: About Me

A sports, travel and business writer for more than 30 years, I contribute to numerous print and online publications and news services, Associated Press to the Portland Oregonian, Reuters to several specialty lifestyle magazines and web sites. I also own and manage the web sites:

ByJamesRaia.com
(My articles from various publications.)

GolfTribune.com

(Golf tournaments, player profiles, golf course news.)

MontereyPeninsula.org.

(All about the Monterey Peninsula.)

TheWeeklyDriver.com

(My syndicated new car review column and other automotive content.)

My passion is ...

long-distance running (86 marathons)

I know too much about ...

The Tour de France

My parents always told me ...

I was curious about everything

My childhood ambition ...

Playing an instrument at boring party to liven it up

My favorite memory ...

Christmas shopping with my father

Why I write ...

Lousy athlete/good observer

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The New Yorker/60 Minutes/Jazz/NPR

My first job ...

Preparing fields for youth baseball games

My best moment ...

Marrying my wife

My inspiration ...

My father

Autos > Car Reviews Car reviews: 2011 Honda CR-V

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Now a teenager and offered in its third generation, the Honda CR-V remains one of the country’s most popular compact sport utility vehicles. It debuted in Japan in 1995, arrived as a Chicago Auto Show display in 2006 and debuted in United States dealerships in 2007. A decade later, the CR-V overtook its toughest competitors in sales, even the segment leader Ford Explorer. It became the country’s top-selling SUV with more than 219,000 sold units. The Ford Explorer had been top-ranked for 15 consecutive years. The CR-V hasn’t reached its 2007 sales total since, but it still...

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Writing:

• Professional Journalist
• Marketplace Premier Writer
• Marketplace Approved Writer
• News Writer
• Helium Charter Member