The 49ers signed first-round draft pick A.J. Jenkins to a four-year deal. I've met Jenkins and he seems like a nice guy. I am not convinced he is ready to be a big contributor next season -- he did not sparkle in minicamp, from what I read (I was covering [...]
Here is the opening to my Saturday column about A. J. Jenkins and his graduation from college and the 49ers: SANTA CLARA -- It is important for a college graduate to attend graduation and to make that dramatic march in cap and gown in honor of four years of hard, [...]
Some readers are peeved at me because I don't endorse the Niners' choice of A.J. Jenkins in the first round of the draft. Well, I don't endorse the Niners' choice of A.J. Jenkins in the first round of the draft. I don't feel I'm employed to be a cheerleader 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.