With fewer than 25% of registered voters turning out for the election, here's how things went down after Tuesday's primary election. more ›

by Daisy Barringer The San Francisco 49ers won their game against the St. Louis Rams yesterday 28-6 and managed to finish their season at 8-8, their best record since 2002. Whoopee. (Yes, that’s right, I just used a phrase meant to imply disillusionment that most people choose not to use after the age of six. But since Singletary’s excuse as to why the Niners didn’t make it to the playoffs this year is the team’s “immaturity,” I’m going to go ahead and stick with that questionable word choice.) At the beginning of the season, Singletary declared, “I want winners.” Instead, he got “non-losers,” which I guess we’re supposed to believe is something to be happy about. Or at least not sad about. I know. It makes me want to drink, too. more ›

by Daisy Barringer With their 20-6 win against the Lions yesterday, the 49ers have a shot at their best record since 2002. All they have to do is beat the pathetic 1-14 Rams next Sunday for an 8-8 season. (Is an 8-8 season considered a winning season or just avoiding a losing season? These are the tough questions that wake me up at 3 a.m.) more ›

by Daisy Barringer What is there left to say? I spent all of last week worrying about yesterday’s game. I had anxiety nightmares every single night, including one where I had to step off of the top of the Golden Gate Bridge into the pitch dark and trust that I’d land on an invisible staircase that would take me to the game. The entire season was in the balance. If we won, the playoffs were a possibility; if we lost, we proved we’re exactly what our record says we are: mediocre at best. more ›

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-With tonight's 108-82 win against the running joke that is the New York Knicks (seriously, what does it take to get fired in that organization?), the Warriors have now won three in a row and are one game from totaling the amount of wins our local football teams have. The Beard led the way with 31 points, seven assists and six rebounds and Stephen Jackson got 23 points. For the Knicks, Starbury played his first game of the season showing that blackmail does work more ›

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The Niners' attempt to build themselves some spiffy new digs took quite a twist recently as the plans were temporarily kiboshed when the neighbors of the purposed new stadium, the Great America theme park, said they weren't quite cool with the idea of a football stadium being next door. Too many loud parties on Sunday and all the guests tend to be loud, drunk and wear dorky jerseys. So rumors started up that the owners of Great America, Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. of Sandusky, Ohio, might be down for the stadium if and only if the Niners buy the amusement park. Well, it turns out that it's true-- Cedar Fair is willing to sell the park to the Yorks. more ›

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So what happened over the weekend in sports? The Raiders looked impressive, the 49ers not so much. In baseball, the Giants played some of their best baseball of the season while the A's played some of their worst. We, however, missed it all as we got suckered into the Lord of the Rings Trilogy on TNT and spent most of the weekend online debating the question of who would win a fight between Dumbledore and Gandalf. For the record, Gandalf totally would--Dumbledore just helped defeat some wizard who looked like a snake. Gandalf helped defeat a giant, flaming eyeball. Now onto the sports more ›

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On Tuesday, the 49ers unveiled their shiny new plan for a stadium in Santa Clara. The whole thing will cost about $854 million with Santa Clara pitching in what is said to be $160 million, although Santa Clara still might have to throw down for another $20 million to move the substation that's on the grounds of the proposed stadium. The rest of the money, $694 million, will come partially from the Niners ($363.3 million) and partially through the usual assortment of things, mainly naming rights and fan gouging. more ›

San Francisco unveiled some shiny new plan to win back the affections of the Niners yesterday. The plan includes a redevelopment of Candlestick Point and Hunters Point and features a new stadium for the Niners, lots of parks, lots of housing, office space and a new arena. Best part? Supposedly the plan means no money down for the city. So far, there is no truth to the rumors that the plan also includes lots of shiny, pretty ponies for everybody to have. 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 ›

-San Jose gets back to where it all belongs with a 3-0 victory over the Minnesota Wild. The Sharks appear to be playing up and down lately-- a win here followed by a loss there-- and this is definitely one of the up games. more ›

While most of us were either not working or goofing off at work last week, Gavin stepped up and sent the 49ers yet another proposal to keep the team from moving. This proposal? How's about building a new stadium at the Hunters Point Naval Yard. The Niners were nonplussed. more ›

