Tag Archives: 49ers
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Harbaugh, Kaepernick candid, unrevealing
NEW ORLEANS -- - Jim Harbaugh doesn't suffer fools easily, so how would he endure an event dotted with, ahem, journalists in capes, leotards and Mardi Gras masks?As it turns out, Harbaugh h...…
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
49ers' Staley goes from tears to cheers
New Orleans -- Before he was a Pro Bowl left tackle, Joe Staley was a weeping former college tight end.On Tuesday, Staley explained that he was a 200-pound wide receiver and track star…
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
NEW ORLEANS – So Randy Moss said he’s the greatest wide receiver of all-time today at Super Bowl Media Day. Marshall Faulk’s reaction: And?…
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The 49ers have five Lombardi Trophies in their display case and no Super Bowl losses in their history book. That record has led - at least in some quarters of the Bay Area - to...…
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49ers' Gore impressed Vilma in high school
New Orleans linebacker Jonathan Vilma goes way back with 49ers running back Frank Gore - back to their days at Coral Gables (Fla.) High even before they were teammates at the University o...…
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Ravens' switch to Jim Caldwell pays off
New Orleans -- Baltimore head coach John Harbaugh showed in December that he is not afraid to make a difficult decision.Harbaugh knew fans and media - and probably some in his organization -...…
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New Orleans linebacker Jonathan Vilma goes way back with 49ers running back Frank Gore – back to their days at Coral Gables (Fla.) High even before they were teammates at the University of Miami. So Vilma knows Gore’s frustration over…
NEW ORLEANS -- They are not sightseers, partiers or foodies. They are the San Francisco 49ers and they’re here to win a Super Bowl.…
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More than 20 years before an advertising writer fabricated a similar scene involving Mean Joe Green and a bottle of Coke, 12-year-old Martin Jacobs spotted his hero Hugh McElhenny outside K...…
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However, the younger Harbaugh, then an NFL quarterback, also tired to influence his father’s coaching. His main focus: getting the old man to air it out when he visited campus from 1994-2001.…
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Defenses still getting grip on pistol
New Orleans -- Maybe now that the Super Bowl is less than a week away, it's time to get some serious answers about the Game.We'll continue to hear about all the other issues again…
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Saturday, January 26, 2013
KNBR Conversation: Jed York of 49ers
An edited transcript of the conversation between 49ers President Jed York and KNBR's Brian Murphy and Paul McCaffrey.Murphy: Take us to the locker room (after the NFC Championship Game win over...…
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Saturday, January 26, 2013
Long before he burrowed his way into the Super Bowl, darting through small holes and dancing through slender creases, Frank Gore carved out his persona as a workingman's running back. Not ev...…
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Saturday, January 26, 2013
Buildings in San Francisco are ablaze in red and gold and the team flag is flying from the balcony of City Hall, but one big thing is missing from the Super Bowl buildup: the 49ers themselv...…
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Saturday, January 26, 2013
Eating crow on Kaepernick
I knew that I needed some help for this column. So I turned to one of San Francisco's great chefs - my friend Roland Passot of La Folie - for assistance.He suggests an overnight marinade in…
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Goldson, Whitner: Pop Warner to popping
Unfortunately for NFL wide receivers, two of the league's most violent tacklers didn't listen to their moms.San Francisco's starting safeties, Dashon Goldson and Donte Whitner, both got thei...…
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SF 49ers in the Super Bowl - no sizzle
Admit it. The 49ers' Super Bowl run is lacking a little buzz.Sure, people are excited, but when Coach Jim Harbaugh's team knocked off the Atlanta Falcons and punched their Super-ticket, the…
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Nine days before the Super Bowl, and David Akers already is on the spot. Today, that spot was a few feet from his locker at 49ers headquarters in Santa Clara. Akers strolled over, a public-relations official announced he was available…
Roughly seven years later, Hunter is hoping he still possesses semi-miraculous healing powers after he sustained a torn Achilles in a win against the Saints on Nov. 25. Today, Hunter said he was able to get out of his walking…
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
The 49ers’ 10 Most Memorable Super Bowl Moments: 1. The first on everyone’s list is the 10-yard scoring strike from Joe Montana to John Taylor with 34 seconds left to beat the Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII, 20-16. The play…
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
LaMichael James had to wait for chance
LaMichael James' 15-yard touchdown run in last week's NFC Championship Game was his first score since ... Oregon.James hadn't reached the end zone since a 1-yard run in a 45-38 win over Wisco...…
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
After wearing a suit jacket for four quarters Sunday, 49ers general manager Trent Baalke removed it after the NFC Championship Game and his cream button-down shirt was drenched with perspiration. Perh...…
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Shortly after Colin Kaepernick further popularized his biceps-kissing celebration known as “Kaepernicking” with a record-breaking playoff debut, he applied to trademark the term.…
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
After showing too much leg, Frank Gore will have to show the NFL some money.…
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
A food-aholic love affair has broken out between the San Francisco 49ers and Handel’s ice cream company in Youngstown, Ohio. Players flocked to the ice cream stand just outside the team’s Holiday Inn hotel last September while the 49ers stayed…
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
As you might have heard, those head coaches, Jim and John Harbaugh, are brothers (no, I’m not kidding). Of course, both Harbaughs have made it clear they want the pregame focus to center on their players, not their relationship which…
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Crabtree rape allegation not holding up
The hotel-room sexual assault allegations against 49ers star wide receiver Michael Crabtree do not appear to be holding up under investigation. San Francisco police said Friday that they wer...…
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Hall of Fame receiver and former Raider and 49er Jerry Rice recently appeared on ESPN’s “NFL Live” to back up his former teammate’s claim that former Raiders head coach Bill Callahan played to lose Super Bowl XXXVII, when the Raiders…
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
SECOND QUARTER -Alex Boone did it again. On a 9-yard gain up the middle, Boone was blocking and he got his leg caught up with Gore, and Gore tripped. Boone has mistakenly tackled Gore at least three times this season.…
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- The 49ers put Aldon Smith in coverage often, which is curious. That might have been the issue on the miscommunication that resulted in the 46-yard touchdown pass to Julio Jones. Cornerback Tarell Brown might have thought he had to…
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Harbaugh: 'David Akers is our kicker'
Jim Harbaugh's voice did not exactly brim with confidence, but he dismissed any possibility of changing placekickers for the Super Bowl."The decision's already been made," Harbaugh said Monday...…
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How many 49ers fans had an unpleasant flashback and a spike in their blood pressure when San Francisco faced a 3rd-and-1 early in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s NFC Championship Game and handed the ball to … Anthony Dixon?…
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Vernon Davis again a force in playoffs
ATLANTA - Right on cue, Vernon Davis delivered in January.
For the second time in two seasons, San Francisco's tight end - quiet in the 2012 regular season - delivered in one of…
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SANTA CLARA — After holding off Billy Cundiff last week in a competition for kicking duties against the Packers, David Akers converted his lone field goal attempt in the 49ers’…
The 49ers followed in the footsteps of the San Francisco Giants by becoming the first team in their league to record an “It Gets Better” video condemning anti-gay violence and…
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Here for your pleasure and enlightenment, and because it’s a Bye Week and nothing’s going on, I wrote a piece about what happens in quarterback meetings, focusing on 49ers quarterback meetings. The article follows.
SANTA CLARA — What happens in …
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
As you may remember, Football Outsiders correctly predicted a 6-10 record for the 49ers in 2010.
After the week 1 win this year against the Seahawks, they gave the Niners a 55.6 percent chance to make the playoffs. Now, after …