A.J. Jenkins

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers - INSIDE SLANT Forget the fact that Lawrence Okoye has never played a down of football in his life. When the 49ers rookies gathered for the first time over the weekend, he certainly did not look...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers - INSIDE SLANT As the 49ers began their rookie minicamp Friday, most of the attention was on two people -- one who probably won't be able to play this year and another who has never played...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers - INSIDE SLANT Levi Strauss & Co. is reportedly offering $220 million over 20 years for naming rights for the San Francisco 49ers new, 68,500-seat stadium set to open in 2014 in Santa Clara....

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers - INSIDE SLANT In what may could become an important reunion, the San Francisco 49ers signed guard Adam Snyder to a two year contract Monday. Snyder, 31, appeared in 121 games during his eight-...

NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers - INSIDE SLANT San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, self-admittedly, has a new favorite player. The honor belongs to fourth-round pick Quinton Patton, a receiver from Louisiana Tech, and the rationale has...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers - INSIDE SLANT As expected, the 49ers began the 2013 NFL Draft by swapping some of their original allotment of 13 picks to move into position to get a safety Thursday night. They did not take the...

ATLANTA — Twenty years ago, Jerry Glanville, then the goofball coach of the Atlanta Falcons, concocted a way to get under the skin of the San Francisco 49ers. Seeing as his team the year before had swept the 49ers and Los Angeles Rams, along...

Gambling isn't allowed in the NFL, but San Francisco 49ers Coach Jim Harbaugh made a wager this season that would leave even the highest of high rollers weak in the knees. He replaced hot-handed quarterback Alex Smith with Colin Kaepernick, a promising...

This week, each of the 32 NFL teams will start their seasons with renewed hope and dozens of reasons -- real or imagined -- to believe that they will be the ones leaving their sweaty fingerprints on the Lombardi Trophy at season’s end. But let&...

Look to San Francisco Sam Farmer Los Angeles Times The player with the most to prove is 49ers quarterback Alex Smith, who has a chance to redefine himself with another outstanding season. Smith, the No. 1 overall pick in 2005, finally broke through...

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INDIANAPOLIS — If the Bears are intending on drafting a receiver, they had to walk away from the combine workouts Sunday whistling and winking. A number of receivers, most notably Notre Dame's Michael Floyd, distinguished themselves at Lucas Oil...