Matt Kolsky, SF Examiner

Matt Kolsky

SF Examiner

Roseville, CA, United States

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Past articles by Matt:

Reading the tea leaves: What the 49ers’ combine commentary means for the offseason

The San Francisco 49ers have just under $70 million in cap space, seventh-most in the league, plus the second overall pick in April’s draft and four other selections. They’re looking » → Read More

Kolsky: Colin Kaepernick was somewhat vindicated by NFL settlement, but who would sign him?

Ahoy, dear reader, and warmest greetings from the very recent past where I am attempting to process the news of the moment — in a very short statement twee → Read More

Kolsky: San Francisco 49ers fans should look at the rise of Sean McVay and see hope for Kyle Shanahan

Conventionally speaking, the success of the Los Angeles Rams is anathema to 49ers fans. You don’t want your division rival and sole in-conference, in-state competitor to win at a higher » → Read More

Kolsky: San Francisco 49ers would be well-served to pass on the opportunity to acquire Antonio Brown

Antonio Brown is a great wide receiver. Not good, but great. I’m writing this right up top because I don’t want you to think I’m just an idiot. Brown has n → Read More

Kolsky: Bay Area sports teams make New Years resolutions

As a bi-weekly columnist for a local newspaper, I am imbued with certain special — and admittedly dark — powers. One such gift, I have recently discovered, → Read More

Kolsky: Why 8-20 under Shanahan is nothing to worry about

The San Francisco 49ers are a resounding disappointment by most reasonable standards. That this statement has been true for four straight years — and most years since 1999 — is » → Read More

Kolsky: Farhan Zaidi’s blend of traditional scouting and new-age baseball analytics will move Giants forward

I won’t lie to you here, I was hoping the Giants would hire Kim Ng for no reason more clever or complicated than thinking it makes for a good story — tradi → Read More

Kolsky: NBA refs are giving freedom to the wrong movements

One of the great things about the NBA, especially when compared to America’s other two major sports leagues, is a willingness to admit inadequacies and make measured adjustments. This year’s, » → Read More

Kolsky: The San Francisco Giants’ alleged reconstruction feels more like rearranging deck chairs

The San Francisco Giants are mercifully close to the end of another losing season. When it’s over, it will mark the worst two-season loss total for the fra → Read More

Kolsky: Raiders are Schroedinger’s football team

If you’ve never heard of Schrödinger’s cat, this attempt to explain the concept will probably be inadequate, but essentially: there’s a cat in a box with a → Read More

Kolsky: Explaining the A’s — How the Oakland Nine became contenders

It’s August, and the Oakland Athletics are 64-46, sitting 18 games over .500. This plain statement of fact feels important — the 2018 A’s are not a cute st → Read More

Golden State Warriors NBA Draft Preview: Who do the Warriors pick at No. 28?

For the first time since selecting Harrison Barnes in 2012, the Golden State Warriors own one of the first 29 picks in the NBA Draft. One might imagine tha → Read More

Golden State Warriors Championship Special: Offseason moves and Kevin Durant

After a third title in four years, the Golden State Warriors will have considerable work to do this offseason to maintain their prohibitive-favorite status → Read More

Where will LeBron James go, and what’s the impact on the Golden State Warriors?

The Golden State Warriors are champions, and the party in Oakland is ongoing. It will last all summer, as it should, but it’s worth noting that the NBA the → Read More

Kolsky: Rebuilding, the Giants way

The 2018 San Francisco Giants, to this point, have been at once deeply upsetting and remarkably … well, remarkably good. There were plenty of questions aft → Read More

Was everyone wrong about the Warriors?

The Golden State Warriors are an unbeatable basketball team. This might be a questionable moment for that statement, but we know it to be true. We saw it l → Read More

The Reuben Foster case is about America, not football

For now, Reuben Foster is a member of the San Francisco 49ers. He may be the best football player on the roster and he's certainly in the top five. But the → Read More

With 82 games gone, Warriors answers are finally around the corner

To say the entire Golden State Warriors roster and fanbase has been desperately longing for this moment since the start of the regular season would be disi → Read More

State of the Sports Union: April brings it all

We are hitting my favorite spot in the calendar. With the rancid mess of March Madness behind us, April brings not only 70-degree weather but a smorgasbord → Read More

Injuries, the truth serum of sports

Injuries are the worst part of sports. It’s not much of a contest, really. As infuriating as so many things in sports can be for those of us who watch — fr → Read More