Chris Gay

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• Interests: Sleeping, eating, breathing, gardening, parenting, walking, driving, baseball, football, a little basketball, golf ball, tennis ball, beach ball and sleeping.
• Activities: Keeping my sanity while raising/rearing three children, not enjoying running (but doing it from time to time), watching Alfred Hitchcock movies and other thrillers while also enjoying comedies (Office Space, Caddyshack, Smokey and the Bandit, etc.), playing Rock Band, writing, writing and more writing and sweating outside from May-October.
• Books: Anything by Lewis Grizzard, Old Man and the Sea, Green Eggs and Ham, Greatest American Sports Writing of the Century, How to Win Friends and Influence People, the Bible, Animal Farm, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Season on the Brink, The Bronx Zoo, Ten Days to a Less Defiant Child, and Southern Living Ultimate Cookbook.
• Food: Chicken fettucine alfredo, caramel cake, sweet potato fries, ice cream, fried pickles, many foods cooked in fatback (is there any other way?), Mexican bean dip, black beans, quesadillas, Almond Chicken and pork fried rice, bacon, chocolate, chocolate-covered bacon, spaghetti, lasagna, latkes, more chocolate, more bacon.
• Music: Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Van Halen (w/David Lee Roth), Stone Temple Pilots, Johnny Cash, Fountains of Wayne, Jet, Cowboy Mouth, Foo Fighters, Metallica, John Hiatt, Peter Frampton, Pink Floyd, Glenn Miller Orchestra, OutKast, Lionel Ritchie, Ray Parker Jr., Ray Parker Sr., Billy Ocean, Billy River, Billy Lake, Kenny Rogers, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Willie Nelson, Julio Iglesias, Robert Palmer, Robert Plant and some jazz.

• Phone Number: 706-823-3645
• Email: chris.gay@augustachronicle.com

• Relationship Status: Married
• Children: 3 (A wonderful set of triplets -- two daughters, one son)
• Location: Augusta
• Education: BA - Communications, Augusta State University
• Profession: Sports Writer
• Birthday: Feb. 27

Former left fielder whose dream of playing for the Atlanta Braves never came to fruition. Instead, worked my way through college and got a degree in journalism, pulling off a rare feat: working in the field of my degree. Began working at The Augusta Chronicle in 1998 and have covered many exceptional events since then (12 Masters Tournaments, the 2001 PGA Championship, 1998 Peach Bowl, 2002, 2010 and 2011 SEC Championships, two of USC Aiken's three golf national championships, Augusta State's 2010 and 2011 NCAA Division I golf national championships and four of Augusta State's Division II Elite Eight appearances (men-2008-2010; women-2004) and 12 Augusta Futurities -- along with myriad high school state championship games). In 2008, had a streak of 100 consecutive days of stories in the paper (from January-April). Honored to win first place in the Georgia Press Association's Sports Writing contest in 2009. I live in Augusta with my beautiful wife and our wonderful triplets.