Both of these teams have been bandied about as potential L.A. franchisesMost San Franciscans know City of Industry as the oddly named Los Angeles suburb where we send the monthly checks for our Capital One cards. But, in the near future, we may be sending them something else -- the 49ers. If anyone spat a mouthful of coffee on the monitor just now, we're sorry (but not legally responsible for damages). This is all far, far from certain. And yet, it's also far, far from crazy. Very keen-eyed read
The Positive Coaching Alliance asks hard-bitten coaches to fill out workbooks and recite management jargon. It also has them saying things like, "I want to go back and relive my childhood and be coached like this."
U.C. Berkeley Media RelationsAppropriate Troy Taylor's likeness at your own perilLast month we wrote about how a somewhat underachieving former Arizona State University and University of Nebraska quarterback named Sam Keller sued EA Games and the NCAA, alleging the videogame company is blatantly stealing players' likenesses and the body overseeing collegiate sports is enabling them. Last week two more somewhat underachieving quarterbacks filed suit against EA in New Jersey arguing much the same:
What were the odds of this happening?​Sailing down Highway 101 toward Brisbane, drivers are greeted with an even bigger than real life Mike Singletary glaring off off a billboard accompanied by his now signature line: "I want winners." It's an unusual strategy to make a statement culled from a coach's quasi-unhinged, bizarre rant the cornerstone of your marketing campaign. But, I'll be damned, it works. I'm just glad the team didn't see fit to create a billboard incorporating Singletary's othe
