Here's today's sports news...

-Baron Davis leads the way to a win over the Sacramento Kings. Apparently, he's not too happy over him being mentioned in all the Iverson rumors. But is even trading for AI a good idea?...

-Glenn Dickey says Stanford coach Walt Harris will be fired after the Big Game. We said that months ago. Jake Curtis sums up the pros and cons of firing him and Ray Ratto says the obvious-- that Harris is under a lot of pressure. ...

It's Week Four of the National Football League's 2006 regular season. Things have been tough. How’ve you been? Here's what happening with your Niners and Raiders for this October 1st...

Eagles 38, 49ers 24- You can look at this game several ways. Some people will spin it and say the 49ers showed some gumption and were several mistakes away from being in this game. Other people can look at the game and see that the Iggles were basically toying with the 49ers. Whenever they needed a big play on offense, they did it. Whenever they needed a big play on D, they got it. Case in point, in the third quarter when the 49ers were on the one and unable to get in and only . On the third down play, Frank Gore fumbled and 292 pound Mike Patterson returned it for a 98 yard touchdown. The Eagles scored on their first two possessions and looked like a pretty smooth running machine for the rest of the game, or at least they did when it appeared they weren't cat napping. ...

Sometimes a loss can be a victory and this is one of those losses that looks like a victory. Except in the win column where it really counts. The Niners came out right from the start loaded for bear and scored a TD with Alex Smith hooking up with Vernon Davis on their very first drive. The Cards then went on to take a 21-7 lead but the Niners kept coming and coming and coming, only to finally go down in defeat when Smith's Hail Mary pass fell incomplete. In fact, the Niners could claim they won all the big things but lost due to the small things, like penalties and missed passes and one missed field goal. Which sounds pretty bad if you're a contending team but really good if you're pretty much not. Oh, and Frank Gore is the man. His two-yard TD run where he basically just pushed himself into the end zone was the kind of football that would have made Vince Lombardi smile. ...

Thank goodness. Let it come. Let the games count once more, we pray you, let the National Football League's Regular Season begin. Once more for our entertainment, the thirty-two franchises will clamber over one another to reach the Vince Lombardi Trophy like kittens chasing a moth. Let's look in on our San Francisco 49ers, shall we?...

Our favorite part of the beginning of any sports season is scanning through magazine after magazine for previews of our favorite teams. What will the experts say? Is our team as good as we think it is? As bad? Should we have hope or despair? And who kidnapped Peter King and replaced him with some skinny dude? So this year, as we approach NFL '06, we read through the experts to see what they have to say about our two local teams. This year, they all pretty much said the same thing about both of our local teams. In fact, we could sum it up in two words: last place....

The Giants won (won!) their tenth out of thirteen games as Noah "Mr. August" Lowry pitched a 4-1 win over the Wild Card leading Cincinnati Reds, their second win in a row over the Reds. Sabaen's mid-season pickups are finally showing signs of life as Mike Stanton got the save and Shea Hillenbrand hit a two run home run. The Giants now find themselves three games back in the NL and 3 1/2 out of the Wild Card and with the Mets and Cardinals now flailing..... ...