3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (558+ words) The world’s biggest league The National Football League started its 107th season Wednesday, Sept. 9, so we look at how it began and what it is today. Walter Camp, often called the “Father of Football,” was a rugby player at Yale from…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (212+ words) Defensive lineman Viliami Fehoko Jr., a Bay Area product from St. Francis High (Mountain View) and San Jose State, signed with the 49ers on Monday, a day after trying out with two others. Tight end Josiah Deguara was released in a…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago   (830+ words) SANTA CLARA — Normal human anatomy dictates that a ruptured Achilles tendon requires a year of quiet contemplation and monotonous rehabilitation, and perhaps as much as an 18-month timeline before you even think about looking like your old self on the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (700+ words) SANTA CLARA – The 49ers’ trademark play is outside zone, a run in which the offensive line flows in one direction and the running back is required to make a quick decision. Though he is only a rookie out of Indiana, Kaelon…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1091+ words) If you spent the last 48 hours sweating the 49ers’ sleepy, underwhelming joint practice against the Chargers on Tuesday, congratulations: You fell for the NFL’s oldest August grift. The regular season isn’t won in shorts in El Segundo. It’s built on depth,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (781+ words) INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Brock Purdy recalled with great detail an interception as if the 49ers’ playoff fate was on the line, rather than him just experimenting as he should in Tuesday’s joint practice at the Chargers’ facility. Interceptions have been rare this…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (1194+ words) By EDDIE PELLS, AP National Writer Left tackle Dan Moore of the Tennessee Titans can list all the sponsorship deals he has done as a pro on one hand: A few meet and greet opportunities when he was with the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1518+ words) Greg Papa, The Gregarious One, is eternally grateful for the thousands of heartfelt text messages, phone calls and get-well-soon videos he has received in the year since his B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia diagnosis. He fought for his life. He wasn’t…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1075+ words) “You have people all over the world thinking of you and praying for you,” McDonough says in a video from St. Anthony Shrine in downtown Boston. Emails, texts and calls flood in from other college classmates, all rallying Papa against…...