BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The 49ers wore down the Cowboys in the second half of a defensive struggle to advance to the NFC Championship game next Sunday in Philadelphia with a 19-12 win over Dallas Sunday afternoon at Levi’s Stadium. San Francisco’s defense picked off Dak Prescott twice to stop Dallas …
Read More »49ers romp past Seahawks 41-23 to advance to second round
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Brock Purdy overcame first half jitters in his postseason debut to deliver the best game of his young career and Christian McCaffrey and Deebo Samuel’s big plays broke the Seahawks back as the 49ers rallied to blow out Seattle for a 41-23 Wild Card weekend victory at …
Read More »NFC Playoffs open with 49ers well positioned for deep title run
BY J.A. SCHWARTZ It’s the second week of January, and now that the college football title game has been decided, fans of the sport will be riveted to their televisions to track which NFL team will emerge from a group of 14 hopefuls to lay claim to the Super Bowl …
Read More »Healthy 49ers rout Cards 38-13 to finish with tenth straight win
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The San Francisco 49ers tuned up for a run at their first Super Bowl championship since 1995 with a dominating 38-13 win over the Arizona Cardinals Sunday afternoon. With injured starters Deebo Samuel and Elijah Mitchell both back in uniform for the first time in weeks, the …
Read More »Purdy to Kittle leads 49ers past Washington for eighth in a row
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The San Francisco 49ers won their eighth game in a row Sunday afternoon, scoring on six of seven second-half possessions to break open a defensive struggle on the way to a 37–20 win over the Washington Commanders at Levi’s Stadium. Brock Purdy remained undefeated since taking over …
Read More »Giants loss of Correa is Steve Cohen and the Mets Christmas gain
BY J.A. SCHWARTZ The San Francisco Giants had called a press conference. They were set to introduce the new face of their franchise, Carlos Correa. After agreeing to a 13-year, $350 million deal with the shortstop, the Giants front office invited Correa and his agent, Scott Boras, out to San …
Read More »49ers D stifles Brady & Bucs 35-7 as Purdy and McCaffrey shine
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The Brock Purdy era got off to an impressive start with a near perfect performance by the 49ers in a 35–7 domination of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday afternoon at Levi Stadium to stretch their winning streak to six games. Christian McCaffrey continued to be a game …
Read More »Undermanned Pacers down lethargic Warriors 112-104
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The cold shooting Warriors dug themselves an early hole, falling behind the upstart Indiana Pacers by 13 points in the first quarter and playing catch up throughout the game before succumbing 112-104 at Chase Center Monday night. Golden State was playing without forward Andrew Wiggins, out with …
Read More »49ers lose Jimmy G but sink Dolphins 33-14 behind Brock Purdy
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The 49ers overcame the shocking early loss of Jimmy Garoppolo for the season and bounced back from a game opening 75 yard touchdown pass from Tua Tagovailoa in the first ten seconds of the game to come back and dominate the Miami Dolphins 33-17 at Levi’s Stadium …
Read More »Niners defense continues to shine in 13-0 whitewash of Saints
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The 49ers defensive continued their dominating play in a 13-0 victory over the New Orleans Saints Sunday afternoon at Levi’s Stadium, stretching their lead in the NFC West with their fourth straight win. The shutout was San Francisco’s first in three seasons and extended the Niners streak …
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