York Claims Niners Can Afford To Keep Alex Smith In 2013Matt Loede, 49ersgab.com Backup quarterback Alex Smith is scheduled next season to make $8.5 million, a figure 49ers CEO Jed York on Thursday said the 49ers can handle, Matt Maiocco of CSN Bayarea reports. “You figure out what’s best for guys, what’s best for the team,” Y… |
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Joe Kaiser, ESPN.com Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks will miss Thursday's game against the Golden State Warriors with a right adductor strain, yet another blow to a Mavs (19-26) team that has taken its fair share of punishment already this season. |
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Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com The Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers shared the same practice at the same time Thursday at the New Orleans Saints practice facility. According to John Clayton of ESPN.com, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh elected to move their team’s practice fro… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com On Thursday morning, 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said that the 49ers were coming off a perfect Wednesday practice, and he wanted an exact duplicate of that later in the day. On Thursday afternoon, Harbaugh said his players had exceeded his expectations. “I… |
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NEW ORLEANS -- The media throng awaiting San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver in the team hotel Thursday caught some teammates by surprise. Amazed looks crossed their faces as they arrived for the final full-team media session before Super Bowl… |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) San Francisco defensive tackle Ricky Jean Francois made one of his greatest football memories to date in the Superdome, where he won a national championship with LSU against Ohio State in January 2008. |
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John Koblin, deadspin.com The past week in sports has been so gay! We've had Manti Te'o saying he's "far from" gay last Thursday; we've had Ronaiah Tuiasosopo claiming he's trying to recover from his gayness (good luck with that, champ); we've had that SI photo of the … |
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Hall of Famer Jerry Rice has no interest in a back-and-forth debate with Randy Moss during Super Bowl week about who's the greatest NFL wide receiver of all time. |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com After 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver stuck his foot in his mouth when asked what he’d think of having a gay teammate, some words of wisdom during this Super Bowl week came from Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs. Asked if he would have a problem w… |
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Super Bowl food spending boosts some Specialty markets like Falletti's that cater to the party crowd are among a host of food-and-drink related businesses hoping to cash in on the 49ers' Super Bowl fortunes. Sports bars, grocery stores - even bakeries -… |
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Unhappy with the hard artificial turf at Tulane University's baseball field, the Baltimore Ravens will hold their main practice Thursday at the Saints' facility instead. |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com When in front of the media, 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh presents a very narrow slice, perhaps only a sliver, of his actual personality. But those who work with him say the sometimes-curt, rarely expansive coach can actually work the room with the best of t… |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com NEW ORLEANS -- This may be one of the more interesting incentives any football player could receive. Restaurant chain Red Robin, upon hearing that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick really likes its food, decided to throw down the gauntlet… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com We’re drawing ever closer to the Super Bowl and there’s no shortage of things to talk about. Greg Cosell of NFL Films will join Mike Florio to share his insights on the Ravens and 49ers. Cosell has broken down these teams on film for months now, so he… |
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NEW ORLEANS -- Colin Kaepernick might be all the rage at this year's Super Bowl, but the most recent quarterback to beat San Francisco and its wunderkind second-year passer showed up here today with a little buzz of his own attached to his name. Seattle… |
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Which Harbaugh Brother Would Philandering Ladies Prefer To Hump? Who Cares, Let's Make Sex JokesJan 31
Tom Ley, deadspin.com It's the week before the Super Bowl, which means that our inbox is getting flooded with stupid press releases. One in particular, from someone affiliated with AshleyMadison.com (a website where married people can find other married people to bone), is v… |
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NEW ORLEANS -- The San Francisco 49ers celebrated a significant victory Thursday. They completed a media schedule far more demanding than players new to the Super Bowl experience could have anticipated. "Thank God," veteran tight end Delanie W… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com The practice plan for Super Bowl week was for the 49ers to use the Saints’ facilities, and the Ravens to use Tulane’s facilities. But it hasn’t quite worked out. After the Ravens tried to make do Wednesday on a baseball field at Tulane (whose footba… |
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Marty Noble, MLB.com Earl Williams, the 1971 National League Rookie of the Year who played for the Braves, Orioles, Expos and Athletics, died this week at home in Somerset, N.J. The Newark Star-Ledger reported his death, noting that Williams had been diagnosed with acute le… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Ted Ginn has done essentially nothing on offense for the 49ers, catching just two passes for one yard during the 2012 regular season. So it’s no surprise that when Ginn was asked today if he’d like to have more of an impact on offense, Ginn answered, … |
