayne: Commentary

The most important question in the wake of Junior Seau’s suicide, the question that brings the issue down to the local level, is this: What do you do if you’re a parent?

By the Numbers: Baseball guide from 1911 links past to present

Greg Jayne: By the Numbers

Baseball’s charms go beyond the fact that the sport has so much history. No, the key is that the history is so well preserved.

Jayne: Know who’s who before MVP voting

Greg Jayne: Commentary

It’s like voting for the Oscars after watching the first three-quarters of all the movies.

By the Numbers: This week, we dive into baseball ... by the letters

Greg Jayne: By the Numbers

In the long, long history of major-league baseball, each and every player takes a back seat to Cal McLish.

By the Numbers: When you’re one of greats at first base, you get paid

Greg Jayne: By the Numbers

Here are my rankings of the greatest first basemen in history.

Jayne: Seattle should focus its arena plan on the NHL

Greg Jayne: Commentary

Being close enough to reap the benefits but distant enough to avoid the hardships, it’s easy from the vantage point of Clark County to hope that Seattle builds its proposed basketball arena.

By the Numbers: Some of these players were so bad they were awful

Greg Jayne: By the Numbers

Determining the worst player in the major leagues presents a conundrum. The actual worst player would be somebody who never gets off the bench and isn't long for the major leagues.

Greg Jayne: Clark made the perfect pitch to lure Aldridge

It’s a tale straight out of Greek mythology, a story in which the seemingly impenetrable exterior belies a singular vulnerability.

Jayne: Time for Blazers to think about future

Greg Jayne: Commentary

Should the Portland Trail Blazers be content with persistent mediocrity or be willing to risk a couple years of epic failure as part of the rebuilding process?

By the Numbers: Forget 1950s; we are now in Golden Age of Baseball

Greg Jayne: By the Numbers

The 1950s have been gilded and glorified, proclaimed by many to have been The Golden Age of Baseball.

By the Numbers: When it comes to VOD, Rays are right on the money

Greg Jayne: By the Numbers

Did you know that the most valuable position player in baseball last year was a 21-year-old outfielder who batted .262 with 34 homers and 87 RBI?

Jayne: Smell still lingers around Arnold’s firing

Greg Jayne: Commentary

Mike Arnold goes 25-4, is honored by his peers as coach of the year, and is rewarded by being let go as men's basketball coach at Clark College.

Greg Jayne: Northwest stars shining outside Pac-12

Commentary: Greg Jayne

There’s an old line from Bill Parcells, that master of wit and wisdom, about the benefits of being a coach and a general manager in the NFL.

Jayne: Prep sports can put smile on cranky old man

One of the most significant benefits of high school sports is that they can be a wonderful antidote for cynicism.

Greg Jayne: Skyview, Prairie share pinnacle, as it should be

Commentary: Greg Jayne

There’s no need for an extra game. No need to extend the season. No need for a plus-one model, as if the BCS was in charge.

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