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NFC West

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    Sixty Ways to Celebrate Mayor Ed Lee's 60th Birthday

    Tomorrow is Mayor Ed Lee's 60th birthday. And, in lieu of a politician's traditional birthday celebration -- a cake, served discreetly in an envelope left beneath the table -- Lee's staff has come up with a novel concept. They have created a website listing 60 things you and I can do to help Lee hel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    Peyton Manning: A Move With No Middle Ground

    ​The intriguing news that San Francisco may indeed be Peyton's Place is that rarest of things -- a true all-or-nothing gamble. There is no in-between when it comes to signing -- or perhaps even chasing -- Peyton Manning. Either the 49ers will contend for a title or the aging, brittle Manning ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    49ers Fans Managed to Not Kill Each Other at Candlestick Park

    ​Despite the fact the 49ers played a killer game yesterday, we still have one ting to celebrate: Niners fans managed to not kill each other.And while there were no deaths reported at Candlestick Park during yesterday's championship match, there were plenty of drunks wallowing in their sorrows over ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2012

    49ers Faithfuls, It's Armageddon Sunday at Candlestick Park

    ​Take it from a Bears fan, there ain't no better rivalry in football, maybe in all of professional sports, than the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Giants. No two teams have had so many epic battles, so many knock-down, drag-out fights, as the 49ers and Giants. Both teams have to be among t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Police Chief Asks 49ers Fans Not to Beat, Kill Each Other at Sunday's Game

    ​Football is a sport notorious for causing life-long injuries  -- and we're not only talking about the players. Fans can be just as brutal, as evidenced by the barbaric behavior we saw during the 49ers and Raiders pregame showdown at Candlestick Park earlier this year. So we think it's fair t ... More >>

  • News

    January 18, 2012

    The Golden Age of Punting: Local Kickers Lead the Field

    ​Football is a sport notorious for causing life-long injuries  -- and we're not only talking about the players. Fans can be just as brutal, as evidenced by the barbaric behavior we saw during the 49ers and Raiders pregame showdown at Candlestick Park earlier this year. So we think it's fair t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    49ers Tickets: $10,000. 49ers Van: $8,000.

    ​Power may be the ultimate aphrodisiac, but success is a hell of a salesman. So with the 49ers coming off of one of the most thrilling wins in franchise history and poised for an epic showdown with the New York Giants in Sunday's conference championship, now's the time to start hawking Niners tick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    "Trickeration": Is This Hot New Word Really a Word?

    ​Viewers of last week's 49ers-Seahawks game may have heard something a bit jarring -- not as jarring as what happened to poor Delanie Walker, but jarring nevertheless. Describing the teams' eclectic playcalling, the game's announcer repeatedly used the term "trickeration." Evidently "trickeration" ... More >>

  • News

    November 30, 2011

    Hate Expectations: Police and Prosecutors Are Quick to Claim the Presence of Racism — but Juries Are Not So Sure

    ​Viewers of last week's 49ers-Seahawks game may have heard something a bit jarring -- not as jarring as what happened to poor Delanie Walker, but jarring nevertheless. Describing the teams' eclectic playcalling, the game's announcer repeatedly used the term "trickeration." Evidently "trickeration" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Beefcake Football Players Serve You Drinks for Charity!

    ​What: 2011 NFL Celebrity Servers Event Where: MATRIX Fillmore When: Fri., November 11, 7:30 p.m. Cost: Donation The rundown: The Matrix Fillmore adds a side of beefcake to their menu for the 10th annual NFL Celebrity Servers party. You show up, you buy drinks, football players bring them ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    MC Hammer, Brian Wilson, Other Non-San Francisco Voters Shill for Ed Lee

    By now you may already be recovering from watching the Ed Lee music video featuring MC Hammer, Brian Wilson, Ashkon, Willie Brown and others. The video was funded in large part by Hammer's good pal and right-wing piñata du jour Ron Conway, as well as Sean Parker (who you may recall having paranoid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Fans Ask 49ers to Make "It Gets Better" Video

    ​This summer, when San Francisco native Sean Chapin asked the Giants to make a video for Dan Savage's "It Gets Better" project, they complied -- and became trendsetters. Since then, seven other MLB teams -- including the Cubs, the Red Sox, and the Dodgers -- have made similar videos encouraging L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Tom Otterness Killed Dog, Got City Contracts. What if He Killed People?