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Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com And, well, they're basically the same uniforms that we've seen the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens wear all season. There is a pretty nifty Super Bowl XLVII patch on both. Alas, because the Nike PR folks couldn't just quote Noah Vanderhoff's &q… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Bo Schembechler retired from coaching 23 years ago and died six years ago, but he’s a major presence at this year’s Super Bowl. Jack Harbaugh, the father of 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and Ravens coach John Harbaugh, was an assistant to Schembechler at M… |
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Twelve years and a host of changes separate the Ravens from their last title. Yet Ozzie Newsome still presides over one of the NFL's model franchises. Don Banks examines how. |
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Don Banks, CNNSI.com NEW ORLEANS -- In some form or fashion, on multiple fronts, the issue of legacy hangs over every Super Bowl these days. But that discussion at Super Bowl XLVII should start nowhere else but with the singular feat that would be Ozzie Newsome's if his Bal… |
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And The Winner Is ...Jan 31
The hype is almost over and the actual Super Bowl game is near. Who will hoist all of the trophies handed out this Sunday night? SI's NFL experts make their picks. |
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Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com • Jack and Jackie Harbaugh met the media on Wednesday. • Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti avoids the spotlight, writes Childs Walker of The Baltimore Sun. • 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver said an openly gay teammate would not be welcomed in the locker … |
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Jim Trotter, CNNSI.com NEW ORLEANS -- After receiving his first NFL scouting job with the Cleveland Browns in 1991, Lionel Vital was told he should take college coaches to lunch when visiting their schools. Scouts want as much background as possible on draft-eligible prospect… |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com NEW ORLEANS — San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver has started a grand total of six games in his two-year NFL career. He has three interceptions and he plays in his team's nickel sets when he's not starting. He is a very important player — he… |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com The crux of Rick Reilly's latest column for ESPN.com is this: San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick should take steps to foster a relationship with his birth mother because Reilly's own adopted daughter has a healthy relationship with her bir… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh says practices don’t get better than the one the 49ers had on Wednesday. Asked at his press conference on Thursday morning what he’s hoping to see at Thursday practice, Harbaugh said he’d like a practice just like th… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com The good news for the 49ers is that linebacker Ahmad Brooks returned to practice on a limited basis Wednesday with a shoulder injury. The bad news for the 49ers is that linebacker Aldon Smith also practiced on a limited basis. Per a league source, Broo… |
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Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com No matter how weary of "Harbowl" stories NFL fans may have been the last two weeks, the fact remains that it is rather remarkable that when the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens square off in Super Bowl XLVII, the two head coaches once … |
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NEW ORLEANS -- Thanks to Mark Simon of ESPN Stats & Information for pointing out a fun (for San Francisco 49ers fans, anyway) Super Bowl prediction model from ACTA Sports. The model shows winning percentages for Super Bowl participants based on wher… |
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Around the NFC West: Jan. 31, 2013 NEW ORLEANS -- The best NFL cornerbacks backpedal quickly. They change directions fluidly. The San Francisco 49ers will find out Thursday how well cornerback Chris Culliver does those things while staring into bright l… |
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Brian Burke, nytimes.com The 49ers have been consistently among the best, and the Ravens are hot. We've seen this movie before, but luck can't be counted on to continue. |
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'Blind Side' questions annoy tackle Oher Oher moved from left to right tackle as Baltimore changed four of its five starting offensive linemen before the playoffs because of injuries. The current combination of Bryant McKinnie, left guard Kelechi Osemel… |
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Brad Pitt Houses in New Orleans' 9th Ward Whenever there is a media event in New Orleans, reporters trek to the Lower Ninth Ward where the worst damage from Hurricane Katrina occurred seven years ago. [...] the devastation is still obvious. [...] there … |
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Super Bowl, Mardi Gras too much party? The cops police the crazies and the locals know to attend the giant parades in the suburbs and surrounding neighborhoods. "During Mardi Gras everybody is just enjoying the costumes," says Annie Flettrich,… |
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"The running game in pro football has gotten so boring," former 49ers coach Bill Walsh remarked some years ago. "There's just four or five plays they ... |
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"The running game in pro football has gotten so boring," former 49ers coach Bill Walsh remarked some years ago. "There's just four or five plays they ... |
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