Seeing as how some of us are, admittedly, those sort of default Niners fans whose experience with the team is mostly limited to that one game we got free tickets to*, we went ahead and asked resident Niners fan Daisy Barringer what she thought about the Pro Bowl lineup announced last night. It features eight total 49ers (although no love for Alex Smith). The New England Patriots are the only other team with eight on the Pro Bowl Squad. Here's Daisy: more ›

The NFL's 2007 Free Agency period is on! The Niners went on a wild buying spree. What've the Raiders got in their cart? Let's see... more ›

Who's that being spotted Hollywood clubbin' with Giants' curveballer Barry Zito? more ›

-The Warriors finally won on the road, beating the Boston Celtics 96-95 with some great last minute D that shut down Paul Pierce with about twenty seconds left. It's only their second road win this season and yes, it's a huge win. more ›

-Frank Gore and Larry Allen from the 49ers and Raiders DE Derrick Burgess get an all expenses paid trip to Hawaii for the Pro Bowl. The Raiders are stunned only Burgess is going. Hmmm....maybe not being one of the worst teams in NFL history would have helped. more ›

This just in from Terrell Owens' email list: more ›

Ahh, signs of Summer in the Bay Area: Blackberries ripening at creekside. Long lines of cars headed to Stinson Beach. Warm evenings as the sun lingers above the Pacific. And fresh dissent rising within your Raiders' camp. more ›

There's a void in our lives right now. An aching chasm of inconsolable emptiness. Le Tour is over for another year.

After three weeks of daily exposure, we had just started to accept the joy of televised cycling as a part of daily life, and voila, it's gone. Like the first weekend after the NFL season ends (not counting the unwatchable Pro Bowl), there is an emptiness. Where once the goofy honk of European car horns, the shouts of the crazed, orange-shirted Basque fans, and the voices of Phil and Paul filled the house, now there is just the melancholy ticking of a clock somewhere in a darkened room.

Well, it might not be that bad, but we're already asking, when's the Vuelta start?

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