I'm confused. Levi Leipheimer admitted to being a drug cheat and all over the internet I'm reading articles that defend him. I admit to know almost nothing about cycling. But here's what I wonder. Lance Armstrong made a lot of money cheating and so did Leipheimer. So, why is Leipheimer [...]
I met Levi Leipheimer only once and I almost never write about him. I cover Bay Area sports and Leipheimer is a Santa Rosa athlete and resident. I have admired his accomplishments on a bicycle, but now I don't admire him at all. I have covered many drug cheats and [...]
This whole deal in the major leagues with drug cheating is disturbing, doubly disturbing for a sports columnist like me who must write about it. I am 100 percent against drug cheating and want severe penalties for those caught. But I understand many reasonable people disagree with me. So here's [...]
Monte Poole and I were talking about Bartolo Colon on Comcast the other night. Monte said, for drug penalties to have real meaning, MLB also should penalize the teams. I agreed and I agree. Right now, teammates tacitly condone drug cheaters. If they don't condone them, they sure don't condemn [...]
In a moment I will link to an article that, as far as I can tell, is strictly on the level. The New York Daily News is reporting that Melky Cabrera knew the authorities were on to his drug cheating, so he and some of his people endeavored to set [...]
Here is something that interests me and puzzles me. Recently, I linked a column about Ryan Braun on my blog. I had an expert explain why Ryan Braun really is guilty of taking something or other and deserved to get suspended for 50 games. I also wrote a blog on [...]
I had to weigh in on the Ryan Braun mess. His getting off his drug charge from Major League Baseball is an important development and, I believe, the correct outcome given what took place with the collection of his urine sample. Having written that, I still believe Braun is guilty [...]
I am privileged to know Bill Gould and I want to tell you about his new book. Bill is professor emeritus of law at Stanford and he served as the chairman of the National Labor Relations Board from 1994 to 1998. He also is a die-hard baseball fan and for [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.