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Cardinals-49ers Scuffle Prompts Official’s Glorious Hat Toss

During an especially heated Sunday for the NFL, one fight late in the Cardinals-49ers game ended with one of my personal favorite NFL sights: an official, out of flags, throwing his hat in the air in order to call an additional penalty....

Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: C.J. Beathard Can't Even Suck Right

Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....

The Jimmy Garoppolo Trade Will Have Ripple Effects

The effects from the Patriots’ decision to trade backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to the 49ers will reverberate from now until next year’s draft. And the impact will be felt across the league....

Report: Patriots Trade Jimmy Garoppolo To 49ers, Now Have Only One Rostered QB<em></em>

The Patriots are reportedly parting ways with backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, sending him to the 49ers in exchange for a second-round draft pick....

49ers Ask Their Fans If Winning Is Important

Credit where it’s due: 49ers owner Jed York has been relatively conscientious and forthright on the subject of the racial and social-justice issues at the heart of the NFL player protests. But York is still an NFL owner, and the NFL is still a business. Winning football games? A negotiable priority,...

At Least One NFL Owner Cleared A Very Low Bar On Anthem Protests

Leaving a hotel in Manhattan Wednesday afternoon, San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York told me that he believes that “ultimately, social justice is not a political issue.” Meaning, contextually, that it’s not a partisan political issue, from his perspective. Or shouldn’t be, at least....

A Pirates Fan Talks To Francisco Cabrera, 25 Years After The Worst Game Ever

The idea, or part of it, was to tell Francisco Cabrera what he did to me. I wanted to let him know that the greatest moment of his otherwise anonymous big-league career was such a gut-punch in my life. I wanted to relate to him how funereal things were for me the next day at school, and how long tha...

Fragile Stooge Mike Pence Walks Out Of 49ers-Colts Because Of Anthem Demonstration [Updates]

Mike Pence, a cauliflower that was once victimized by the movie Mulan, claimed that he walked out of today’s 49ers-Colts game, because the players supposedly disrespected the troops during the rote nationalistic pre-game ceremony. While the Colts stood arm-in-arm during the anthem, a reported 23 mem...

Here Are The Most Interesting Guys Of The AL Playoffs

You may have checked out of baseball once your team’s season turned into a trash heap, but that’s okay! You’ve come back just in time for the best month of the year, as all the highest-stakes games with top-quality talent begin. Here’s a guide to the AL players you need to pay attention to as the po...

Nobody Went To Watch The 49ers Again

I suppose at some point this will qualify as beating a dead horse, but holy smokes, man, nobody went to watch the 49ers last night....

49ers Lose Actually Good Thursday Night Game Despite Perfect Onside Kick

The 49ers and Rams made tonight’s game into a surprising offensive showcase, with Los Angeles fighting off a late San Francisco push to win, 41-39. Even though the Niners lost, they should still be able to take solace in the fact that they pulled off this textbook-perfect onside kick. After scoring ...

Tim Lincecum has all but disappeared, Mercury News reporter Dan Brown writes. The San Francisco Giants want to honor him at the ballpark, but haven’t been able to get in touch with him. If you know where to find The Freak, email [email protected]....

Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: Brian Hoyer Goes Short

Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....

Giants Fans Enthusiastically Remember A Guy

Remember Ryan Vogelsong?...

Dodgers Finally Manage To End Nightmarish Losing Streak

A little less than three weeks ago, the Dodgers were 91-36, generating plenty of conversation on how close they might get to being historically great and whether they could possibly lay claim to being the best team ever. Entering today, they were 92-52, mired in an 11-game losing streak in which the...

The 49ers' Stadium Is As Empty As It Deserves To Be

In the last few seasons the 49ers played at Candlestick Park, I got into the gate for roughly $50 per game. The swarms of ushers and ticket-checkers customary at modern professional sports games were conspicuously absent at the old concrete bowl, and so by the end of the 2013 regular season, I’d fou...

How To Attend A Baseball Game That Never Ends

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—There were two problems with my trip to the Bay Area....

Dodgers And Giants Delay Game, Have One At-Bat, Delay For Nearly Three Hours More, Finally Decide To Play

The Dodgers are having a miserable three weeks. The Giants are having a miserable year. Tonight, together, they had a fairly miserable evening....

San Francisco Giants Will Remember A Guy

After some cursory investigating, MLB pitcher Ryan Vogelsong does not appear to be dead or dying, so it’s unclear why the San Francisco Giants are recognizing a guy who played with the team for approximately six undistinguished seasons over a 17-year career....

Niners Fans, Enjoy This One-Handed Pick While You Still Have Life Within You

Hopefully, you’re not spending too much time worrying about the 49ers-Panthers game this afternoon, but if you are, you were rewarded with an amazing interception by Jaquiski Tartt....