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Brothers Jim and John Harbaugh hoping to face-off in Super Bowl

By: Barry Wilner 01/15/13 11:26 PM
This time, it will be different. That’s the mantra the Baltimore Ravens and 49ers must carry into Sunday’s conference championships. One step from the Super Bowl once more, the Ravens and 49ers believe they’ve found that extra element for success. For San Francisco, it might be the versatility and big-play potential Colin Kaepernick brings to the offense. For Baltimore, it could be the ramped-up emotions from Ray Lewis’ pending retirement. Read More

Falcons don’t measure up to San Francisco 49ers

By: Dylan Kruse 01/14/13 10:42 PM
If we learned anything after 16 regular-season games and last week’s divisional playoff round, the 49ers will be making travel arrangements for New Orleans and Super Bowl XLVII about 3:30 p.m. Sunday. While San Francisco still has to beat the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game at the Georgia Dome on Sunday, it’s a mere formality at this point. Read More

49ers fans’ taunts ruined game for him

By: Examiner readers 01/14/13 10:13 PM
“San Francisco police report dozens of arrests at 49ers-Packers game,” Local News, Monday 49ers fans’ taunts ruined game for him I was in attendance at the Green Bay Packers vs. 49ers divisional playoff game Saturday night in San Francisco. Read More

NFL experiencing a ‘bit of a boom’ with quality quarterbacks

By: Rachel Cohen 01/14/13 8:22 PM
The two kids from Northern California burst from NFL afterthought to championship contender in eerily similar fashion a decade apart. Tom Brady and Colin Kaepernick, each playing in a conference title game this weekend, are bookends to a fortuitous moment in quarterback history. On one side are the likes of Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees, still scintillating in their mid-30s. Read More

‘Kaepernicking’ is all the craze this NFL playoff season

By: The Associated Press 01/13/13 9:33 PM
Move over, Tim Tebow. Kaepernicking is all the craze now. In the wake of the 49ers’ 45-31 victory over the Green Bay Packers in Saturday night’s NFC divisional playoff, 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s touchdown celebration of flexing his right arm and kissing his bicep has taken off on social media. Read More

Jim Harbaugh’s message clearly sticks with 49ers

By: Paul Gackle 01/13/13 9:22 PM
Colin Kaepernick vindicated coach Jim Harbaugh’s controversial quarterback swap with his record-setting performance against the Green Bay Packers. After eight weeks of acrimony in the press, on social media sites and among fans, the 49ers find themselves back in the NFC Championship Game, where their season ended a year ago. Read More

San Francisco police report dozens of arrests at 49ers-Packers game

By: Mike Billings 01/13/13 7:47 PM
Police made dozens of arrests Saturday for public intoxication at Candlestick Park during the playoff game between the 49ers and Green Bay Packers, police said. Candlestick was near capacity for the game, according to attendance statistics. Of the nearly 70,000 who attended the matchup, police ejected 92 people from the stadium, Sgt. Michael Andraychak said. Read More

Kaepernick's record-setting performance leads 49ers back to NFC Championship Game

By: Paul Gackle 01/13/13 12:07 AM
Colin Kaepernick
Colin Kaepernick ran himself into the NFL record book Saturday and along the way he carried the 49ers to their second straight NFC Championship Game appearance. In his first postseason start, Kaepernick set a league record for most rushing yards by a quarterback in a playoff game, propelling the 49ers to a 45-31 shredding of the Green Bay Packers at Candlestick Park. The 49ers will meet the winner of today’s game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Atlanta Falcons next Sunday. Read More

Crabtree comes up big in 49ers' playoff win over Packers

By: Ben Martin 01/12/13 11:58 PM
Michael Crabtree
Niners wide receiver Michael Crabtree said after the regular-season finale that he wanted to make up for his lack of production in last year’s playoffs, when he totaled just 28 yards on four catches over two games. Read More

49ers could wind up as Cheez Whiz after playoff game against Green Bay Packers

By: Glenn Dickey 01/10/13 9:56 PM
Last January, the 49ers entered the playoffs with a strong defense and consistent offense. They have neither this January, and it would be a big surprise if they get past a better and strongly motivated Green Bay team at Candlestick Park on Saturday. Read More
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