49ers rookie De’Zhaun Stribling exits debut vs. Rams with ankle injury
San Francisco Chronicle • • sports
Key Points:
- Eric Branch has been covering the San Francisco 49ers for the San Francisco Chronicle since 2011, following a year covering the team at the Santa Rosa Press Democrat in 2010.
- 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 award by the National Sports Media Association.
- He won a first-place feature writing award in 2023 from the Pro Football Writers of America for a story on 49ers team pastor Earl Smith.
- Prior to covering the 49ers, Branch reported on diverse events and worked at several regional newspapers, and was recognized in “Best American Sports Writing 2001” for his column on small-town sportswriting.
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