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49ers Throttled At Home As Green Bay Packers Cruise to 34-17 Victory on Thursday Night Football

After a short week riddled with compounding losses to core roster positions amidst a trade, new injuries, and four positive COVID tests, the faltering San Francisco 49ers were pounded by the Green Bay Packers at Levi’s Stadium Thursday night.

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49ers Issue Statement on Kendrick Bourne’s Positive COVID Test One Day After Latest Roster Boom

The 49ers shut down their facility and began contract tracing on Wednesday due to the player's positive test, one day ahead of game against NFC rival Green Bay Packers.

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Garoppolo and Kittle Limp Off In 37-27 Loss To Rival Seahawks

Looking to extend their momentum from their previous two wins, the San Francisco 49ers dropped their Sunday night matchup to NFC Best Seattle Seahawks in dispiriting fashion.

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A Case for Coach of the Year, as Kyle Shanahan and Injured 49ers Team Upset Patriots 33-6

With injuries stacking up for the 49ers ahead of their matchup with the favored New England Patriots, Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan looked poised to scheme new ways for his team to win, upsetting the Patriots and Bill Belichick at Gillette Stadium.

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49ers' Jed York Makes Lavish Donations In Attempt to Unseat Unfriendly Santa Clara City Councilmembers

The 49ers CEO has dropped $3 million ($100 per registered voter!) to elect a new Santa Clara city council that would be far friendlier to billionaire NFL owner interests.

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Santa Clara County Swiftly Axes 'Faithful' Hopes of Levi's Stadium Reopening Soon

As Jimmy Garoppolo walked off the field Sunday following a 24-16 win against the Los Angeles Rams, he stopped for a moment to wave at the paper cutouts in the empty bleachers, taking

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'YAC Bros,' Jimmy Garoppolo, And Coach Shanahan Best the Rams, As 49ers Win First Game At Levi's

The San Francisco 49ers edged out the Los Angeles Rams at home Sunday Night 24-16, as the Niners save their season and climb back to .500 in must-win game.

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49ers Suffer Worst Ever Loss At Levi’s Stadium As Injuries Find New Ways To Hurt Team

The 49ers looked poised to move forward Sunday afternoon against the Miami Dolphins with QB Jimmy Garoppolo back at the helm returning from injury, but the team took another step back with a 43-17 loss, as injuries found new ways to plague the already-depleted roster.

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Mediocre Mullens Benched, Beathard Comes Close As Niners Drop Sunday Night Game To Winless Eagles

The 49ers fell to 0-2 at Levi’s Stadium this season with a 25-20 loss Sunday Night to the previously winless Philadelphia Eagles. The Carson Wentz led Eagles, reeling from a handful of their own injuries, were able to upset the Niners on their home field for the first time since 2010.

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49ers Devote Levi’s Stadium To Serve As Polling Place For Nov 3rd Election

The San Francisco 49ers announced Tuesday a multilateral partnership to use Levi’s Stadium as a temporary voting center for the November 3rd election.

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Joe Montana Helps Save Grandchild From Weird Kidnapping Attempt

49ers legend Joe Montana and his wife Jennifer were startled by an intruder on Saturday while staying in a home in Malibu, and the female suspect allegedly snatched their infant grandchild and tried to make off with the baby.

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Regarding Sourdough Sam, the Last Fan Standing At Levi’s

Levi’s Stadium is nearly deserted on game days of late. The proud 49ers mascot since the 1970s, Sourdough Sam, remains.

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49ers' Depleted Roster Sustains More Injuries in 31-13 Win Against Jets

The San Francisco 49ers will be less concerned with going through game film Monday as they are with what doctors have to say about newly sustained injuries to even more essential Niners players.

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49ers Immediately Slip To Last In Their Division As Sloppy Play and Costly Coaching Marks Season Opener

If the seemingly constant Steve Young-Kyler Murray comparisons weren’t enough to make you throw something at the television, the San Francisco 49ers dropped their home opener to the Arizona Cardinals 20-24 on Sunday afternoon in devastatingly dull fashion.

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49ers Unveil New Brand Campaign As Season Gets Set To Kick Off Sunday

As their 2020 NFL season gears up to kick off this Sunday at Levi’s Stadium against the Arizona Cardinals, the San Francisco 49ers look set to build on their strong history and champion a new loyalty to the Bay with the loss of the Raiders to Sin City.

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Colin Kaepernick is Back in the NFL — Virtually — in ‘Madden NFL’ Video Game

Well, kiss my biceps! Blackballed NFL star Colin Kaepernick is included in this year’s update to the popular ‘Madden NFL’ franchise, and you can play him for any team.

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In Ongoing Defense of Junipero Serra, Archibishop Cordileone Suggests 49ers Should Change Their Name

The logic may not seem to follow, but Catholic Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone is calling out the San Francisco 49ers as a candidate for a team name change in order to make a point about why the legacy of Father Junipero Serra is not worthy of "canceling."

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Report: 49ers Player Has Tested Positive for Coronavirus

The 49ers had their offseason workout in Tennessee, to avoid California's rigid COVID-19 restrictions. Guess what happened next.

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49ers Pledge To Raise $100 Million For Pandemic-Related Hunger Through Online 'All-In Challenge'

The 49ers head office took to Instagram Wednesday to announce that they're auctioning off travel packages to fly to an away game with the team, have dinner with York and Lynch, and go down to the field with Shanahan and take photos with the players.

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Daisy Does the Niners: Super Bowl LIV and the Agony of Defeat

When I agreed to come of “retirement” to write about the Niners being in the Super Bowl, I obviously wasn’t envisioning this: a devastating loss to the Kansas City Chiefs made even more upsetting due to the fact that it really seemed like the 49ers were going to win the game.

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Niners Fans Gutted After 4th Quarter Loss, Twitter Mourns

All signs were pointing toward a San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl LIV victory, but then the Kansas City Chiefs put 21 points on the scoreboard in Q4 — and pulled the rug out from underneath the Niners and their now despondent fans.

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Daisy Does the Niners: We're In the Super Bowl, You Guys!

And… I’m back. For those who are new around these parts, I’m a die-hard 49ers fan and SF native who pretty much lives for football season. Like, I don’t care if you’re my best friend in the whole world; if you’re getting married on a Sunday when the Niners are playing, I’m gonna miss the wedding.

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If the 49ers Win the Super Bowl, the Parade Would Be In SF, Not Santa Clara

In case this really needed clarification, former SF Mayor Willie Brown has it some authority that planning is underway for a possible 49ers victory parade in San Francisco — not in Santa Clara where, technically, the team actually plays these days.

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Packers Fans Blame Mike Pence For Jinxing Them

In a foolish move the likes of which we've come to expect from the Trump administration, Vice President Mike Pence predicted that the Green Bay Packers would beat "Nancy Pelosi's 49ers" during a rally in Milwaukee last week.

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49ers Head for 7th Super Bowl In Franchise History; Niners Faithful Elated

It's been a rough few years to be a 49ers fan, but for the faithful — and for all the bandwagon-ers who like to join in the fun when the local team is winning — the last two January weekends have been full of beer, cheering crowds, and happy times.

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