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Bay Area Sports Columnist Lowell Cohen Takes “Gloves Off” in New Memoir

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6656 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Former San Francisco Chronicle and Santa Rosa Press Democrat sportswriter Lowell Cohn’s career spans four decades. In his new memoir “Gloves Off” he revisits some of the most memorable moments, from his relationship with legendary 49ers coach Bill Walsh to the rise of Warriors phenomenon Steph Curry. We talk with Cohn about his career, the book, and how sportswriting has changed in the last 40 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Former San Francisco Chronicle and Santa Rosa Press Democrat sports columnist Lowell Cohn's

1:08.3

career as a sports writer spans four decades. And in his new memoir,

1:12.1

he revisits some of the most memorable moments from his relationship with legendary four-de-niners coach

1:17.9

Bill Walsh to the rise of the Warriors Phenom, Steph Curry. And he joins us now to talk about his

1:23.7

career and his book, Gloves Off, 40 years of unfiltered sports writing. Welcome,

1:27.6

Lowell. Michael, it's nice to hear your voice. Yeah, nice to hear yours. And I ought to say that

1:33.3

anyone with an interest in Bay Area sports, professional sports or sports in general, or sports

1:38.9

writing, which I'd like to talk about with Lowell as well, would find this book quite valuable

1:43.9

and important to read.

1:45.8

It's a very serious book.

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He's a serious writer.

1:48.8

We bonded a long time ago because we were both in this world of multimedia with PhDs in

1:55.8

literature, sort of strange birds.

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