-If you want to feel old, consider this: it was twenty-five years ago to the day that the Niners won their first Super Bowl. To celebrate, the Chron reprints stories about the game and the reaction from 1982. They also have some Herb Caen goodness. And finally, they catch up with members of the '82 49ers and detail all of the physical problems they're facing these days as a result of playing football. ...

And now, for the non-Warriors sports news of the day: -the leaking of Barry Bonds' amphetamines test might actually be a Catch-22 in that signing him will piss of the fans but not signing him will piss of the player's union. You don't want to make the player's union angry. -On the ESPN gabfests, they were already assuming the new Raiders coach would be James Lofton. So, naturally, the Chron is saying it just might......

-Ray Ratto thinks Carole Migden's proposal to keep the 49ers in San Fran is a load of hooey. -That new stadium, BTW, is polling at about 73% in favor down in Santa Clara. ...

Okay, here's something that we've always wondered about in football-- why don’t coaches in the final minutes of a football let the other team score to get the ball back instead of letting the other team run down the clock and kick the game-winning field goal? Just look at the Eagles/Giants game. The Eagles were in easy field goal range with about two minutes to go and the Giants out of time outs. So the Eagles just ran the clock out and won the game with a last second field goal, something that was pretty much inevitable. So what if instead of doing what they did, the Giants let Westbrook run it in for a TD with a minute or so left so they could get the ball back? Wouldn’t that make more sense than hoping that some sort of fluke play occurs? If you were a coach, would you rather take your chances hoping that the team that's driving either screws up the field goal, fumbles, or gets backed up due to penalties or would you rather take a chance with your offense scoring again? ...