Here is a link to my column from the Raiders-Lions game. I managed to run down to the interview room after the game where I got one quote. The game started late and the deadline was horrendous. Usually I try to write something noteworthy. On this one I just wanted [...]
Here is a link to my Tuesday column about the A's stadium deal. The full text runs below: Today, the Alameda Board of Supervisors meets to vote on the proposed 10-year lease for the Oakland A’s at the O.co Coliseum. Everyone expects the vote to be a slam-dunk approval — and pardon [...]
Here is a link to my Sunday story about the future of the Raiders and A's in Oakland. This story is a long one -- it's my War and Peace without the battles. The full text runs below: When Lew Wolff thinks about a new ballpark for the Oakland A's, [...]
Here is a link to my Sunday column about Matt Schaub. Sorry for posting it so late. I slept in until 9:30 this morning. A person has to do that from time to time. The full text of the column runs below: Praise Raiders' general manager Reggie McKenzie for aggressively [...]
Matt Schaub may be coming to the Raiders. What do you think?
Here is a link to my Thursday column about Michael Vick and the Raiders. The full text runs below: The Raiders should sign Michael Vick as their starting quarterback/human sacrifice for the upcoming season. I know what you're thinking — signing Vick would be highly controversial. Sure it would, but [...]
Here is a link to my column about the Raiders' final game. The full column is below: OAKLAND — You may think the Raiders were awful on Sunday, losing their final game of the season — a home game — by the crushing score of 34-14. Don't rush to judgment. [...]
Here is a link to my Sunday column about the state of the Raiders, such as it is. The full column appears below: I’m with the agent. As the Raiders get ready for today’s game, prepare to get obliterated in their season finale against the Denver Broncos, I’ll say it [...]
Here is a link to my Tuesday column about Dennis Allen and Reggie McKenzie. The full text appears below: Let's pretend you and I are Mark Davis, owner of the Oakland Raiders. Well, if we're pretending to be Mark, we'd get a new hairdo ASAP. But we're not talking that [...]
Here is a link to my Thursday column about Alex Smith and Colin Kaepernick. The full column appears below. An old friend returns to the Bay Area on Sunday. Alex Smith will play quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs against the Raiders. I pull for Smith. I bet you do, [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.