I'm picking the 49ers to defeat the Packers in a close game. I do this with some trepidation because the Packers are good. I just think the Niners are better. The Niners will run on the Pack. The Niners will pass on them. The Niners will stop the Packer's run [...]
Here is the opening to my Sunday column about the 49ers-Packers matchup: The 49ers have been getting some bad news lately. Justin Smith is playing with one arm and their place-kicker, David Akers, forgot how to kick. Well, Akers is their place-kicker if he survives Jim Harbaugh’s kick-off against Billy [...]
For my Monday column I picked the team I think will win next Sunday's Super Bowl. I believe the game comes down to a simple equation -- Aaron Rodgers vs. the Steelers' defense. I also think it will be a hard-fought, physical game and I think it will be an [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.