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Niners Still Not Sure If They're Moving To Santa Clara

Offside! Penalty -- three months. Any talk of the Niners moving from San Francisco down to Santa Clara is before the snap (did we get our convoluted football metaphor right? SFist Jon's out

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Time to Double Check DVR Lineup

This is all on KPIX tomorrow (8/30), kids. If you're excited about the big game between the 49ers and the Chargers, that all gets under way at 7 p.m. Go 49ers!

It's Got to Be the Weekend After

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

Week Around the -ists

With unseasonable weather descending upon much of North America, schools getting ready to reconvene, and sports seasons getting exciting, it's a busy time of year for us here in the Ist-A-Verse. Luckily, even

Where's JaMarcus?

With the pre-season in full force (for what it's worth, the Silver and Black are 1-1), #1 draft pick JaMarcus Russell is still at home, hanging with his homies. As of right here,

Walking Down Bad Uniform Lane

The column also mentioned that in 1993, the Giants considered changing the black lettering on their unis to orange. Iyick on that too-- that season was painful enough without having to endure all

Remembering Bill Walsh

A public memorial is all set to honor Bill Walsh. It'll be held at Candlestick at 11 AM on August 10th and among the speakers will be Joe Montana and Eddie De Bartolo.

Culpepper- He's the Man, the Man with the Midas Touch

he Raiders have a new QB, at least for the moment. That QB is Daunte Culpepper, Randy Moss' ex-ball chucker. He had a little tryout for the team yesterday and it went so

American Football Spectacular Remembers Bill Walsh

Yesterday, the gentleman who came to be called The Genius passed away from leukemia at the age of 75. The importance of Bill Walsh to San Francisco sports, and the whole of the

R.I.P Bill Walsh

We have some sad news to report-- Bill Walsh has passed away at the age of 75. The Genius had been battling leukemia for awhile and died sometime this morning. We guess at

It's All Star Weekend

The festivities surrounding the All Star Game, however, are a whole other matter. We're excited for the parties for which we are not invited, the FanFest and the Home Run Derby. Sadly, baseball's

How Goes the Giants?

Before we start, we should mention that this was conducted days ago, before the recent stretch of suckiness that put the Giants way behind the 8-Ball, the 8-ball being the Rockies. SFist: Okay,

Coz Every Girl Crazy Bout a Sharp Dressed Man

Nolan had wanted to wear a suit since becoming the Niners coach to honor his father but ran afoul of the NFL's licensing rules. You can't have people just wearing clothes all willy

Day Around The Bay

--...and as promised, here's the back of the Ed Jew calendar, from reader Jake. Thanks, Jake! Irony alert! Can you guys see the "please contact me if you have problems or if

It's Got to Be the Morning After

Giants 4 Blue Jays 3- Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles, the Giants won a game. And since winning a game means scoring runs (we looked it up in the rule book-- it's

We Knew Raiders Fans Were Hard Core, But Not This Hard Core

So why do we bring up this story? Because Comer's last words upon being executed were "go Raiders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Comer's actually not the only death row inmate to show their allegiance to their favorite

American Football Spectacular: Capsulizing the 2007 NFL Draft's First Round

It's time for American Football Spectacular's capsule reviews of the 2007 NFL Draft. Adventure, excitement,! All hard information was culled from NFL.com's pretty excellent draft tracker site. Proceed. * Selection # / Team (trade info)

Moss to Pats

Apparently, Moss wanted out because he was miserable on the team. Moss took a lot of heat over the past couple of years for being kind of a malinger and lollygagger, but we

American Football Spectacular: Your 2007 NFL Draft Wants & Do-Not-Wants

* For the 49ers, WANT: NT/DL DO-NOT-WANT: WR Shut up. Listen, picking a wide receiver high in the draft simply does not pay dividends by nature of the position. You've got the rare

Why all the Bill Romanowski Love?

Now, here's the thing about Romanowski-- he might just be the biggest douche in football history. Among the incidents on his rap sheet: spitting on JJ Stokes, kicking a kicker in the head,

American Football Spectacular: Calendaring The Raiders' (Fraught) 2007 Regular Season

iously, how can this be so? The Raiders -- owners of the worst record in the NFL last season at 2-14 -- have been saddled with the most difficult schedule in 2007? Huh-whaah?

American Football Spectacular: Calendaring The 49ers' 2007 Regular Season

Can QB Alex Smith continue significantly improving his play without Norv? Will all those nice offseason pick-ups gel into a usable 3-4 defense? Can RB Frank Gore's body continue to withstand the pounding

It's Wednesday-- Do You Know Where Your Favorite Football Team Is?

The consultant, Bill Rhoda, told the City Council that the stadium would generate $249 million for the county. Monorail! He then added that it'll bring in $12.3 million dollars annually in tax

College Basketball: You Again?

That's what the Ohio State University and the entire sporting world, with the exception of diehard Gator lovers and their recently embarked bandwagon brethren across the land, are thinking after the University of

San Francisco Steps Up and Gives 110%

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