49ers Football Fever

PHOENIX — In a previous life, R.W. McQuarters was a first-round draft pick of the 49ers. “Those were the DeBartolo days, so it was good around there,” said McQuarters, referring to the ownership of Eddie DeBartolo.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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It’s been famously said that statistics lie, and in the case of Bishop McDevitt senior Julian Harrell, that’s true. This past football season, Harrell, as he has been since his sophomore year, was one of the midstate’s most effective wide receivers.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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His first name is Swahili for “thank you.” Seems appropriate for a football player who takes without asking. Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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The presidential primary campaigns may have left the state, but that doesn’t mean good old American competition has gone with them. In fact, this is the week people must make the most important decision they’ll make this year — which team they’re rooting for in the Super Bowl. Let’s face it, presidential politics may shape […]

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PHOENIX - Mike Carey will head the officiating crew for Sunday’s Super Bowl, becoming the first black referee at the game.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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SEATTLE — You bring the chips. They’ve got the dips covered. The guy who hasn’t paid attention to the NFL in a decade (“He won’t be able to get over the fact that the 49ers aren’t in it this year and may ask if Reggie White or Walter Payton still play football.”).Hat tip: Yahoo! […]

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According the league sources, the Redskins will formally interview former 49ers and Lions coach Steve Mariucci, 52, for their vacant head coaching position, this week.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Trivia answer From 1D: Ken Norton Jr. is the only National Football League player to win three consecutive Super Bowls. The linebacker played for Dallas Cowboys when they won in 1993 and 1994, before winning the title with the San Francisco 49ers in 1995.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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SAN FRANCISCO — Former NFL defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield pleaded guilty Friday to lying to investigators in the BALCO steroids case, making him the first football player charged in the long-running federal investigation.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Former Patriots linebacker Andre Tippett was part of the final group under consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame last year, but he didn’t make the cut. Will this year be different?Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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To their majestic presence, let us raise a toast and pay tribute to the accomplishments of these men and this greatest-ever football team. Indelible images with each and every close of the eyes measure a collective spirit that could never be broken and a drive that had no match.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Buried in a pro football graveyard is a forgotten unbeaten and untied team, the 1948 Cleveland Browns, who were led by quarterback Otto Graham and Coach Paul Brown.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Michael Holovak, an All-America football player at Boston College, head football coach for both Boston College and the Boston Patriots and a longtime NFL executive with the Houston Oilers and Tennessee Titans, died Sunday in Ruskin, Fla. He was 88.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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NEW YORK — One NFL scout called linebacker Patrick Willis “a beast.” And that was before Willis won The Associated Press 2007 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award. Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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MOBILE, Ala. – Coach Mike Nolan has met with only one of his aging 49ers veterans so far, and it happened to be the one whose future with the team is not in doubt.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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If the Charlotte 49ers begin playing football by 2012 — as the school’s football feasibility committee has recommended — their first destination would be the NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA). After that, the committee has recommended a jump to the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly I-A) as soon as possible. There would be plenty of […]

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Sunnyvale residents and business owners near the Santa Clara border have mixed feelings about the Santa Clara City Council’s 6-1 decision on Jan.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Three Bay Area teams — the A’s, 49ers and Sharks — say they can convert the Silicon Valley into a sports powerhouse.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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MOBILE, ALA. — Many of the top college football prospects skip events like the Senior Bowl every year, figuring they can only hurt themselves with an injury or a lackluster performance.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Oakland Raider silver and black wouldn’t be welcome at offices of its cross-bay rival, the red and gold San Francisco 49ers. “No, sir,” Jason Jenkins, 49ers team spokesman, said of seeing the Oakland team’s colors. “You won’t.”Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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If a tree falls in a Seattle forest can you hear the sound in Northern California? I don’t have the slightest idea. But if a head coach in Seattle says he’s coaching only one more year, you can hear the roar in San Francisco and all the way to Santa Clara.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead […]

