Michael Silver, formerly of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, provided the following audio for Yahoo. It is Gregg Williams exhorted his New Orleans Saints defensive unit to hurt and maim the San Francisco 49ers before their playoff game. He clearly is telling them to cheat and never to apologize. This [...]
I'm writing a column about Alex Smith for Thursday, one on Bountygate for Friday. But a quick note on Bountygate. I'm glad Sean Payton is banned a year. It should be for life. With Gregg Williams it may very well be for life. Let's be clear. There's a difference between [...]
I just read a disturbing Sporting News story about Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints and his defensive coordinator Gregg Williams. With Payton's knowledge, Williams instituted a bounty system, paying defensive players to hurt opponents, hopefully to knock them out of a game so they had to get carted [...]
It sure seems like the University of Miami is up to its ears in corruption -- mostly about its football and basketball teams. I wrote my Thursday column about the Hurricanes' scandal and its implications for big-time college sports. The implications are not very good. I say Miami should get [...]
I'm not saying Tiger Woods is a cheater, a law breaker and a phony when it comes to golf and drugs. I have no knowledge he broke any laws. But I wonder about the guy, now more than ever. I woke up from an afternoon nap -- I sleep a [...]
While all the Buster Posey stuff was going on, Grant wrote a piece for ComcastSportsNet BayArea about the latest Lance Armstrong flap, how teammates are accusing him of being a drug cheat. Grant is not accusing Armstrong or anyone else. He writes how growing up in his age -- the [...]
In a related development, Manny Ramirez retired today after he tested positive for prohibited drugs for the third time. If he wanted to continue playing and was proved guilty he would have been suspended 100 games. What a beaut that guy is. Reporters here in the courthouse joked they wanted [...]
Here's a hypothetical for you. Tomorrow the Giants open at home. It's also possible the jury will render a verdict in the Bonds trial -- although it may not. So, if you're me where do you go -- Giants opener or Bonds trial? I will not make this decision. My [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.