Tag: national football league
Breen: 49ers get 86’ed and I’m not feeling 100 percent
Having spent much of last Sunday afternoon in San Jose, my sons and I were separated from the emotion that accompanied the San Francisco 49ers' NFC championship game against the New York Giants.
NFL: Staff picks for the NFL title games
Members of the Mainstreet Media Group (Hollister Free Lance, Gilroy Dispatch, Morgan Hill Times) decided to predict the winners of Sunday's NFL conference championship games. Here are the picks:
Sans: South County hopes for wet weather
Well, I hope that by the time you're reading this column that we have had a few days of rain. It's the middle of January and we have had less than two inches of rain since July. Weather forecasters have predicted a wet weekend so let's hope they're right.
NFL: Vernon Davis completes transformation with 49ers
A 49ers hero in San Francisco last week, he's a film star in New York this week.
Ramey: Niners’ run gives new life to Candlestick
Looking at it from a distance, nine years really isn't that long.
NFL: 49ers place key emphasis on special teams
David Akers' four field goals and Andy Lee's five soaring punts were mere appetizers in the 49ers' season-opening victory. The best was yet to come, both in terms of a playoff-bound season and that game.
NFL: Growth of offensive line becomes 49ers’ strength
No quarterback got sacked more this season than the 49ers' Alex Smith. That doesn't reflect well on his offensive linemen.
NFL: Reggie McKenzie to become Raiders’ general manager
Reggie McKenzie has agreed to terms to become the Raiders' general manager, ESPN reported late Thursday night.
NFL: York shows winning moves on and off the field
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - It was one year ago that Jed York, Trent Baalke and then-Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh met at the home of a mutual friend and retired into the pool room. It was about noon. Sandwiches were waiting for them.
NFL: Raiders’ defense shows its porous side
OAKLAND, Calif. - A 38-26 loss on Sunday to the San Diego Chargers that knocked the Raiders out of the playoffs was in large part due to the kind of defensive failures that arose often in 2011 and probably will mean the demise of defensive coordinator Chuck Bresnahan's job after one season.
