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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

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

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,

Former Raider and NFL Union Head Gene Upshaw Dies

Oakland Raiders Hall of Fame guard and union leader Gene Upshaw died last night at his Lake Tahoe home. He was 63. Having been diagnosed last Satuday with pancreatic cancer, the death comes

It's Got to be the Morning After

Timberwolves 109 Warriors 108- And how did the Warriors celebrate not only MLK Day but the official start of George Bush's last year in office? They lost to the worst team in the

It's Got to be the Morning After

Pacers 125 Warriors 117- Okay, so the Dubs lost to the Pacers, but all things considering, losing to the Pacers is the least the Warriors could have done considering Mully robbed them blind

American Football Spectacular: Wild Card Wknd 2008, "Purity Test"

* Jacksonville vs Pittsburgh Saturday, January 5, 5:00 PM PST Wild Card 2008 The Purists' Battle This is the game that John Madden has been gerly awaiting. A matchup of two classically built,

American Football Spectacular: Wild Card Wknd 2008, "And Then The Rain..."

-- the Jesus Lizard, "And Then The Rain"The NFL's 2008 Wild Card Wknd has arrived at the same time as this rainstorm front. It's forecasted to be wet at both of Saturday's

It's Got to Be the Morning After

We went to see Walk Hard yesterday and we actually saw some homeless guy with a backpack walk into the movie, go to the very back of the theater, and sit himself down.

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

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

American Football Spectacular: Kill The Head And The Body Will Die

Joe Frazier was once quoted as sayin' "Kill the body and the head will die." For an NFL offensive unit, the opposite is the case. And here comes the context: it's your American

American Football Spectacular: One Up, One Down

Reporting from spa-side in Santa Ana, it's your American Football Spectacular preview of the next rung of pain on the agony ladder that is the 49ers' '07 season. * San Francisco vs. Arizona Sunday,

It's Got to be the Morning After

-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

A Tale of Two Quarterbacks

If there's anybody in the city taking more heat than Mike Nolan, it's his quarterback, Alex Smith. Smith stands accused by the Faithful of not very being good. The evidence? Overthrowing Receivers. Underthrowing

It's Got to Be the Morning After

So now that the evil Pats vanquished the noble Colts, we guess all we've got left to wonder about is seeing if the Pats could pull off the 19-0 and how long it'll

American Football Spectacular: At The Bottom And Still Falling

"Do you remember bein' promising?" -- Trouble by Engine 88. Continuing the tour of pain through the ex-members of the NFC West, this week the 49ers visit the the wreckage that once was

Happy Colts/Pats Sunday

This whole thing has been widely entertaining because it's become a veritable issue-- we've heard it discussed on KNBR, on local news, and several blogs. The hilarious part is that it seems like

It's Got to Be the Morning After

F---ing Red Sox. Saints 31 49ers 10- We think we can describe this game in two words: oy and vey. How bad was this stinkeroo? The Saints scored on the first drive and

American Football Spectacular: All That Glimmers

For both the New Orleans Saints and the 49ers, this season has . There's no worse feeling in fandom than unmet expectations. And both of the NFL's gold-helmeted teams have seen the bottom drop

It's Got to Be the Morning After

Some random effluvia from the weekend that was -For whatever reason, one of the big issues with the 49ers right now is Mike Nolan. Not his coaching ability (though that is now open

It's Got to Be the Morning After

We heard some far off rumor that the Red Sox are going to the World Series (God, help us) but we're not so sure because OH MY GOD, JOE TORRE QUIT THE NEW

SFist Has Your Random Sports Effluvia

-Now that he appears to be having a lot of free time on his hands, Barry Bonds is moving forward with a lawsuit against Curt Schilling, the proverbial battle between Big Head and

American Football Spectacular: Man(ny) Down

Ahhh, crap. During this week’s practice, 49er OLB Manny Lawson tore an ACL and will be out for the 2007 season. This is a mighty blow to the nascent Niner defense, who

It's Got to Be the Morning After

49ers 17 Rams 16- If you were to take a step back to see that the Niners are now 2-0 and in first place of their division, the appropriate response would be "really?