The one in the Houston Chronic is pretty useless, too.
DE man wrote:
The delaware running section is the biggest piece of garbage. It is good for hearing Huber talk about herself non stop and telling the same stories of her past over and over again, otherwise completely useless
The Houston Chronicle's weekly article is horrible. It's useless. I can't even stand to read it and I obviously run.
Agree on the DE Paper. Huber talks about herself and how she was an Olympian over and over and over again.
Not a real "major" city, but the Poughkeepsie Journal has a weekly column written by Pete Colaizzo, who also is the Marist College XC and track coach.
Omaha World Herald axed 20 yr. veteran John Fey earlier this winter, sad.
Brazosport Facts in Lake Jackson, TX has had Bill Shaw writing for many years, he's a good one.
I think the New Haven Register has one (at least they used to) but it may only appear during the racing season (spring-autumn). Now I've got to sit down and write my own column for tomorrow's Stamford Advocate (and Greenwich Time).
The York (PA) Daily Record has a weekly local running article.
The San Diego Union-Tribune has a Friday column by Don Norcross who writes like a sad little triathlon groupie a lot of the time but he also does columns on running and runners.
My column runs every other week in The Denver Post. In the winter months it tends to be skiing and ski racing, but the rest of the year it's about running (mostly), bicycling and the triathlon. I call it Endurance.
I don't live in Buffalo but the Buffalo News I believe has a weekly column and beside that gives good coverage of the local road running scene. Toronto by comparison with 4 newspapers gives just about zero coverage.
There's one in the Lansing (Mi.) State Journal
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=sports05
I think it runs weekly, or close to it. It's geared toward recreational runners, but the guy (Dick Hoekstra) who does it knows his stuff pretty well. There's a good partnership between a local running store (Playmakers) and the paper and the guy who writes the column has worked for both. They run a race series and he publishes lists at every distance for the mid-Michigan area. Results and often stories of every area road race get in the paper.
He also does a great job covering prep XC and track. Results, lists, stories, etc.
Not even close to a major city, but the Northampton (MA) Gazette has a weekly column that covers our local neck of the woods. As mentioned in an earlier post, the Springfield (MA) Republican has a good one every Thursday that focuses on Western Mass, but is real good about mentioning races going on in Boston and around New England.
Doug Binder writes one in the Oregonian (Portland, OR).
The Greenville (S.C.) News: A weekly roundup story on regional races and performances of local runners who do well in other locales. Written by yours truly.
Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier: Weekly column by David Quick, a very good masters runner. He sometimes writes about triathlons, but we should probably forgive him for that.
The State (Columbia, S.C.): Larry Hamilton writes a running column that runs every other week.
That is the sum total for South Carolina.
The St. Pete (FL) Times has a weekly column covering local races. The columnist seems like a nice enough guy, but he's not really into running -- he just cleans up race reports that the locals send in.
I don't think the Eugene Register Guard has a weekly column, but I'll bet they have at least one running related article per week.
Bailey's column in the Buffalo News, while it does exist, is marginal at best.