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Giants, Romo agree to two-year, $9 million deal

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Reliever Sergio Romo and the San Francisco Giants have agreed to a $9 million, two-year contract, avoiding salary arbitration.

Sean Newell, deadspin.com

As we have come to learn, Baltimore was pretty fired up for the Ravens victory over the 49ers in Super Bowl 47. The zeitgeist continued Tuesday as most of Baltimore attended a victory parade and later spilled into M&T Bank Stadium for a rally. More »

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A fiery crash hours after the Super Bowl killed relatives of San Francisco 49ers tight end Delanie Walker, Louisiana State Police said Wednesday.

Matt Loede, raidersgab.com

As part of a stadium “capacity adjustment” for the 2013 NFL season, the Raiders are going to block off the top of Mt. Davis on the east side of the O.co Coliseum — sections 335 through 355 — as well as upper deck sections 300 through 303 on the so…

Chris Haft, MLB.com

The Giants agreed to a two-year deal Wednesday with right-hander Sergio Romo, avoiding a salary arbitration hearing with their likely closer.

Jerry McDonald , insidebayarea.com

The Raiders announced Wednesday they will reduce capacity at O.co Coliseum by nearly 10,000 to 53,200 in 2013 and relocate approximately 4,850 fans from the east side high-rise structure known as “Mt. Davis.’’ Raiders CEO Amy Trask described the dec…

Matt Loede, 49ersgab.com

The Saints contacted the 49ers in an attempt to interview secondary coach Ed Donatell for their vacant defensive coordinator position, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network and NFL.com. This according to a source with knowledge of the Saints’ plans. However, Dona…

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) Donald Driver rewrote the Green Bay Packers record books and on Wednesday morning, the wildly popular wide receiver might've rewritten the book on how a player should call it a career.

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Former Raiders coach Hue Jackson hasn’t been able to find a new job outside of his current team this offseason.  But he has landed two of them in Cincinnati. Jackson, who became the running backs coach last week, has now been named a “special assista…

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) New Orleans' mayor defended his city days after a power outage plunged the Super Bowl into 34 minutes of darkness, while authorities still baffled by the cause announced they were bringing in a consultant to help investigate.

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

Donte Whitner has no doubt that the San Francisco 49ers are ready to become Super Bowl champions.

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San Francisco 49ers defensive end Justin Smith is expected to need two or three months to recover from triceps surgery scheduled for this week. That gives Smith ample time to ready himself for the 2013 season. 2011-12 DL Snaps Counting Playoffs One ques…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The 49ers made it all the way to the Super Bowl this season despite getting next to nothing from first-round pick A.J. Jenkins. Jenkins played just three games during the regular season and caught no passes even though the 49ers lost wide receivers Mari…

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

Golden State had a pretty good offensive night. As we mentioned in Smack, they lit it up for 62 points in the first half against Houston… and yet trailed by 15. The Houston Rockets would go on to make 23 of 40 threes, tying a NBA record. On Monday night…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The 49ers came close to winning the Super Bowl a year after making it to the NFC Championship Game, leading one member of the team to believe that they have the makings of a dynasty. Safety Donte Whitner answered in the affirmative when asked if the Nin…

ESPN.com

We have at various times ranked NFC West plays by how much they changed a team's chances for winning, based on swings in win probability. The chart ranks the five most pivotal five plays from Super Bowl XLVII regardless of whether they helped or hurt th…

Paul Post, MLB.com

The John T. Brush Stairway, by which fans made their way to the Polo Grounds from Coogan's Bluff, will be restored and renovated in this, its 100-year anniversary, thanks to a New York City project to which MLB, the Mets, Yankees and Giants contributed.

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Candlestick Park, the stadium that hosted Jerry Rice, Joe Montana and Steve Young in their primes, the site of The Catch and the home field for the 49ers for more than four decades, is slated for implosion within weeks of the 49ers’ last home game next …