Walt Harris News

A blocked field goal, a blocked punt and a slew of missed tackles - all in all, a miserable night for the 49ers special teams during a 37-30 victory on Thursday night.

Bee staff writer Matthew Barrows is in Chicago, where the 49ers will play their third exhibition game tonight.

Nolan said Monday that O'Sullivan will start for the third straight exhibition game against the Bears in Chicago on Thursday night.

Two weeks into training camp, Vernon Davis' confidence is in mid-season form. After testing his skills against the Raiders on Monday, the 49ers tight end went so far as to offer advice to future defensive ...

Now that training camp, all sorts of information is popping up. I thought I'd use this edition of Golden Nuggets to cover some of them, as well as give a little wrap up of the first day of training camp.

Now that training camp, all sorts of information is popping up. I thought I'd use this edition of Golden Nuggets to cover some of them, as well as give a little wrap up of the first day of training camp.

Training camp starts tomorrow for the 49ers. That much everybody knows. What will be the end result nobody really knows.

The 49ers open training camp at the end of this week and we'll finally start to get some answers to the numerous burning questions facing the 49ers.

Well, nobody hated the title, so unless anybody has a problem we'll stick with Golden Nuggets.

Last week I threw out my semi-rational irrational prediction that Vernon Davis would make the Pro Bowl this season .

Question: Hi Matt, I was wondering how did Walt Harris look in OTA'S? I know that they did not have pads on but usually you can tell if a player gets burned on the outside.

Aside from OTAs and a short minicamp, May, June and much of July are pretty quiet on the football front.

Walt Harris, the 49ers' cornerback and player rep, isn't among them. He thinks the knocks on the 63-year-old executive director of NFL Players Association, including a call for new leadership from Ravens kicker ...

We're a week into OTAs, with almost 3 months until the regular season gets under way.

Given a chance to lead a go-ahead drive, 49ers quarterback Alex Smith threw an interception.

The 49ers released rookie free-agent Lance Brandenburgh and they announced their training camp will start July 24, with the first exhibition with the Raiders scheduled for Friday, Aug. via San Francisco Chronicle

“You don't want to go into ant games with excuses. You're setting yourself up for failure if you do that.”

Here are the storylines from the first practice of the 49ers' first minicamp: Alex is No. via Sacramento Bee

A year ago, several 30-something veterans like Larry Allen, Bryant Young and Walt Harris had the privilege of sitting out the afternoon practice. via Sacramento Bee

“Corner, safety, whatever - he's a good football player”

The 49ers emerged from the weekend's draft with several players who can line up at multiple positions. via Sacramento Bee Newspaper

“Is a long strider. Uses his body and strength to make up for lack of elite speed.”

One of the more amusing stories to come out of the 49ers 2008 NFL Draft would be the fact that Reggie Smith was woken up by 49ers scout Todd Brunner on Sunday as the 49ers 3rd round draft pick. via Niners Nation