49ers 26 Broncos 23: We dislike Mike Shanahan in the same way we dislike Tony LaRussa: two guys who've read one too many press clippings about their supposed genius and let it go to their heads. Shanahan totally over thought this season (starting Cutler) and over thought yesterday's game and as a result, the Broncos aren't in the playoffs. We watched just enough of yesterday's game to hear the announcers say over and over again how the Broncos need to run more and how woozy Cutler looked yet Shanahan still kept him out there throwing. The Niners should have been knocked out of the game early, yet proved they were just feisty enough to beat them. more ›

-The Niners beat the Seahawks in what has to be a bit of a shocker, 24-14. We'll have more on this later. more ›

This Week 15 sends the 49ers up to Seattle mid-week to grapple desperately in hopes of keeping their mathematically-possible playoff hopes alive. more ›

Bonds signing, Day 2... While the players are psyched and according to the Chron, Giant's fans are too, Bruce Jenkins is not. He, in fact, drops in to rip the deal, calling the front office "gutless," says the season is already over, wishes the team were more like the Dodgers, and thinks the Giants are basically nothing but a freak show right now. Jenkins must have powered the energy haterade as he cranks out two columns and makes Eve's day by posting on the blog too. The Betting Fool, however, gets all misty when comparing Bonds to the late Jose Uribe and let's his readers rip the deal. Meanwhile, Tim Liotta of the Ex sees gray people. more ›

-Shootout on 880 leads to one death, one injured and major traffic. -The search for the lost family continues on more ›

Week Twelve of the National Football Season's regular season is here, post-Thanksgiving. Grab some leftovers and plunk down on the couch, here comes this weekend's set of Bay Area American football entertainment. more ›

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49ers 20 Seahawks 14-- Clang, clang, clang goes the 49ers bandwagon as this is the biggest win in franchise history in God who knows how long. Probably back when Mariucci was the coach and the playoffs were a semi-regular thing. They beat, we mean beat, not only the top team in the division but also last year's Superbowl losers. The Niners raced to a twenty point lead in the first half then basically held onto dear life as the 'Hawks kept on knocking on the end zone door. Your game balls go to Frank Gore who ran for 212 yards and the D who kept the Seattle Blue Men scoreless three times in the last 4 1/2 minutes. This was a real nail-biter, the kind of game that makes one hate sports, in that Seattle made it close and then threatened again and again and again but couldn't do it. Frank Gore even fumbled away the ball with a few minutes left, a huge boo-boo, but the Niners still held. Wowzers more ›

Raiders 20, Steelers 13- Okay, we're going to say this and we know we're being your typical wishy washy sports reporter, but we think the Raiders a better team than the 49ers. Not just because they beat the Superbowl Champs (it's the in-thing to do these days) but because even when they do lose, they don't get blown out like a certain team across the Bay. We think too that it's mainly because the Raiders can play some D while the 49ers can't. Case in point, the particular game in question in which the D scored two TDs on interception returns and sacked Big Ben five times. That's positively Bear-like and it's even more impressive when you consider the offense still stinks like day old socks. more ›

We're starting to see a pattern emerge with both teams. The Raiders start well but can't finish and the Niners start slowly but finish strong. Which is what happened yesterday as the Raiders were actually up 13-7 at halftime, only to give up 27 straight points to their Bay Area counterparts. The key was a Niners D that grabbed four interceptions and returned a fumble for a TD. They did such a good job that Raiders QB Andrew Walter was replaced by Marques Tuiasosopo in the fourth quarter. The other hero for the Niners day was Frank Gore who rushed for 134 yards and Marvelous Norv Turner who was given the game ball for beating up on his old team. more ›

Somewhere, a lot of really good, exciting football games were on TV. Just not here. Chiefs 41, 49ers 0: Worst. Loss. Ever. No, seriously, it was the worst shutout loss in 49ers history. It doesn't get better once you look at the stats either. The Niners total offense racked up less than 200 yards, Smith got sacked five times, they committed five turnovers, and the Niners couldn't touch backup QB Damon Huard once. Something to definitely to worry about too is that the Niners have fallen behind early in three of their games, to the tune of being outscored 82-20 in the first half over the season. In the first two, they rallied somewhat. This week, nothing. And there D has now given up 79 points in two games. Say goodnight to all those excited Niners fans. more ›

So, along comes Week Two of the 2006 NFL Regular Season for our Bay Area teams. Here's what to look for, and when. more ›