Bruce Macgowan

Bruce Macgowan has worked in radio and TV as a sportscaster for 45 years, with nearly 40 years of experience here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bruce spent nearly two decades working at KNBR, ‘The Sports Leader,’ as a reporter/talk show host. He also spent a collective decade at KGO and KCBS radio as a sports reporter/sports anchor. Before returning to his native Bay Area, Bruce worked as a TV sportscaster in television in Eureka and Portland, Oregon before moving into radio in 1980 in Seattle. Macgowan also spent a year working as a radio network sportscaster in New York City. Macgowan wrote weekly sports oolumns for the San Francisco Examiner and the Sacramento Union for a collective eight years. Macgowan lives in Fairfax with his wife, Colette, daughter Molly, dogs Lila and Bogey and an orange tabby, Yoda.

Giants Looking Good, June 2025
Giants Optimism Surging, April 2025
Al Attles' Celebration of Life, November 2024
Al Attles Tribute, August 2024
Hope for the Giants, July 2024
Willie Mays RIP 1931 – 2024, June 2024
Baseball -- Still in the Soul of America, June 2024
Giants Have Yet to Find an Identity, April 2024
Giants Having a Rough State, April 2024
Giants – 2024 Prospectus Encouraging but Question Marks, March 2024
49ers Going to the Super Bowl!, January 2024
49ers -- NFL's Best, November 2023
Giants in Relatively Good Shape at All-Star Break, July 2023
Roger Craig, In Appreciation, June 2023
An Uncertain Future, June 2023
Unsettling Times for Bay Area Sports, May 2023
Vida Bue, Blazing Left-Handed Pitcher, May 2023
Giants Are a Mixed Bag in 2023, April 2023
Brock Purdy -- NFL Story of the Year? December 2022
Big Games Live On, November 2022
Ambling Toward Oracle, September 2022
Bruce Macgowan Inducted Into BARHOF, September 2022
What Should the Giants do in 2023? September 2022
Giants Look Like a Middling Team, August 2022
Bill Russell Interview, August 2022
Will Clark, One of a Kind, August 2022
Giants End First Half of Season with a Flourish, July 2022
Giants in a Slump, July 2022
Giants Get Some Spring Back In Their Step, May 2022
Warriors Back To The Top?, May 2022
Giants Off To A Good Start, April 2022
Giants Follow Up Miracle Season With Major Question Marks, March 2022
Rick Barry, March 2022
Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, March 2022
Zany 49ers Season Ends in LA, January 2022
Amazing 49ers Season Continues, January 2022
An Unforgettable Giants Season, October 2021
Giants vs. Dodgers, Has It Been Any Better Than This? October 2021
Giants Roar into the Post Season, October 2021
Vida Blue -- Blazing Left-Handed Pitcher, September 2021
A Wild Ride Down The Stretch, September 2021
Gabe Kapler Deserving of NL Manger of the Year Consideration, August 2021
Giants-Dodgers Rivalry Stays Revelvant, August 2021
New Giant Arrives for Stretch Drive, August 2021
Giants Stay Consistent and Strong Because of Depth, July 2021
Giants -- One of Baseball's Great Stores -- Thus Far, June 2021
Howard Cosell -- "I Tell It Like It Is", May 2021
My Favorite Willie Mays Memory, May 2021
George Blanda, The Ultimate Crumudgeon, May 2021
"The Catch" Remembered, April 2021
Marv Hubbard, Classic Raider of the 1970s, December 2020
The 'Humm Baby' Giants of the late 1980s, December 2020
The Press Box -- Sanctuary for Cynics but an Oasis for Hardcore Sports Fans, December 2020
Celebrity Time -- My Casual Relationship with Robin Williams, November 2020
Unusual Encounters at the Ballpark / Stan Getz, October 2020
Jeff Kent, A Star and Curmudgeon, October 2020
Bill Walsh, Football Royalty, September 2020
Bringing KNBR into my life, August 2020
Oakland A's of the late 1980s, early 1990s, August, 2020
KNBR 680 AM and Ralph Barbieri -- Never Boring!, August, 2020
Warriors amazing 1975 NBA title tops my list, July 2020
Reflections of a Sports Reporter – Pete Rose, June 2020