Super Bowl: Sights and Sounds
Sports books in the Biggest Little City in the World are expecting a jump in Super Bowl betting this year maybe enough to help Nevada set a record in wagering on the game thanks to 49ers...
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Boone's line switch pays off for 49ers
The erstwhile missing piece on the 49ers' offensive line goes about 6-foot-8 and 300 pounds, topped by the hint of a faux-hawk haircut. Last season, he was hiding in broad daylight, appearing in...
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Ailene Voisin: Culture of intolerance revealed again
Chris Culliver apologized and apologized. He repeatedly recanted the ugly comments he uttered earlier in the week about players and the NFL and why gays need to keep their distance. Chris Culliver The...
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49ers notes: CEO York weighs in on QBs, Culliver's comments
NEW ORLEANS Jed York spoke for 40 minutes at the 49ers' team hotel Thursday morning, covering topics that ranged from Chris Culliver's controversial remarks about gays in the locker room to hosting a...
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Even as kids, Jim Harbaugh intense and John relaxed
Jim Harbaugh vs. the mail truck was one competition Harbaugh didn't win. Mark Humphrey Associated Press John, left, and Jim Harbaugh participate in the first Super Bowl news conference featuring both...
View ArticleFormer 49er greats rally for DeBartolo
Before the 46-member selection committee meets today to choose the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class for 2013, there's something a collection of ex-49ers would like to say on behalf of their former owner.
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Ailene Voisin: Kaepernick ascension has a fairy tale feeling
Jim Harbaugh says Colin Kaepernick's a natural, so maybe his emergence is really that simple. A fairy tale set in fantasyland. A football story that becomes more dramatic by the week. An ascension so...
View ArticleLewis receives 'antler' apology
The owner of a company that manufactures deer-antler spray and says it helps athletes recover more quickly from injuries issued an apology on Friday to the Baltimore Ravens and linebacker Ray Lewis.
View ArticleSights & Sounds: From New Orleans
Mike Pereira, the NFL's former vice president of officiating and current analyst for Fox Sports, is staying at the hotel that is housing the Baltimore Ravens and dozens of media members. When we bumped...
View Article49ers notes: Goodell lauds Alex Smith for reporting concussion
Alex Smith did the right thing in self-reporting concussion symptoms earlier this season, Roger Goodell said Friday, and the NFL commissioner said he hopes other players would do the same in a similar...
View Article49ers' Super Bowl report card
Offense: A furious second-half comeback wasn't enough to erase a first half of mistakes. Colin Kaepernick was electric after halftime, but a missed touchdown opportunity and an interception in the...
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Things just get worse for Culliver
Chris Culliver's lousy Super Bowl week only got worse on Sunday. 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver reacts with dismay after being called for pass interference late in the fourth quarter on Sunday.
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What's MVP Flacco worth now?
NEW ORLEANS Quarterback Joe Flacco put off contract talks with the Baltimore Ravens until after the season was over. Joe Flacco unleashes a pass Sunday against the 49ers. He threw for three touchdowns.
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Lights fail in Superdome embarrassment
NEW ORLEANS It was not New Orleans' brightest moment. About 90 seconds into the second half of Sunday's Super Bowl, the lights on one half of the Superdome's roof suddenly went out. Coach Jim...
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Lewis' career ends with big defensive stop
NEW ORLEANS Ray Lewis said his favorite moments were some of the last of his career. Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, middle, celebrates the Super Bowl win with defensive tackle Bryan Hall (95). Lewis...
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Sights & sounds from New Orleans
Tom Szczepanski, 29, of Chico, made his support of the 49ers known Sunday by dressing up as one. Not a football player a miner. Coach Jim Harbaugh reacts after the 49ers' final play from scrimmage, a...
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Ailene Voisin: Comeback proves Kaepernick is the real deal at QB
Colin Kaepernick almost engineered the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history. Almost. This close. Five yards and a cloud of fists, grabs, shoves? Five yards and a penalty that might have been...
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49ers' fierce rally falls short in Super Bowl loss to Ravens
The 49ers lost the most wrenching, roller-coaster and oddball Super Bowl in recent memory. Offensive tackle Anthony Davis walks off the field at the Superdome as confetti falls after the 49ers' loss to...
View ArticleNFL 101: Five lessons from the past seven days
Five lessons from Super Bowl weekend of the National Football League
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Bright ideas? NFL had a few
NEW ORLEANS NFL officials were sure they'd get the Super Bowl finished Sunday night. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com A Superdome power outage forced a 35-minute delay of the Super Bowl on...
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