Sunday’s NFC Championship Game against the New York Giants was more than the biggest game of 49ers cornerback Tarell Brown’s career. It was a shot to outduel his best friend, New York cornerback Aaron Ross.“I’m definitely going out there to try to make more plays than him,” Brown said in the week leading up to the matchup. And it was in trying to make a big play where the friendship between the two Texas products showed. Read More

Nothing comes easily against these 49ers. Hidden beneath the accolades and praise heaped upon Vernon Davis, Alex Smith, the defense, coach Jim Harbaugh and his staff, has been the subtle fact that the 49ers make an opponent’s every possession difficult. And that’s before the defense takes the field. Read More

The Giants are going all the way!That sentiment would draw cheers in San Francisco during the baseball season, but when it was shouted by Vice President Joe Biden during a campaign event Wednesday it drew jeers from the crowd.The vice president, who is well known for his gaffes, mixed up the San Francisco baseball and football teams when trying to cheerlead for the 49ers before their playoff game showdown Sunday against the New York Giants. Read More

The first thing the 49ers should do in the offseason is re-sign Alex Smith to a multiyear contract. I’m sure Alex will be willing. He’s had two chances to leave the Niners, but has returned each time. The first time was after the 2008 season, when then general manager Scot McCloughan said he’d either have to accept a restructured contract, at a lower salary, or leave as a free agent. He stayed. Read More