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ASHBURN, VA –- The Washington Redskins appointed Vinny Cerrato to the new position of Executive Vice President/Football Operations on Tuesday.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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His jersey was different, his teammates were different, his coaches were different. But in an Offensive MVP performance in the East-West Shrine Game in Houston last Saturday, USD senior quarterback Josh Johnson played the way he did during his entire career as a Torero.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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MOBILE, Ala. — San Francisco 49ers coach Mike Nolan’s biggest need for the 2008 NFL draft is not at fullback or tailback, but he would highly recommend LSU tailback/fullback/special teams ace Jacob Hester to anyone and maybe himself.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Kicking the cold After a day of watching football that made us feel cold from 2,000 miles away - that’s the true power of HDTV - we discovered Monday that the current arctic blast isn’t confined to the Midwest and Northeast.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Sometime last summer, former NISH standout and current San Francisco 49ers defensive back Mark Roman was working out in the weight room at New Iberia Senior High when he had an epiphany of sorts.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Clemson offensive lineman Barry Richardson is among the 100 top senior NFL draft prospects participating in the 2008 Under Armour Senior Bowl this week in Mobile, Ala. Richardson reported to Mobile this past weekend and will play on the Under Armour Senior Bowl’s South squad, which will be coached by San Francisco 49ers head coach […]

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Top 5 Dr. Z makes a pitch for these busts in Canton Sports Illustrated’s Paul “Dr. Z” Zimmerman, who’ll help pick the next Pro Football Hall of Fame class on Super Bowl weekend, gives us five former stars who deserve to get the Hall call: […]

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Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) — The New England Patriots are favored by two touchdowns over the New York Giants in the Super Bowl, the fourth-highest opening point spread in the 42-year history of the National Football League’s championship game.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Team Alabama’s first inkling of a roster will focus heavily on defense. The All American Football League submitted its list of protected players over the weekend, ensuring the Birmingham franchise a training camp with recognizable players.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Q: Which NFL football team has won the most Super Bowls?Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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It was quite a day of football on Sunday, and frankly, I’m in shock. Eli Manning is in the Super Bowl? Is this happening?Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Former San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield pleaded guilty Friday to lying to investigators in the BALCO steroids case, making him the first NFL football player charged and convicted in the long-running federal probe.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Dana Stubblefield, then of the Washington Redskins, celebrates stopping the Detroit Lions on a third down during their first-round NFC playoff game at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, January 2000. Former San Francisco 49ers defender Stubblefield has pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents about taking performance-enhancing drugs, becoming American football’s first BALCO steroid scandal […]

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Former NFL defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield pleaded guilty Friday to lying to investigators in the BALCO steroids case, making him the first football player convicted in the long-running federal investigation. Stubblefield was charged with making false statements to federal agents about his use of performance-enhancing drugs.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Santa Clara’s city council voted 6-1 Tuesday to accept city staff’s recommendation that city financing for a 49ers stadium is feasible, clearing one more hurdle for the NFL franchise to have its $916 million stadium up and running for football season in 2012.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Dana Stubblefield, a former San Francisco 49ers All-Pro defensive lineman whose career ended under a steroid cloud, pleaded guilty Friday to lying to a federal agent in 2003 about his use of performance-enhancing drugs. Stubblefield, 37, the first football… […]

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When San Franciscans wake up Nov. 5, they will have a new president but they may also be down one legendary football franchise. The Santa Clara City Council voted late Tuesday night to begin formal negotiations with the San Francisco 49ers to build a new stadium in the South Bay city for the football team.Hat […]

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Former San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield became the first American football player charged in the BALCO steroid scandal, prosecutors saying Friday he lied to federal agents.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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Dana Stubblefield, a former NFL defensive player of the year for the San Francisco 49ers, became the latest casualty of the BALCO steroids scandal Friday, pleading guilty to lying to federal agents about his use of performance enhancing drugs.Hat tip: Yahoo! NewsRead full story

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