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Super Bowl will be much better fit for Bay Area this time around

By: Glenn Dickey 05/21/13 7:30 PM
49ers Booster Club
The Bay Area is finally getting a modern football stadium, with the 49ers’ stadium in Santa Clara opening for the 2014 season, and the NFL has recognized that by awarding the 2016 Super Bowl to the Bay Area, with events planned throughout the area, many of them in San Francisco, during Super Bowl week. Read More

San Francisco looks to lock up hosting Super Bowl L

By: Wire report 05/20/13 6:51 PM
Super Bowl SF
Where the Super Bowl will celebrate a half-century of existence will be decided Tuesday by NFL owners. They have two choices for the 50th anniversary game in 2016: the Bay Area and South Florida. But after Miami was unable to secure public financing to renovate Sun Life Stadium earlier this month, San Francisco appears to be the front-runner as committees will make presentations at the NFL spring meetings in Boston. Read More

Former Cal star still mentored students

By: Sports Xchange 05/14/13 6:22 PM
Chuck Muncie
Former running back Chuck Muncie, a three-time All-Pro has died at the age of 60 from a heart attack. A star at Cal, Muncie finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting as a senior, then was the third overall pick by the New Orleans Saints in the 1976 NFL Draft. He was traded to the San Diego Chargers during the 1980 season. In 1981, he scored a league-leading 19 touchdowns. Read More

49ers favored to win Super Bowl XLVIII

By: The Sports Xchange 04/29/13 7:41 PM
Jim Harbaugh, san francisco 49ers
Now that the smoke has cleared and the NFL draft, all that’s left this offseason is to ponder who has positioned themselves the best to win Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2, 2014. According to Bovada.com, the 49ers are clearly the team to beat. The 49ers were listed as the 6-1 favorite to win next year’s championship. During the offseason, the 49ers acquired Anquan Boldin in a trade with the Baltimore Ravens. They signed cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey and kicker Phil Dawson. Read More

NFL draft was light on glamour, heavy on intrigue

By: The Associated Press 04/28/13 6:38 PM
Manti Te'o
Minnesota went all in with three first-round picks. Super Bowl champion Baltimore went for replacements for Ray Lewis and Ed Reed. The New York Jets added to their quarterback uncertainty by taking Geno Smith in the second round. Teams loaded up on linemen, making the big and beefy guys this year's stars. The 2013 NFL draft was light on glamour at the skill positions, but heavy on intrigue (when would Manti Te'o go?) and burly bodies able to either get after or protect all those pricey passers. Read More

Busy night of dealing for Bay Area NFL teams

By: Glenn Dickey 04/25/13 10:04 PM
Eric Reid
On a night that made a mockery of all the draft projections, the Raiders and 49ers both used trades to achieve their objective. The Raiders were first to make a move, trading their No. 3 pick to the Miami Dolphins and moving back to No. 12 but also picking up the Dolphins’ second-round pick, making up for the one they had given up in the Carson Palmer trade. Read More

NFL draft heavy on beef at the top

By: The Sports Xchange 04/24/13 5:29 PM
For only the second time in the past 16 years, the debate at the top of the NFL Draft doesn’t involve a quarterback. “This is a really a meat and potatoes draft, certainly early in the first couple of rounds with linemen, which is exciting,” said Howie Roseman, general manager of the Philadelphia Eagles, who hold the fourth overall pick. “It may not be the flashiest thing, but it’s exciting.” Read More

Raiders look to reverse bad draft fortunes

By: The Associated Press 04/23/13 7:50 PM
oakland raiders
ALAMEDA — For seven straight years starting in 2004, the Oakland Raiders had a top 10 pick in the NFL draft only to end up disappointed in the outcome. Six botched selections and one misguided trade later, the results from those years add up to no playoff berths, no winning records, no Pro Bowl invitations and only oft-injured Darren McFadden left on the roster. Read More

‘Surreal’ feeling for Dan Fouts to return to St. Ignatius

By: Emanuel Lee 04/23/13 7:38 PM
Dan Fouts
As Dan Fouts was introduced to a standing ovation, the Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback experienced a trip down memory lane. Read More

Ravens open regular season at Broncos

By: The Associated Press 04/18/13 7:41 PM
The NFL schedule is filled with return visits and intriguing matchups, beginning with a road game for the defending Super Bowl champions. And Peyton Manning will be part of that, as the Baltimore Ravens travel to Denver for the now-traditional Thursday night opener on Sept. 5. The Orioles are home that night and Major League Baseball could not move their game. So $121 million quarterback Joe Flacco and his fellow champs were sent to Denver — to face Manning and the team they beat in double overtime on their way to the Super Bowl. Read More

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