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In reply to DiabloWags • 11:21p, 12/18/25
DiabloWags said:
Legendary SF Chronicle sportswriter Glenn Dickey died last Friday at the age of 90 at his home in Oakland.

He dominated the Bay Area sportswriting market in the 70's. He was as subtle as a punch to the jaw.

If you were a fraud or a failure, he'd let you know.

RIP Glenn.




Thx for posting.
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In reply to DiabloWags • 11:26p, 12/18/25
DiabloWags said:
Legendary SF Chronicle sportswriter Glenn Dickey died last Friday at the age of 90 at his home in Oakland.

He dominated the Bay Area sportswriting market in the 70's. He was as subtle as a punch to the jaw.

If you were a fraud or a failure, he'd let you know.

RIP Glenn.




Dickey was a Cal grad who wrote about Cal in his columns fairly often. In general, his opinions were enlightened and ahead of their time. When he wrote in his column that a coach needed to go, that was the death knell for said coach.

For you younger Bears, let me tell you, back in the day it was hard to get a lot of info about Cal Football and Basketball, as it was all disseminated by half a dozen local sports writers (whose editors knew that this is a pro sports area).

As for the opinions that we share on BI, you had to meet up with friends at Kip's or LaVals. Actually, that part was good.
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In reply to bearister • 8:39a, 12/19/25
sorry B, but who's that?
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In reply to Big C • 10:24a, 12/19/25
Makes me wonder what Lowell Cohen is up to these days.
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In reply to cal83dls79 • 11:08a, 12/19/25
cal83dls79 said:
Makes me wonder what Lowell Cohen is up to these days.


I was a C. W. Nevius fan. I used to send him emails about his columns and he would respond. It looks like he writes for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat (as Lowell Cohn did).

It looks like Cohn has a Substack.

I rarely agreed with Glenn Dickey, but what do I know.
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In reply to bearister • 12:10p, 12/19/25

I used to write folks at the Chronicle too sometimes. Probably still in a box somewhere in my basement are several personal replies from Glenn Dickey, Bruce Jenkins and Herb Caen. I gotta do something with that basement!

I guess former letter-writers evolved into high post-count posters on Bear Insider!
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2:12p, 12/19/25
Man, as a Cal fan, I always thought Dickey was pretty much how you spell the first 4 letters of his last name. Given our history of results though, maybe he was more enlightened than I have previously thought.
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3:01p, 12/19/25
I thought Glenn was at his very best as the Raiders' beat reporter. When he started writing a column, the first thing I can recall him doing was accusing Willie Mays of being past his prime. Even as a kid, I recognized that Dickey was really just trying to attract eyeballs and I was never more than an occasional reader. Still, the fact that he occasionally wrote about Cal gave us some exposure in a local media which tended to fawn over Stanfurd.
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1:42p, 12/20/25

The Reiners were at Conan O'Brien's house for a party when a situation occurred between Nick and his parents. I'm not sure if the parents were aware of the med changes.
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5:14p, 12/21/25
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In reply to PAC-10-BEAR • 5:41p, 12/21/25
PAC-10-BEAR said:

The Reiners were at Conan O'Brien's house for a party when a situation occurred between Nick and his parents. I'm not sure if the parents were aware of the med changes.

It's being reported today that RR told people at the party he was afraid his son would harm him. It is also reported that some party goers wanted to call the police over the father son argument with the idea of getting Nick into a MH hold but Conan O'Brien insisted that not happen, saying it was his party and his house and nobody was calling the police to his house.
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9:29p, 12/21/25
Sad topic, but that is the nature of this thread (thx, concordtom!).

At this point, I guess what I'm wondering is, how did the US Postal Service manage to lose my invitation to Conan O'Brien's party this year?
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