Josh Cootner - Profile and Journalist Details

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Biography

Josh grew up on the campus of Stanford University, where his father taught economics, and his mother was curator of textiles at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. He attended Boston University, before coming to Los Angeles to pursue screenwriting. He's worked mostly in the feature world, concentrating primarily on comedy. His R-rated comedy feature screenplay, DISCIPLES OF DARRYL, sold to Intrepid Pictures. Another R-rated comedy feature, COUGAR SAFARI, was optioned by Spitfire Pictures. A third, CRASH WEDNESDAY, made The Hit List. His family comedy, FIXING THE FLETCHERS, was optioned by Southpaw Entertainment in 2018. After turning his attention to television, his drama pilot, BETTER, was purchased by SF Studios and an eight-episode Season One is being produced overseas for Scandinavian streaming service Viaplay. In 2018, he wrote freelance columns on his relationship with his then-fiancée (now wife), one of which was published in the Los Angeles Times, another which was published in the New York Times – his second time being published in that newspaper. He also writes a weekly football column for SB Nation, one of the world’s largest and most trafficked sports blogs.

Content

Total articles 62

• NFL Power rankings: A quarterly update on everything from around the NFL

  By Josh Cootner| Niners Nation Verified The NFL ebbs and flows, changing so much from week to week it’s a fool errand to try and re-jigger your opinion of all 32 teams on a weekly basis. (That’s why they gave that job to me.) But every so often you need to really take a look at the teams to figure out what’s what. The same can be said of the stock market. You’d drive yourself crazy if you look at your investment portfolio on a daily basis. (I know because I do it.) One day it’s up, the next it’s down.

  By Josh Cootner · Niners Nation

  Oct. 01, 2019

• The case for Bumgarner staying

  By Josh Cootner| McCovey Chronicles Verified I’ve always wanted to write an op-ed, but I think this is the closest I’ll ever get. All I’ve seen recently are pieces counting down Madison Bumgarner’s final moments with the Giants — “third to last start,” “second to last stank-eye,” “last snotrocket after a strikeout.” Most lump him in with Bochy on their way out the door — end of an era and all that. Sometimes, I was even the one writing them. But here’s the thing: Deep down, I don’t really think Madison Bumgarner is going anywhere. I know.

  By Josh Cootner · McCovey Chronicles

  Sep. 26, 2019

• The Tier Hunter, Week 3: The good (backup QB’s), the bad (coaching decisions), and the ugly (49ers win)

  By Josh Cootner| Niners Nation Verified Worrying about all the marquee QB’s out with injuries is so last week. Embracing the backup QB is all the rage. No less than five backup QB’s led their teams to huge wins this week, four of them coming on the road, three the first win for 0-2 teams. A sixth backup, Mason Rudolph, almost scored a fifth road win and fourth first win of the year, but in the end, he got Jimmy G’d. Two more, Josh Rosen and Luke Falk, also got starts for 0-2 teams, but that was more of a sacrificial lamb thing.

  By Josh Cootner · Niners Nation

  Sep. 25, 2019

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