Bull Whipped: The Bulls routed the Warriors 103-87 to extend th…The Bulls routed the Warriors 103-87 to extend their winning streak. An anticipated matchup between two of the best rebounding teams never materialized, writes Ben Golliver. |
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49ers kicker David Akers stays positive Akers' well-chronicled troubles include missing 15 of his past 38 field-goal attempts dating to Week 3 of the season, including a 38-yard attempt in the NFC Championship Game. The next day, head coach Jim Harbaugh… |
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Criminal charges won't be filed against 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree after an alleged sexual assault in a hotel after the team's playoff victory over the Green Bay Packers, San Francisco's district attorney said Friday. |
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Nick Friedell, ESPN.com Golden State Warriors head coach Mark Jackson still can't believe his guard, Stephen Curry, was left off the Western Conference All-Star team Thursday night. |
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Infielder Joaquin Arias has agreed to a one-year, $925,000 contract with the San Francisco Giants to avoid salary arbitration. |
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Matt Loede, raidersgab.com The Raiders announced on Friday they have named former NFL defensive coordinator Bob Sanders linebackers coach. Sanders joins Jason Tarver and Allen as one of three individuals on staff with NFL defensive-coordinator experience, meanwhile, three coaches… |
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The Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers have shown up as possible trade destinations for New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis. I just don't see it happening, for simple reasons. The 49ers have not made big-ticket acquisitions in free agency or v… |
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Chris Haft, MLB.com An encounter before Game 4 of the National League Championship Series gave Giants manager Bruce Bochy an enduring final memory of Stan Musial, who died Jan. 19. |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com A career-worst season, and a playoff kick off the uprights is not enough to shake the 49ers’ confidence in David Akers. (Other, than of course, the fact they brought in another kicker earlier this month.) But 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh denied that his kic… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com San Francisco officials are taking tougher measures to prevent potential fan violence on Super Bowl Sunday when the 49ers battle the Baltimore Ravens in New Orleans. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Royals claimed catcher George Kottaras off waivers from the Oakland Athletics on Friday and designated infielder Tony Abreu for assignment. |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com During a late-season dry spell that came after the 49ers changed from Alex Smith to Colin Kaepernick at quarterback, tight end Vernon Davis saw his production evaporate. While he mentioned to the media that Kaepernick and Davis need to develop chemistry… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Next weekend, as the 49ers are preparing to play for a championship, one of the men who helped build them will be plotting their demise. Former 49ers general manager Scot McCloughan now works for the Seahawks in the scouting department, and will be sitt… |
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Darren Rovell, ESPN.com San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick might just become the most-bet-on player in Super Bowl history. |
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Nick Friedell, ESPN.com Chicago Bulls All-Star forward Luol Deng won't play Friday against the Golden State Warriors because of a right hamstring injury that has kept him out of the past three games. |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com For the 49ers and Ravens, the path to the Super Bowl was clear: They won their divisions, then won their playoff games, and now they have a chance to earn the right to be considered the best team in the NFL. But the other seven men who will be on the fi… |
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Frank Schwab, yahoo.com San Francisco 49ers fans love Colin Kaepernick. The 49ers media probably likes him a little more after he shipped some pizzas over to the reporters as they worked. University of Nevada-Reno fans love him so much they all were "Kaepernicking" a… |
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Matt Loede, 49ersgab.com Brandon Jacobs was suspended by the 49ers last month for conduct detrimental to the team after griping on Twitter and Instagram about his lack of playing time this season, the Niners then cut Jacobs once the postseason began. By league rules, he remains… |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com Long before he had to scheme against him in the biggest game of the year, 49ers defensive coordinator Vic Fangio was a huge Joe Flacco fan. Fangio was a Ravens assistant when Flacco was drafted, and in the early days of OTAs, Fangio told then-boss John … |
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NaVorro Bowman's fourth-and-4 pass breakup all but delivered the San Francisco 49ers to victory over the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game. The play was notable for a few reasons. Having Bowman, an inside linebacker, in coverage against a wid… |
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Super Bowl parties - SF may limit booze Rather than attend the Feb. 3 game in New Orleans, Lee said, he will probably stay here to oversee the city's postgame response, and he plans to ask watering holes to limit liquor sales in advance of a potential v… |
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Eddie D. may return to scene of crime [...] in a bit more than a week, the former Louisiana governor and soon-to-be reality TV star will attend the Super Bowl in New Orleans - where he just might be in the same place at the same time as 49ers legend Edd… |
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