49ers need young talent on offense through draft
Ishwardeep Singh Anand,
Contributor
April 2, 2018
Filed under Sports
It's the offseason for the San Francisco 49ers. This is the time for the team to rest, practice and start recruiting new talent. The 49ers finished their 2017 season with a record of 6-10 which is not great, but it was the beginning of a new era of 49ers football. During the 2017 season, the 49ers...
Reuben Foster needs to fit 49ers culture
TJ Porreca,
Contributor
February 28, 2018
Filed under Sports
San Francisco linebacker is talented, troubled off field The San Francisco 49ers, as a franchise, have been in this position before. A star player at an important position caught up in off-the-field issues due to arrests. Over the past five years, the 49ers have found themselves jettisoning the lik...
“Kneeling” loses its focus
Britney Yarbrough,
Contributor
November 2, 2017
Filed under Opinion
Those in opposition are unhappy with players kneeling during the national anthem at sporting events. This all began over a year ago when Colin Kaepernick, then a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, chose to kneel during the national anthem. Kaepernick chose to kneel in protest against police brutality...
Colin Kaepernick: Remain yourself
Marissa Marshall,
Staff Writer
August 16, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Showcase, Sports
Another day has passed, totaling 165 since quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been an NFL free agent. On top of that, the Baltimore Ravens just signed former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Thad Lewis, whose last football impression was being placed on the 49ers’ injured reserved list at the end...
Bay Area is in free agent frenzy: Raiders, 49ers sign new players
Gabriel Armenta-Rose,
Contributor
March 15, 2017
Filed under Sports
Every year a month after the Super Bowl, the NFL enters a part of the season called free agency. Free agency is where players who are not under contract with their former team, either released or not resigned, are able to visit other teams to potentially find a new place to play with a new contract. ...
49ers rebuilding from the ground up
Cristian Medina,
Contributor
February 15, 2017
Filed under Sports
On Feb. 3, 2013, the San Francisco 49ers were 7-yards away from a game-winning touchdown, but were unable to score and lost Super Bowl XLVII to the Baltimore Ravens. Since then, it’s been nothing but downhill for the Niners as they’ve gone through numerous player and coaching changes, as well as ...
San Francisco 49ers fall from greatness
Gabriel Armenta-Rose,
Staff Writer
January 11, 2017
Filed under Sports
San Francisco 49ers CEO and Owner Jed York announced at a press conference on Jan. 2 that head coach Chip Kelly and General Manager Trent Baalke have been relieved of their duties. Chip Kelly was the Head Coach for the 49ers for one season in which the 49ers went 2-14, earning them the worst record i...
49ers general manager, head coach fired
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
January 6, 2017
Filed under Sports
It only lasted one year, but the Chip Kelly experiment is officially over for the San Francisco 49ers. On Monday, San Francisco Owner and CEO Jed York announced that the team let go head coach Kelly and also the team’s general manager Trent Baalke. “The performance of this team has not lived...
Silicon Valley’s prominence is a good thing for Bay Area sports franchises
Cameron Stover,
Contributor
December 8, 2016
For professional sports teams courting a free agent, nothing is more important than the sales pitch. And Bay Area teams may have the ultimate advantage: Silicon Valley. A growing number of athletes not only consider their athletic career when choosing a team, but also their business career. ...
49ers are more rust than gold
Benjamin Conroy,
Contributor
November 17, 2016
Filed under Sports
Halfway through the football season, the San Francisco 49ers are struggling to keep it together. Bad coaching decisions and sub-par performances on the field have likely sabotaged any chance the Niners of making it to the playoffs. After starting the season off with one win, the 49ers have ...
As 49ers, Colin Kaepernick head to San Diego, safety becomes an issue
Cam Inman,
East Bay Times
August 31, 2016
Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protest has made him a lightning rod for criticism, but that doesn’t have him fearing his safety when the 49ers visit the San Diego Chargers for Thursday’s exhibition-season finale. “No, because if something happened, you’d be proving my point,” Kaepernick sa...
New SF coach no ‘Chip’ off the old block
Brenda Brown,
Contributor
August 10, 2016
Filed under Opinion, Showcase, Sports
If you are a die-hard San Francisco 49ers fan like I am, then you have already heard the bleak prediction from the experts: The 49ers will go 0-16 this season. No one is sure what to expect from new head coach Chip Kelly. Many characterized him as a “dictator” at the University of Oregon and with...
