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| 49ers, Chargers each enter mid-week tilt in must-win mode |
NFL Football |
12/16/2010 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The San Diego Chargers have made strong late-season finishes an art form in recent years, while the San Francisco 49ers are beginning to earn a reputation as a team that does its best work over the second half as well. The two also share a similar predicament heading into a Thursday night interconference clash at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium, with the loser of this Week 15 tilt likely faced with a major uphill climb in regards to making the playoffs. Both the Chargers and 49ers presently sit on |
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| Chargers' Gates doubtful for Thursday |
NFL Football |
12/15/2010 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates is listed as doubtful for Thursday's game against the San Francisco 49ers. Gates missed Sunday's win over Kansas City due to a torn plantar fascia in his right foot and has not practiced all week. In 10 games this season, Gates has hauled in 50 passes for 782 yards and 10 touchdowns. Wide receiver Malcom Floyd is questionable after missing practice on Wednesday due to a hamstring injury. In 10 games this season, the Wyoming product has ca |
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| Chargers sell enough tickets to lift blackout |
NFL Football |
12/14/2010 |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego Chargers say enough tickets have been sold to lift the TV blackout in Southern California for their game against the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday night. The 49ers (5-8) are still in playoff contention, as are the Chargers (7-6).Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. |
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| Alex Smith key to 49ers' postseason hopes |
NFL Football |
12/14/2010 |
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - If he continues to play like he did last week, Alex Smith could save the season for the San Francisco 49ers and also save his job with the team. But to keep those possibilities alive, Smith will have to do it this week as a visitor in his hometown against one of his most influential mentors and with the NFL's No. 1 defense on the other side of the ball. Smith and the 49ers face another must-win situation when they play Thursday night in San Diego, where Smith grew up cheering for |
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| Seahawks place WR Butler on IR |
NFL Football |
12/14/2010 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Seattle Seahawks have placed wide receiver Deon Butler on injured reserve. Butler had surgery Sunday night on his broken right leg, hours after he suffered the injury while catching a touchdown pass during a 40-21 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. He needed surgery to place a rod in his leg and stabilize the break. The 24-year-old had 36 receptions for 385 yards and four touchdowns this season. Seattle signed guard Paul Fanaika from the Cleveland Browns' practice squad to fill the roster spo |
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| NFC West: 49ers make things interesting in wild, wild West |
NFL Football |
12/14/2010 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The boo birds came out quickly and early, but it didn't take San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith long to silence them. Smith, starting for the first time in six games, misfired on some early passes in front of the home fans on Sunday versus the Seahawks, but one 42-yard touchdown pass to Vernon Davis on the opening drive won the crowd over. With that the 49ers were off and running; on the way to their highest point total of the season and into the thick of the hunt for first place in the |
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| Maegle recalls some sideline shenanigans from '54 |
NFL Football |
12/13/2010 |
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| . Sullivan took care of it and got us separate rooms,'' he said. Maegle went by the name ``Moegle'' when the play occurred. A few years later, he got it changed to make it read the way it was pronounced. Maegle went on to play in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers, Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys. To this day, though, it was that sideline hit that stirs conversation. ``I don't ever get tired of talking about it. People have such a curiosity about it,'' he said. ``No one had ever seen anything like it |
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| Seahawks WR Butler to be placed on IR |
NFL Football |
12/13/2010 |
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| Renton, WA (MySportsbook) - Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Deon Butler will be placed on injured reserve after having surgery Sunday night on his broken right leg. Butler was injured while catching a two-yard touchdown pass late in the 40-21 loss to the San Francisco 49ers. He needed surgery to place a rod in his right leg to stabilize the break. The 24-year-old had 36 receptions for 385 yards and four touchdowns this season. |
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| Chargers still alive in chase for AFC West title |
NFL Football |
12/13/2010 |
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| eir 31-0 win over AFC West leader Kansas City means only that their hopes of winning the division remain alive at least until their next game. That next game gets here a lot quicker than normal. The Chargers (7-6) will play host on Thursday to the San Francisco 49ers, who at 5-8 still have a chance to win the awful NFC West. Quarterback Philip Rivers says the only thing the Chargers can control is winning their games. The Chargers pulled within one game of the Chiefs (8-5), who played without quarterback Matt |
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| The Big Ten's new trophy names and honorees |
Division I College Football |
12/13/2010 |
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| ) and NFL WR Desmond Howard, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1991 and was the MVP of a Super Bowl. Kwalick-Clark Tight End of the Year: Honors Penn State (1966-68) and NFL TE Ted Kwalick, a two-time All-America who also was a solid performer for the San Francisco 49ers, and Iowa (1999-2002) and NFL TE Dallas Clark, a former LB who made the move to TE before the 2001 season and ended up winning the Mackey Award as the nation's best at the position in 2002. Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year: Honors Wisconsin (195 |
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