In a shocker which rocked the football world to its core the 49ers lost on Sunday at home to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The 49ers, long regarded as the class of the NFL, managed to score no points in the 21-0 loss which shook up the league. Football mourns at [...]
The latest 49ers flap is kind of silly. Is Alex Smith a good leader and is he a better leader than Troy Smith? I wrote my Thursday column about this latest tempest. The Raiders used to make a big fuss and now it's the Niners. Whether or not Alex Smith [...]
We are witnessing yet another Alex Smith controversy. There have been so many. He has suffered so much. So many people have been cruel to him. The heart aches. The latest has to do with coach Mike Singletary. Singletary questioned Smith's leadership and now Smith has fired back saying he's [...]
Which is a better football team, the 49ers or Raiders? This is a serious question and I ask it in some ignorance. I've been on the World Series beat and have not seen either football team play in a while. The Niners have a worse record than the Raiders but [...]
From my seat in the auxiliary press box in Arlington I notice the Niners won. Good for them. Here is my little lecture and then I have a question. I think it will be terrible if the Niners start to win some games and Jed York draws the conclusion the [...]
With pleasure I read that John York said he is committed to Mike Singletary for the rest of this season. Last week the Prince of York said the same thing. And Singletary says the 49ers can win their division. All of this is helpful information. The Niners should retain Singletary [...]
I'll be covering the Giants until the end of the World Series, which means I won't be covering the 49ers. But I couldn't resist this. I was reading the paper this morning and came upon this laughable quote from Mike Singletary: "I still believe we can go to the playoffs. [...]
Jason Cole, who seems to have a pipeline to the Niners, wrote a story saying Mike Singletary may get fired even if the team makes the playoffs. Two things about that: 1. Singletary should get fired even if the 49ers make the playoffs. He is a bad coach who knows [...]
Do you approve of Mike Singletary yelling at Alex Smith in the Eagles game? I don't. They were on national TV for goodness sake. You don't embarrass a professional athlete on national TV, or any place for that matter. Maybe Singletary forgot he was on TV. Apparently, he forgot there [...]
For my Tuesday column I asked a logical question. Who is the worst at his job on the 49ers, Jed York, Mike Singletary or Alex Smith? All stink but some stink worse than others. I admit there is no right answer in this juicy discussion. I also admit these three [...]
Lowell Cohn, retired columnist for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, covered sports for almost 40 years and never ran out of things to say.