Tim Kawakami was named California sportswriter of the year by National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. Tim richly deserves this award. I'll have to try harder in 2013. Greg Papa got named California sportscaster of the year -- also richly deserved. Congrats to both.
Granted, I have been a little out of it lately, my head draining and all that jazz. I seem to be coming around this morning, at least I hope I am. I started reading again and noticed that Ann Killion and Tim Kawakami also addressed Colin Kaepernick's postgame press (non)conference [...]
Sportswriters around the country are down on the San Francisco Giants because they employed Melky Cabrera and now they have brought back Guillermo Mota, two known drug cheaters. Tim Kawakami wrote a provocative column that ran this morning in the Merc. Tim made two main points: Cabrera clearly aided the [...]
Tim Kawakami of the Merc wrote an interesting and amusing blog on Alex Smith's incredible longevity with the Niners. I mean you can't get rid of this guy -- Smith, I mean, not Kawakami. If nothing else Alex Smith has staying power and frankly he does not have much else. [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.