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Mike Singletary decided he wanted to be a coach after 10 years of retirement, but not just any type of coach would do. Being the Hall of Fame player that Singletary is, he wanted to be the best, and that started with picking the brightest minds in all of.…

Coach Mike Singletary is confident that Alex Smith is the right quarterback for the 49ers.

The 49ers have an emergency plan in place if, playoff hopes forbid, Patrick Willis gets hurt. Problem is, their emergency plan is still dealing with a medical emergency. Head coach Mike Singletary named Ahmad Brooks as someone who could sub for Willis, wh…

Crank up artificial crowd noise from loudspeakers on the practice field. Call an audible just as a Southwest Airlines flight to Albuquerque roars overhead from the airport next door. Maybe put crying babies at the line of scrimmage. There is only so much …

The 49ers signed former Ravens quarterback Troy Smith to a one-year contract Monday, costing third-string quarterback Nate Davis his job after one season. Davis did not play as a fifth-round pick last year, but developed some fans who wanted to see him...…

The Cardinals have owned the NFC West for the past two years, but it's the San Francisco 49ers that are getting most of the national acclaim to win the division in 2010. The rivalry that already has been getting hot is about to get even hotter.

Mike Singletary unveiled a 53-man roster he calls the most talented in his six seasons with the 49ers. As such, there was no room for sentimental scholarships or one-trick backups. That general policy spelled the end for special teams captain Michael... S…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) On a night when San Francisco's offensive stars sat out, the 49ers got more big plays on the other side of the ball to cap their first unbeaten preseason in 18 years.

Michael Crabtree doesn't do exhibition games. Mike Singletary specializes in crisis management. And the Monterey Peninsula is a wonderfully misty place to run the "nutcracker" drill. Who knew the 49ers could discover so many little-known facts about... Mi…

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) -- Mike Singletary had to separate tight end Vernon Davis and wide receiver Michael Crabtree after the players got into a heated discussion at practice Wednesday.

Alex Smith got his two favorite targets back on the field just in time ... for them to sit most, if not all, the final exhibition game. Pro Bowl tight end Vernon Davis and wide receiver Michael Crabtree practiced together with Smith for the first time Tue…

Oakland quarterback Jason Campbell participated in Monday's walk-through practice, showing no ill effects of the stinger and wrist injury sustained in Saturday's exhibition game against the 49ers. He threw the ball and did everything the other quarterback…

Dude, if Travis LaBoy is worried about his job, there's no telling it from his surfer tone of voice with wavy locks to match. Missed two weeks with a concussion? Practice is practice, LaBoy said in a beach version of Allen Iverson's famous rant. Fighting …

Throw all the small-school talk out the door. Niners left guard Mike Iupati is as NFL-ready as any rookie offensive lineman in the league. Just ask Raiders coach Tom Cable, who went out of his way to congratulate Iupati after the 49ers' 28-24 victory over…

The 49ers learned how the NFC West will never be won, and that's for their starting defense to allow 21 points, 248 total yards and a 70.5 percent completion rate in more than two quarters of play. Sure, the backup crews rallied to save the day in a 28-24…

Free agent Aubrayo Franklin didn't like the 49ers using the franchise tag on him. So the nose tackle came out swinging. "I was working out twice a day boxing," said Franklin of his offseason not spent with the 49ers. He signed his one-year, $7.003 million…