    Did Muni give this guy money, too? ​It's almost impossible to stay rational when discussing the plight of dog-slaughtering artist Tom Otterness, who may or may not lose out on millions in city money due to his troubling past. That's because it's hard to conceive of a transgression that would provo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Steak, Pies, Raider Fans, and Burritos

    The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco food scene. Steak and pie: The kitschy Palace Family Steak House (3047 Mission at Capp) we mentioned earlier, the one that has its own theme song, is set to open next week, according to Bernalwood. Meanwhile, Blackbo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Joe Nedney, Who Saved Humanity from Killer Robot, to Retire

    Joe EskenaziNedney vs. the killer robot ...​Joe Nedney, the 49ers kicker whose frequent lower-body injuries couldn't keep him from rescuing civilization as we know it from a killer, field-goal-kicking robot, is expected to announce his retirement today. From kicking, that is. He may yet once more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    You Know You Love it: 7 Best Chain Restaurants in S.F. Bay Area

    We love fancy food as much as the next San Francisco asshole, but there are times when we just wants an enormous plate of mediocre slop. Every now and then we need to walk into a place that looks the same in S.F. as it does in Des Moines, and we need to order 52 plates of mozzarella sticks and a sma ... More >>

  • News

    June 1, 2011

    Schoolhouse Rocked: S.F.'s Most Controversial Charter School Throws Off For-Profit Masters

    We love fancy food as much as the next San Francisco asshole, but there are times when we just wants an enormous plate of mediocre slop. Every now and then we need to walk into a place that looks the same in S.F. as it does in Des Moines, and we need to order 52 plates of mozzarella sticks and a sma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    San Francisco MS-13 Gang Wasn't Violent Enough for Edwin Ramos, Witness Says

    Accused murderer of the Bologna family jumped into a more violent clique in Richmond, witness testifies. One attorney alleges Bologna murders could have been prevented had federal agents deported Ramos when they first knew about his crimes.Edwin Ramos wasn't indicted with the 24 alleged MS-13 gangst ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    What to Do This Weekend, Feb. 25-27

    Chris MacArthurWorkshop on new rules regulating street food. See Fri., Feb. 25.​Craving more? Scroll through additional listings here. Fri., Feb. 25: Town Hall Meeting to Explain New Mobile Food Rules SFMTA, 1 South Van Ness (at Market), 4-7 p.m. The DPW will explain the city's new mobile foo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    San Francisco 49ers Get Jim Harbaugh

    Mystery Ends​Media reports are saying that Stanford football coach Jim Harbaugh has been hired to coach the San Francisco 49ers.Recent Tweets indicate that the 49ers will hold a press conference at 3:30 p.m.at San Francisco's Palace Hotel, presumably to announce the five-year, $25 million deal wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2010

    Mike Singletary Is Fired -- And We Should Have Seen It Coming

    Tough luck, Sing​Newly ex-San Francisco 49ers coach Mike Singletary's career in management may end up being best remembered for his iconic "I want winners" tirade -- and the inevitable Coors Light commercials it will spawn. Many otherwise sane and sensible observers predicted big things from the 4 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Only In San Francisco: Cops Can't Force Naked Men To Put On Clothes

    ​On Black Friday, Rusty Mills and Lloyd Fishback stripped off all their clothes and headed down to Union Square with their genitalia flapping in the stiff winter wind. Mills wore only an Indian headdress and Fishback donned a pilgrim hat (Fishback says the hats tip off people that you're intention ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Brian Westbrook's Monster Game Doesn't Reflect Well on 49ers Coaches

    Until last night, fans wearing this jersey had only nine fewer rushing yards than Brian Westbrook​The terms "broken hip" and "pro football" are more than a little incongruous. It's an injury you'd associate with a shuffleboard mishap at a Florida retirement home more than a gridiron malady. And ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    49ers-Broncos 'Spygate' Story Boggles the Mind

    Sadly, not even cheating allowed the Denver Broncos to slap these on with pride...​The revelation that the Denver Broncos saw fit to clandestinely record the San Francisco 49ers practice sessions -- yet still lost -- is a story that truly makes not one bit of sense. First of all, even the Niners ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    TSA Scanners: U.C. San Francisco Radiologists Debunk Radiation Fears

    Calm down, people...​Update 12/3: TSA slaps us on the wrist about using this picture. This is an old image. The newer ones look more like Egyptian hieroglyphics. Among the elements of paranoia and righteousness emanating from those opting out of TSA scans today, U.C. San Francisco radiology specia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Giants to Update Stadium Championship List 'Any Day Now'

    We know what's coming next...​When your humble narrator first began attending baseball games at Candlestick Park, the sign outside the stadium told you everything you needed to know about the San Francisco Giants' place in this city.After you stopped off at Piccolo Pete's, walked under the fetid o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Two Haters, a Home-Burner and a Skyscraper Climber in Court Today

    Not above the law in SF​Say what you want about District Attorney Kamala Harris -- the Attorney General candidate is a "different kind of prosecutor," according to a lengthy profile published in today's Los Angeles Times, and true to form, her office prosecutes different kinds of cases. And how. F ... More >>

  • News

    September 29, 2010

    Head Case

    Experts say ex-football players with head injuries often end up in the criminal justice system. Former USC lineman Chris Brymer is exhibit A.

