Alex Smith and Vince Young have crossed paths on several occasions at NFL functions. They've offered each other some encouraging words during the difficult times, like after each lost his starting job. The once highly touted quarterbacks' NFL fates have taken a similar bumpy road, and now they're both back behind center, ready to square
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By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer
Donovan McNabb knows how to duck pressure and avoid interceptions. It's strange, but considering all the...
Frank Gore has a straightforward offensive strategy: make positive yards every time. That's what the running back regularly reminds his San Francisco 49ers teammates about -- small gains are better than no gains or negatives. "We're getting better," Gore said Wednesday. "Like I keep telling my guys, 'We've got to get
Signs of a revamped defense bode well for the Ravens' playoff chances the rest of the way.
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Brett Favre was among several players that got some form of retribution by helping their teams to victory.
The Indianapolis Colts won their 16th straight regular-season game, the equivalent of an undefeated season, and Jim Caldwell became the first rookie coach since the NFL merger to open his career with seven consecutive wins thanks to Sunday's 18-14 victory over San Francisco. Peyton Manning topped 300 yards and got credit for another Colts rally
Colts running back Donald Brown, cornerback Marlin Jackson and former starting left tackle Tony Ugoh are all inactive for Sunday's game against San Francisco. Brown is out with a bruised left shoulder. Jackson missed the previous two games with a right knee injury, and Ugoh was a healthy scratch. Pro Bowl receiver Reggie Wayne is active and exp
In March of 2007, former Bills cornerback Nate Clements signed an eight-year, $80 million contract with the...
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Brett Favre will run out of the Lambeau Field tunnel wearing purple, and nobody really knows how Green Bay Packers fans will react.
Former San Francisco 49ers holdout Michael Crabtree is finally playing ball but an investigation into a possible...
Circumstances and personnel are leading the struggling San Francisco 49ers to change their offensive approach. Proclaiming to be a power-rushing team from the start this season, the 49ers could be going airborne more often now that quarterback Alex Smith and rookie wide receiver Michael Crabtree have joined the huddle.
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Mike Singletary can see it in Alex Smith's eyes, in his body language. He's a different player now. Confident. Mature. Experienced.
Mike Singletary can see it in Alex Smith's eyes, in his body language. He's a different player now. Confident. Mature. Experienced. At all of 25, Smith has been at the top and at the very bottom during his short NFL career. There was all the hype and talk of his potential when the San Francisco 49ers chose him No.
San Francisco cornerback Tarell Brown has received a three-year contract extension that takes him through the 2013 season. Brown, a fifth-round draft pick in 2007 out of Texas, is a backup in the 49ers' secondary who competed for a starting job during training camp before injuring his toe and missing time.
An impressive win over the Bears has put Cincinnati back on track for the remainder of the year.
SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco 49ers took a big blow to their already struggling offensive line Tuesday, losing right tackle Tony Pashos for the season with a broken left shoulder blade.
The San Francisco 49ers took a big blow to their already struggling offensive line Tuesday, losing right tackle Tony Pashos for the season with a broken left shoulder blade. The 49ers placed Pashos on injured reserve a day after he had an MRI exam on the shoulder. The veteran offensive lineman was hurt during Sunday's 24-21 loss at Houston, his
Just about every true Super Bowl contender features a punishing safety or a shutdown corner.