Here is the opening to my Friday column leading up to the U.S. Open: I'm gonna write what I'm about to write because I ain't got no class. You got dat? I'm writing about golf, something I don't often do. And when you write about golf, a sport just dripping [...]
I want you to know I apologize. I apologize for everything. Here's the deal. Several readers have demanded I apologize to Trent Baalke, Alex Smith and Jim Harbaugh for doubting them, although I don't think I doubted Harbaugh. They demand I apologize for criticizing them, etc. Why Baalke and the [...]
We all know the 49ers have suffered more than other teams because of the lockout. Other teams have continuity but the Niners have a new coach and a new offensive system not to mention a new defensive system. When training camp started coach Jim Harbaugh went to great pains to [...]
This time of the football year writers write that so-and-so is on the bubble. My kid wrote that today on his blog. Here's what I want to know. What exactly does on the bubble mean? Please don't explain to me that it means a guy is vulnerable and may get [...]
I spoke to several people who attended the 49ers' "open-to-the-public" practice on Thursday. Jim Harbaugh ran his practice on the field farthest away from the fans which, naturally, made it hard for the fans to see. In addition, many players stood between the fans and the practice -- perhaps a [...]
Very spirited here today on the Zohn. I love the give and take and appreciate how fierce all of you are but also how polite we keep things on the Zohn So, here's another thought of mine and then, please, have at it. Some Zohners say I am down on [...]
It's late Sunday night and Mrs. Cohn Zohn and I just returned from a jaunt to Kelowna, British Columbia. Have you heard of it? We went for a wedding. The son of my friend Bill Gairdner married a lovely young lady from Kelowna -- a Kelownian? (Bill and I shared [...]
I never do stats, except for this morning. I did stats. Grant let me into the beauty of OPS+. Millions of people know about OPS+ and even consider it outdated. Me, I'm not into stats and don't know from OPS+. I wrote my Tuesday column about OPS+ and what it [...]
KauaiRobert, Stan and Neal -- my faithful readers. This is not a sports blog, so please be warned. It is about the semicolon. It really is. Turn back now if you are not interested. This topic has been on my mind the last two days -- why I don't like [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.