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Moss plans to play at least one more year

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Receiver Randy Moss emerged from retirement to play for the 49ers this season.  But if he manages to hoist the Lombardi Trophy, he won’t be walking off into the sunset with it like Michael Strahan or Jerome Bettis or John Elway. Per a source with knowl…

Benjamin Hoffman, nytimes.com

For a team known for having an excitable head coach and an exciting young quarterback, the San Francisco 49ers seemed subdued upon their arrival in New Orleans on Sunday for Super Bowl XLVII.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Jim Harbaugh stepped to the podium, smirked a bit, and greeted his first news conference as a Super Bowl coach.

ESPN.com

Leave it to second-year San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick to provide wisdom and perspective following his team's arrival in New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII. "Pressure comes from a lack of preparation," Kaepernick told reporters…

ESPN.com

Cards' Defensive Rankings by Coordinator DALLAS -- Super Bowl week is about to consume the blog, but there's still time to reflect on teams other than the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers. Really, there is. Ray Horton's classic interview with XTRA Sport…

MLB.com

Of all the storied ballparks waiting to be visited by Hiroyuki Nakajima, the A's new shortstop just wants to see the one he'll call home this year.

MLB.com

It's hard to envision a better rookie campaign than the one Yoenis Cespedes put together for the A's in 2012. But the outfielder believes his sophomore season has the potential to trump it, so long as he remains healthy.

CNNSI.com

It's here, so get ready for the blitz. Peter King kicks off Super Bowl XLVII week by getting Alex Smith to open up, remembering the Colin Kaepernick draft and much, much more.

Jane Lee, MLB.com

Inside Oracle Arena, where A's players and staff convened for FanFest on Sunday, expectations of keeping the American League West crown in Oakland were heard loud and clear.

sfgate.com

On booze and the Super Bowl Do your friends know the way to your house, and have you made enough nachos and chicken wings? [...] after Mayor Ed Lee suggested Thursday that bars should serve something besides "heavy alcohol" during the game, we…

Jane Lee, MLB.com

A's manager Bob Melvin thinks he'll manage just fine as he plans to dish out plenty of playing time to Coco Crisp and teammates Josh Reddick, Yoenis Cespedes, Chris Young and Seth Smith.

ESPN.com

Passing along: the link to my weekly NFC West conversation with Bernie Miklasz of 101 ESPN St. Louis. We covered coaching changes in Arizona, what a bye week could mean for the San Francisco 49ers, whether Jim Harbaugh is too up-tight as a coach for Sup…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Avid San Fran fans in the vicinity of Vallejo, California can put their melanocytes where their mouth is, for less money. Allied Ink Tattoos & Piercings is offering 49ers-related tattoos for only 49 dollars. “We’re super excited, so we decided, ‘Why…

Isaac Rauch, deadspin.com

Anthony Smith was a defensive end for Alabama and Arizona for four years before being drafted 11th in the first round of the 1990 NFL Draft (six spots behind Junior Seau, six ahead of Emmitt Smith). He played seven seasons for the Raiders—the first four…