misc Photo du Jour 462 San Francisco 49ers runningback Frank Gore, left, and tackle Chilo Rachel, right, celebrate Gore's game-winning touchdown against the Arizona Cardinals in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game on Sunday. Yay, American
SF News 49ers Fate in the Hands of... Santa Clara Voters? Blame it on Newsom's chronic absence as the Mayor of San Francisco. Blame it on a chronically losing football team. Blame it on a chronically decrepit stadium. The SF 49ers might be on
misc American Football Spectacular: Capsulizing The 2009 NFL Draft's First Round, "A Tale Of Two Receivers" It's time for American Football Spectacular's capsule reviews of the first round in the 2009 NFL Draft. All the intrigue, all the anticipation, all the immeasurables! All hard information was culled from NFL.
SF News 49ers Welcome Michael Crabtree While the 2009 NFL Draft's spotlight was stolen by the New York Jets' acquisition of USC quarterback Mark Sanchez, there was plenty of drama around the San Francisco 49ers' signing of wide receiver
misc American Football Spectacular: Welcome Back, Jeff Gilroy's second-favorite export is returning to the Bay Area. Chronically-underestimated warrior QB Jeff Garcia has signed a one-year deal with the Oakland Raiders. He'll be slotted for the mentor/back-up role unless something
misc Today in San Francisco History - Eye of the Gold Rush Hurricane Timecapsule: February 1, 1849 The spring of 1849 -- dawn of a year forever branded into the national consciousness as the era of the California Gold Rush. And so it was -- but
misc American Football Spectacular: Great 49er Mustaches: Kevin Fagan Defensive end Kevin Fagan and his mighty mustache helped hold the line for George Seifert's boxer's-mentality 3-4 defensive scheme during the zenith of San Francisco's 1980s power. Fagan served stolidly in the d-line
misc American Football Spectacular: Great 49er Mustaches: Roger Craig Roger Craig was one of the most versatile running backs the NFL has ever seen. A perfect fit for Bill Walsh's short-passing offensive system, in 1985 Craig became the first man to gain
misc American Football Spectacular: Great 49er Mustaches: Joe Montana When Joe Montana first came to the 49ers from Notre Dame in 1979, he brought this fanciful Fu Manchu style with him. Of course, everything went up from there. Joe grew into the
misc American Football Spectacular: That Mustache Feeling Holy living crap, we love this so much!! This coming Sunday, the 49ers are having a throwback uniform day in the final game of the season as Washington comes to Candlestick. Word is
misc American Football Spectacular: 49er & Ram Songs for The Holiday Season * San Francisco vs. St. Louis Sunday, December 21, 2008. 10:00 AM, PST. Week 16 The Interim Battle Remember when battles between the 49ers and Rams in the 80s, 90s & 00s would
misc Steve Young: Still Elusive! People of Charlotte, we say to you: do not be unkind to Steve Young. As you can see, he is elusive after years of retirement (and those semi-adorable truck ads that your Mom
misc American Football Spectacular: Holding Down The Reset Button -- monster doppelgänger Bochephus * San Francisco vs. Arizona Monday, November 10, 2008. 5:30 PM, PST. Week 10 The Battle For Change Can you believe that a week ago it was still in-question
SF News American Football Spectacular: The Niners Are Courting Condi?! Keep Your Powder Dry. Meaning: Be prepared and save your resources until they are needed. Origin: The allusion is to gunpowder which soldiers had to keep dry in order to be ready to fight when required. OK,
misc American Football Spectacular: A Fish Rots From The Head First After dutifully soaking-in the coverage of Samurai Mike Singletary's promotion to head coach, the unfortunate conclusion becomes: it doesn't matter who San Francisco's head coach is. The single biggest problem hobbling the 49er
SF News American Football Spectacular: BREAKING! Nolan Out As Head Coach ESPN's Chris Mortensen just reported that Mike Nolan has been fired by the 49ers. "Seems like the economic downturn has spread to the NFL," said AFS Bills correspondent DJ Burrito, as he thoughtfully
misc American Football Spectacular: After Beating The 49ers, One NYG Fan's Diagnosis Now we've got all these rumors swirling that Head Coach Nolan II will be fired after this latest underwhelming showing. American Football Spectacular's New York American Football Giants correspondent Joon Lee has some
misc American Football Spectacular: Annnnd That's <i>Game</i> That's it. QB Alex Smith was officially put on the injured reserve list today, effectively ending his time with the 49ers. After losing his job in the preseason to UCD's-own J.T. O'Sullivan,
misc Football Is Nearly Upon Us: 49ers Training Camp Intrigue (By Joe Kukura) Leadership voids -- who's gonna fill 'em? Leadership voids are the only thing these 49ers know for sure they have. Sure, Patrick Willis has a fucking "S" on his chest.
SF News Raider/49er Draft Pick Highlight Porn By Joe Kukura Football, people! Unless you live under the worst toupee in sports broadcasting, you know that the NFL Draft was this weekend. Endless hours of live intrigue and analysis, both Saturday
misc American Football Spectacular: Donohue's Deceit, Garcia's Return, And Delicious Garlic With the perpetual rebuilding process that is the San Francisco 49er franchise, every so often an old part of old successes will cycle back through SF. This Sunday, Gilroy’s second-most-favorite export returns
SF News Monster Fall at Monster Park Egads. A man fell to his death yesterday at Monster Park after falling 20 feet from the upper concourse area of the stadium to the concrete mezzanine below. Scary. And sad. According to
SF News It's Got to be the Morning After Man, what a big game that Steelers/Pats game was supposed to be. We woke up yesterday morning looking forward to sitting down and watching us some really good football between two really
SF News It's Got to be the Morning After This weekend in sports brought us victories by the Warriors, the Raiders and a color. In the defeated column-- and by defeated we mean severely-- are the 49ers who lost to a team
SF News It's Got to be the Morning After "Yes, it's true what they say, every dog has his day"- the Kinks 49ers 37 Cardinals 31- Now, that's what we call a game: back and forth scoring, a last-minute drive followed
