San Francisco 49ers News

JENKINS: I worked out with Kaepernick down there in Atlanta. I was working hard, learning the playbook, gaining some weight.

With the way the San Francisco 49ers and Houston Texans have played over the last two seasons, there's a good chance these two teams will have the opportunity to host and play in the Super Bowl a few years from now.

NFL owners on Tuesday selected the San Francisco 49ers' new Santa Clara stadium to host the 50th Super Bowl in 2016, sending the nation's biggest sporting event back to the Bay Area for the first time since 1985.

The 50th anniversary of the most prestigious game in professional sports will take place in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Only a Colin Kaepernick deep ball away from the San Francisco 49ers' practice field, Levi's Stadium is taking shape in a hurry.

Its a week today since l received the sad news that after a month's gallant fight against Colon Cancer, my beloved dad succumbed to it and passed away.

Good morning, NFC West. Here's hoping you made it through the weekend without testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

The Kansas City Chiefs made their move this offseason, acquiring Alex Smith in a trade with the San Francisco 49ers .

If you could put Colin Kaepernick and Andrew Luck in the same draft, knowing what you know now, which quarterback would you take? Luck, the former Stanford star, went to the Colts with the first overall pick in the 2012 draft.

In this artist drawing provided by the San Francisco 49ers, the proposed 49ers stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.

With the first of two compensatory picks in the seventh round , the 49ers selected OT Carter Bykowski out of Iowa State.

An NFL tight end is a constantly morphing breed of player. They used to be offensive tackles who showed they could catch an occasional pass thrown their way.

Taylor Mays' NFL career hasn't gone as planned. A former second-round pick that went from starting during his rookie year, to an eventual demotion as a backup and special teams contributor... all within a few months.

This video for Madden 25 shows a sizzle reel of defensive features while San Francisco 49ers linebacker Navorro Bowman discusses tactics for tackling players in the NFL.

SANTA CLARA – Ricardo Lockette is so intent on landing a spot on the 49ers' roster that he bought a white board and markers so he could chart and study plays on his own time.

Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy was succinct in identifying the one thing he wouldn't forget about the disappointing end to the 2012 season.

Our 49ers blog, Niners Nation , is keeping an eye on the Chiefs this season. Not only is it Alex Smith, but what draft pick the 49ers will get due to the trade.

On Tuesday, 32 of the country's richest and most powerful people will file into a 15th-floor executive boardroom overlooking Boston Harbor.

We've had a chance to see the 2012 draft class in action for just one season, but it's never too early to make outrageous, premature judgements on what we've seen so far from these players.

In an offseason where the San Francisco 49ers were praised for savvy free-agent moves and an impressive draft class, they appeared to show improvement - at least on the surface.