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UEFA's Stacked 8-Team Playoff Guarantees World Cup Heartbreak: A Guide

Yesterday, we saw 53 European World Cup hopefuls get cut down to just 17. Nine teams—Belgium, Italy, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, England, Switzerland, Bosnia, and Russia—advanced to next year's tournament in Brazil. There are still four spots up for grabs, to be fought for among the next eight ...

Second Construction Worker In Four Months Dies At New 49ers Stadium

A truck driver was killed early this morning at Levi's Stadium, scheduled to open next fall as the new home of the 49ers. The man died after being crushed by rebar he was unloading, according to the contractor. It's the second jobsite fatality in four months....

With The World Cup Clinched, USMNT Players Must Now Fight For Spots

The United States men's national team is take on Jamaica this evening in what is, thankfully, a somewhat meaningless World Cup qualifying match. That's because the Americans already whooped Mexico, as well as everyone else in CONCACAF, to clinch a spot in next year's tournament in Brazil. So what's ...

English Soccer Is Dead, And It Deserves To Be

World Cup qualifying runs this week, and a lot of what's going on involves glorified exhibition play. Continental giants like the Netherlands and Italy are booked for Brazil, as is our great nation; other teams of interest, like Germany, Spain, Portugal, and France are more or less box-checking. The...

Report: 49ers Linebacker Aldon Smith Now Facing Felony Gun Charges

Aldon Smith is still on indefinite leave from the 49ers to deal with his substance abuse problems, but his legal troubles just got a hell of a lot worse....

Matt Schaub Is A Broken, Morose Man: Your 49ers-Texans Roundup

49ers 34, Texans 3: As you can probably tell from the final score, San Francisco controlled this game. Matt Schaub threw a pick-six within the first two minutes of the game, his fourth in four straight games; he was not happy. ...

"TRUDAT 420" Is The Only Customized Jersey That Matters

Meet the intersecting portion of the "Juggalos/baseball fans" Venn diagram. ...

Oh Look, Russia Is Brutalizing Its Olympic Migrant Workers

While we're all still worked up about Qatar's blatant mistreatment of the many thousands of migrant workers who will soon begin building infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup, here's a reminder that Qatar doesn't have the market cornered on turning international sporting events into humanitarian cri...

Terrell Suggs Says Roger Goodell Caused The Super Bowl Blackout

Terrell Suggs recently sat down for an interview that will air on tonight's episode of E:60, and he talked some shit about Roger Goodell. Specifically, he blamed Goodell for the blackout that delayed the 49ers-Ravens Super Bowl for 34 minutes....

Sam Bradford Doesn't Need This: Your Rams-49ers GIF Roundup

San Francisco 35, St. Louis 11: The 49ers' 1-2 start to this season was a bit of a shock, considering their baffling turd of a home game facing the Colts, but San Francisco looked much better on short rest against the Rams, cruising despite Patrick Willis and Nnamdi Asomugha sitting out. And now th...

Tonight's game featured the ultra-rare fair catch free kick. It didn't go so well for Human Phil Dawson!...

Nice job stacking the box, Rams....

This Is Ridiculous

If You Tweet Mean Things About Colin Kaepernick, He Might Favorite It

Most athletes on Twitter tend to ignore the noise of their replies, and for good reason. There are scores of people with dumb, hateful opinions out there. Colin Kaepernick, however, deals with it in a less popular way....

NBA 2K14 Is More Of The Same

NBA 2K has long been the best basketball video game franchise on the market. This year's version is just as good as past installments, but as Kotaku's review points out, nothing much has been added. Maybe 2K is holding something back for next-gen consoles?...

Aldon Smith Granted Indefinite Leave To Go To Rehab [Updated]

As expected, 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith has been given an indefinite leave of absence—it is not a suspension, as some have reported—to enter a rehab facility for a substance-abuse problem in the wake of his DUI arrest from Friday morning. Smith's locker was "completely empty" not long after the N...

Report: Aldon Smith To Be Treated For Substance Abuse After Today's Game

Chris Mortensen reports that "a consensus" has been reached regarding 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith, who crashed his car Friday morning, allegedly failed a breathalyzer, and allegedly had pills and weed in his possession at the time of the crash: Smith has a substance-abuse problem and needs treat...

Aldon Smith Busted For Suspected DUI At 7 A.M. [Updated]

Niners linebacker Aldon Smith was arrested this morning in San Jose after a single-car accident. He took a breathalyzer, failed, and was booked into jail. ...

49ers Fans Write Letters Asking That Seattle Fans Stop Being So Loud [Update]

Not only did the Seahawks set a world record for crowd noise during their win over the 49ers Sunday night, but they ticked off a couple in Marin County....