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For the last three miserable seasons, the Bay Area has been home to two bad NFL teams. At least the San Francisco 49ers can prove they're getting better. Arnaz Battle caught two touchdown passes from Alex Smith, and the 49ers overcame Randy Moss' 100th career TD reception with a strong second half in a 34-20 victory over the winless Oakland Raiders on Sunday.

Frank Gore's first season as the San Francisco 49ers' starting running back is off to a rousing start -- except for four plays. Gore is second in the NFL with 460 yards from scrimmage -- 331 rushing and 129 receiving -- in the Niners' first four games. He has been speedy, durable and hard to tackle, erasing any doubts about his worthiness to take the job of Kevan Barlow, who was traded to the New...

I just opened my yearly package of misery. It comes from the Hall of Fame and it's called the Preliminary...

After dismantling the Seahawks on Sunday, the undefeated Bears are atop the rankings for the first time.

The San Francisco 49ers are back to normal, and that's no good. Their encouraging start to coach Mike Nolan's second season came to a crashing halt in a 41-0 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, just the once-powerful franchise's second shutout loss in 454 games since 1977. A team that made incremental progress to the edge of respectability since last season's 4-12 campaign failed at nearly...

Trent Green was cleared to drive this week, so he joined his Chiefs teammates on the sideline Sunday. Out on the field, Damon Huard was obviously happy to have him riding shotgun. Getting advice and encouragement from Green and even suggestions on which plays to run, Huard and the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs played almost flawlessly in a surprising 41-0 rout of San Francisco (1-3).

Seattle's running game faces a major roadblock as RB Shaun Alexander is expected to miss at least two weeks.

The surprising thrashing of the Falcons on Monday night has catapulted the Saints into the rankings' top 12.

The San Francisco 49ers got good news about running back Frank Gore and confirmed bad news about tight end Vernon Davis on Monday. Gore is expected to be in the 49ers' lineup at Kansas City on Sunday despite bruised ribs that sidelined him in the third quarter of their loss to Philadelphia. Davis, the sixth overall pick in the draft, will be out four weeks with a broken bone in his right leg.

SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) - San Francisco 49ers rookie tight end Vernon Davis will be sidelined indefinitely after suffering a broken right leg in Sunday's 38-24 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.

Mike Patterson simply followed one of football's oldest rules: Keep playing until you hear the whistle. About 98 yards after he started running with a loose ball nobody seemed to want, the 292-pound defensive lineman was begging for that whistle. Wheezing, wincing and finally walking, Patterson still crossed the opposite goal line with the stunning fumble return that helped the Philadelphia Eagles...

San Francisco running back Frank Gore strained his abdomen and rookie tight end Vernon Davis cracked a bone in his leg on the same wacky play Sunday -- a 98-yard fumble return for a touchdown by Philadelphia's Mike Patterson. Gore fumbled and apparently strained a muscle while trying to stretch over the goal line late in the third quarter.

Adam Snyder, the San Francisco 49ers' versatile backup offensive lineman, said Thursday he signed a four-year contract extension that will keep him with the club through 2011. The deal, which was not announced by the team, is worth $10.5 million, with a $4 million signing bonus. Snyder was the second of San Francisco's two third-round picks in 2005, and he started seven games at left tackle and one...

With their stingy D and improved offense, the Jags have matured into a team capable of playing deep into January.

You sensed the trouble as soon as the pass sailed high over the head of San Francisco 49ers wide receiver...

Antonio Bryant had just scored his first touchdown for the San Francisco 49ers on a spectacular 72-yard catch, and everybody wanted to talk about the ones that got away. Bryant reacted angrily when quarterback Alex Smith overthrew him a few times in the first half of San Francisco's 20-13 win over the St.

Fred Taylor has a chunk of sod from Three Rivers Stadium prominently displayed in his trophy case. It's one of his favorite souvenirs and a constant reminder of his best career day, a 234-yard rushing performance at Pittsburgh in 2000. Steelers coach Bill Cowher remembers it well, too. "Fred always seems to get his game up playing against us," Cowher said.

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When Antonio Bryant heard the next play-call, he stuck his head in the San Francisco 49ers' huddle and yelled something foolish. "Meet me in the end zone," the receiver told his offensive line. That would've been downright hilarious from a member of last season's woeful 49ers -- but then Bryant made a 72-yard touchdown catch, keying San Francisco's 20-13 victory over the St.

The San Francisco 49ers upgraded injured left tackle Jonas Jennings from doubtful to questionable Friday, raising hopes he could play in the club's home opener. Coach Mike Nolan will make a game-time decision on Jennings, who has a sprained ankle, before Sunday's meeting with the St. Louis Rams. Jennings, hurt midway through the season opener in Arizona, returned to limited practice Friday after...