Here is a link to my Tuesday column about Colin Kaepernick's salary demand. The full column runs below: Colin Kaepernick is not an attractive personality. Usually he doesn’t say jack. And that’s not attractive. When he says jack — and more — he’s even less attractive. Take what the Boston [...]
Usually, you can't get Colin Kaepernick to say a word. He stands there in news conferences answering in sullen monosyllables, staring straight ahead like a dead mackerel. But today he's in Super Bowl World and he's giving interviews to everything. It turns out he even has a personality. Naturally, he [...]
Here is a link to my Thursday column about Colin Kaepernick. The full text appears below: How much is Colin Kaepernick worth to the 49ers? In dollars and cents. Hard cash. Or as Charles Dickens used to call money, “the needful.” We are not talking Kaepernick’s leadership (such as it [...]
Here is a link to my Thursday column about Colin Kaepernick: The full column appears below: SANTA CLARA -- Colin Kaepernick is special. Let’s agree on that. OK? Let’s call it our working hypothesis. But how is he special? I mean, let’s use our noodles to figure out this mystery [...]
Here is a link to my Friday column about Colin Kaepernick. The full column runs below: Colin Kaepernick had an impressive game against the Packers last Sunday and he was impressive at the end of the season, mostly against mediocre teams. He did not win the Packers game for the [...]
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, [...]
Here is a link to my column about Colin Kaepernick's obligations to his teammates. The full text appears below. Sunday’s New York Times ran an article about Colin Kaepernick’s crummy manners. It compared lock-jawed Kaepernick to charming and engaging Russell Wilson and said, in the manners category, there is no [...]
I was not in Santa Clara today. I just read the transcript of Colin Kaepernick's interview with the media, a transcript provided by the Niners. Kaepernick said: 1) He did not watch the Monday night game in which Seattle, San Francisco's next opponent, participated. 2) He speaks to the media [...]
I didn't go down to 49erville today. I'm home doing an expense report and unsuccessfully trying to trap a mouse the puss brought into the house and promptly lost interest in. But I read a transcript of Jim Harbaugh's exchange with the media today. This caught my eye: Q: I [...]
Here is a link to my Tuesday column explaining why Colin Kaepernick is not the main problem of the 49ers' offense. The full column also appears below: It is fashionable to dump on Colin Kaepernick. Last season, it was fashionable to praise him. Now, it’s Dump City. We’ve heard the [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.