49ers’ Nick Bosa out multiple weeks with calf injury, report says
San Francisco Chronicle • • sports
Key Points:
- Eric Branch has been covering the San Francisco 49ers for the San Francisco Chronicle since 2011, after previously reporting on the team in 2010 at the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
- A UCLA graduate, Branch has earned nine national APSE awards, including recognition in 2018 for breaking news on the arrest of 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster.
- In 2024, he was named a finalist for the California Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association, and in 2023, he won first place in feature writing from the Pro Football Writers of America.
- Prior to focusing on the 49ers, Branch covered a wide range of events and worked at several newspapers including the Logansport Pharos-Tribune and York Daily Record.
- His writing was recognized in “Best American Sports Writing 2001” for a column about the experiences of being a small-town sportswriter.