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Good, Bad, and Ugly of Sporting Weekend

    Smile and the world smiles with you, Tim​With college and professional football kicking off and baseball's pennant races rounding third, 'tis the season for sports junkies to never leave the couch. By the way, here are a few phone numbers for local divorce attorneys -- if, you know, this is a prob ... More >>

  • News

    September 8, 2010

    SF Weekly Letters

    Smile and the world smiles with you, Tim​With college and professional football kicking off and baseball's pennant races rounding third, 'tis the season for sports junkies to never leave the couch. By the way, here are a few phone numbers for local divorce attorneys -- if, you know, this is a prob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Lance Armstrong Hires Bill Clinton Whitewater Attorney Mark Fabiani

    Matt SmithI'd better have someone look after that pain in my ass...​Lance Armstrong has further lawyered up in the face of possible federal doping allegations by adding former Bill Clinton Whitewater counsel Mark Fabiani to his burgeoning legal team. Fabiani specializes in steering scandal-plagued ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Jeff Garcia and 'The Jerseys That Should Not Be'

    Et Tu, Jeff?​Jeff Garcia is one of my favorite football players of all-time. I first saw him play -- in person no less -- in October of 1990 when he very nearly led San Jose State to upset a damn good Cal squad in Berkeley. The Bears held on, 35-34. He next crossed Bay Area fans' paths when he pla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    49ers Beat Colts -- Preseason Bettors Rejoice!

    A great tackle by ... that guy! ​Not long before the San Francisco 49ers took the field in Indianapolis to rout the Colts, your humble narrator received a curious communique in his inbox. It was an a preview of the contest written exclusively for people who had decided to wage their hard-earned mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    'I Quit': A List of Unique Exits

    ​At the beginning of last week, erstwhile flight attendant Steven Slater profanely quit his job, grabbed a couple of cold ones, and slid down the plane's inflatable ramp into American folklore. At the end of last week, promising 49ers running back Glen Coffee abruptly walked away from football, os ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Jerry Rice -- My Favorite Memory

    Gracias, Jerry​With Jerry Rice, San Francisco 49ers fans had it all. The best player with the best work ethic playing for the best team. It was, well, the best. Rice will be inducted into the pro football Hall of Fame tomorrow. But for your humble narrator, utter the words "Jerry Rice" and a very ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    United Football League Fashion Show!

    Jon Dion OwensIs it really better to look good than to feel good? ​There is no old-timers day in modeling. Twiggy and Cheryl Tiegs do not prance down the catwalk after the cruel standards of their industry deem them old and unsuitable. There is an old-timers day, however, for the men who model foo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    A B & The Sea Think the Morning Benders Are Hot (Literally)

    myspace.com/abthesea​In 2008, two students at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh packed up their life, bid farewell to a lifestyle of cheese, beer, bratwurst -- and a favorite local band called Cheeseheads With Attitude -- and drove west to San Francisco. The two guitarists, Koley O'Brien and Joe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Jessica Simpson's New Vegan Diet Guru Works Out of San Francisco

    US Weekly​Jessica Simpson's weight is back in the tabloids again, this time as a result of a "desperate" and "radical" new diet she's supposedly taken on thanks to the advice of her spanking-new boyfriend, former 49ers tight end Eric Johnson. OK! Magazine reports that Simpson recently went on ... More >>

  • News

    May 26, 2010

    Floyd Landis doping scandal: The S.F. connection

    US Weekly​Jessica Simpson's weight is back in the tabloids again, this time as a result of a "desperate" and "radical" new diet she's supposedly taken on thanks to the advice of her spanking-new boyfriend, former 49ers tight end Eric Johnson. OK! Magazine reports that Simpson recently went on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Here it Is: San Francisco's Arizona Boycott Resolution

    H.I. McDunnough and the rest of Arizona can look forward to a boycott from the city of San Francisco. Unless, you know, it's costly and a pain in the ass. ​Supervisor David Campos' resolution to boycott the state of Arizona due to its harsh new immigration law, SB 1070, keeps it short and sweet. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Scenes from Giants' Opening Day

    As we write, the hometown boys are being throttled by Atlanta Braves starter Tim Hudson to the tune of no runs on one hit. But you can't beat the spectacle of opening day...All photos | Tom WalshIn a bit of role-reversal, former San Francisco 49ers receiver Jerry Rice throws to quarterback Steve ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2009

    Beat the Crabs!

    As we write, the hometown boys are being throttled by Atlanta Braves starter Tim Hudson to the tune of no runs on one hit. But you can't beat the spectacle of opening day...All photos | Tom WalshIn a bit of role-reversal, former San Francisco 49ers receiver Jerry Rice throws to quarterback Steve ... More >>

  • News

    May 21, 2003

    See No Evil

    S.F. Archbishop William Levada styles himself as a leading advocate for openness among Catholic leaders on the clergy sex-abuse issue. So why doesn't he practice what he preaches?

  • Dining

    September 25, 2002

    The Sporting Life

    Where to watch baseball and football on 16, 17, or 18 TVs

  • News

    January 30, 2002

    Luke Brugnara Makes His Point

    All the city's most bombastic commercial landlord wants is a San Francisco-themed casino in Las Vegas ... or absolute misery for anyone who gets in his way

  • News

    December 15, 1999

    Online Pirates of the Caribbean

    Three San Francisco men found riches in Antiqua with their Internet gambling site. Now they're federal fugitives. Caribbean

  • Dining

    September 15, 1999

    Just Eat It

    Ton Kiang

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    The Fortress on the Hill

    Once, she partied with the Rolling Stones. Now, shunned by family and sued by friends, aging eccentric Arden Van Upp has retreated to her mansion.

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