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What Has Chip Kelly Learned?
The 49ers formally introduced Chip Kelly yesterday, and the media immediately wanted to know if Kelly intended to change anything from his stint in Philadelphia, where his people skills rubbed some players the wrong way and a good number weren’t too sad to see him go. “I don’t know if I can be signi...
That's Just Weed, Dipshit
You could have gone out to West Philly any time to “get smarter.”...
How's Jim Tomsula Doing?
NFL teams are in the process of filling out their coaching staffs, and barring a catastrophe, it appears that Jim Tomsula won’t be a head coach next season. So, uh, where’s he going?...
Chip Kelly Will Coach The 49ers
Former Eagles coach Chip Kelly will not be going back to college. San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York announced that Kelly would be the team’s new head coach....
The Catch, The "Divine" Photo, And The Photographer Who Was Rooting For The Cowboys
Dwight Clark’s “The Catch” is one of the most famous plays in NFL history, and made for one of the most iconic photos ever taken by longtime Sports Illustrated photographer Walter Iooss Jr., one of the industry’s biggest names. Yet for all the immortality conferred in the back of Candlestick Park’s ...
Chip Kelly Interviewed With The 49ers
According to separate reports from CSN Bay Area and ESPN, former Eagles coach Chip Kelly met with the 49ers yesterday about their own vacant head coach job. It feels like the perfect match, if you’re rooting for the franchise to implode....
Jim Tomsula Packs Up His Bindle, Hits The Dusty Trail
The Jim Tomsula era with the San Francisco 49ers started out with a victory, and ended with one, too. That wasn’t enough to forget everything that happened in between. The 49ers fired him tonight....
Goodbye Jim Tomsula, Man Of Many Talents
Firing season is truly upon us. According to a report from PFT, the 49ers are going to fire Jim Tomsula after a fairly disastrous 4-11 season that saw the team regress all the way from championship contenders to one of the worst teams in the NFL. Not all of this is Tomsula’s fault, of course (everyo...
Jim Tomsula Ponders, Keeps Pondering, Ponders Again
As NFL teams clinch playoff spots and determine first-round byes, let’s check in with 49ers coach Jim Tomsula as he makes a decision. The overworked everyman was figuring out how his defense allowed the Lions to march all the way to the one-yard line. Replace the dictionary’s definition of befuddlem...
Drunk Conor McGregor Fans Fight On Vegas-Bound Plane, Force It Back To JFK
Conor McGregor is maybe the biggest UFC star on the planet, and as such, his home fans vociferously support him. Some 10,000 Irish people are inbound to Las Vegas to see McGregor take on Jose Aldo tonight in UFC 194, and according to Irish Central, one flight was rerouted back to New York after two ...
The Future Of The UFC Is Here
Over the next few days, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is running what it hopes will be the biggest and best weekend of fights in the history of the sport, a weekend that will determine the near future of the biggest and best promotion in mixed martial arts. The UFC has scheduled three straight ...
You May Be Invested In Guns And Not Know It
Do you have a 401k? Yes? Congrats! Investing in a 401k is a commonly used way to save for whatever the future brings when you’re old—it’s a retirement investment plan that you’re able to sign up for through your employer. That said, according to today’s New York Times, your 401k provider might also ...
Oh Huh, Blaine Gabbert Might Be A Decent Quarterback
Blaine Gabbert, Jim Tomsula, and the San Francisco 49ers went to Chicago and beat the Bears 26-20 in overtime. It was a silly game between mediocre teams, and as such, it was full of highlights....
The 49ers' Front Office Is Still A Huge Mess
It’s hard to imagine a football team having a worse season, top-to-bottom, than the 2015 San Francisco 49ers. Things stayed messy last night, with various reports stating that team president Paraag Marathe is being shuffled off to a lesser role within the organization, a move that will apparently ta...
NFL Demotes Officiating Crew After Screwups In Cardinals-Niners Game
Sunday’s Cardinals-49ers game was a disaster for the officials, one that stood out even against the backdrop of an especially woeful season for the zebras. How bad was it? The crew responsible has been demoted from primetime....
Carson Palmer Runs For A Touchdown, Eats It
Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer ran for the game-winning score in Sunday’s game against the 49ers, which was his first rushing touchdown since 2012, so the old man tried one of those celebrations that all the cool players do. He put too much behind his spike, and fell over....