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Several years back, Eric Reid shunned Jim Harbaugh and Stanford to stick close to home at LSU.Harbaugh's aggressive pursuit impressed Reid nonetheless. Fast forward to NFL draft night 2013, and Reid watched Harbaugh and the San Francisco 49ers make a big move up to make sure they got him this time.San Francisco selected the speedy free safety with the 18th pick Thursday night after trading up to get the selection from the Dallas Cowboys.When Harbaugh and Reid crossed paths in February at the NFL's annual scouting combine in Indianapolis, the coach had to razz Reid a little bit about his college choice."He tried to torment me for not going to Stanford and choosing LSU, but the story comes full circle that he ended up drafting me," Reid said on a conference call. "I was born and raised in Louisiana and I bled purple. I still bleed purple and gold, so it was a no-brainer for me to go to LSU. He was actually the only school that recruited me as hard as LSU did. All the other schools pretty...
If play didn't improve commissioner Roger Goodell threatened to expunge the Pro Bowl.The motivated players didn't want to be known as the group to lead to the game's...
Jim Harbaugh is owed more than a few mea culpas.Many observers felt benching Alex Smith and going with untested second-year quarterback Colin Kaepernick was a desper...
A Super Bowl berth was on the line in the raucous Georgia Dome.The San Francisco 49ers had a precarious four-point advantage over Atlanta in the waning moments of th...
Game 1 49ERS 30, PACKERS 22GEEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — San Francisco's defense smothered Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay offense for most of the game, then made one last s...
Super Bowl week kicks off in Honolulu on Sunday when the NFL's best square off in the annual AFC-NFC Pro Bowl at Aloha Stadium.This marks the fourth consecutive year...
Draft2000 — TE Brian Jennings 7th-B.2004 — DT Isaao Sopoaga 4th-A; P Andy Lee 6th-A.2005 — QB Alex Smith 1st; RB Frank Gore 3rd-A.2006 — TE Vernon Davis 1st-A; TE De...
Jim Harbaugh is owed more than a few mea culpas.Many observers, including yours truly, felt benching Alex Smith and going with untested second-year quarterback Colin...
San Francisco reached the Super Bowl for the first time since 1995 on Sunday after Frank Gore ran for a pair of second-half touchdowns as the 49ers rebounded from a ...
The top-seeded Atlanta Falcons got the playoff monkey off their back last weekend and are now one step away from Super Bowl XLVII as they host the NFC Championship G...
Baltimore special teams star Brendon Ayanbadejo really stepped in it this past weekend when he started talking trash in advance of Sunday's AFC Championship Game in ...
Karma has a funny way of not only finding controversial decisions but magnifying their cause and effect.Any franchise which handled Robert Griffin III the same way a...
Let's face it, All-Star games, no matter the sport, are tedious exhibitions.Even when bumbling Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig comes along and tries to ...
Tank Carradine repeatedly made one thing clear: his right knee has made a remarkable recovery from November reconstructive surgery and he expects no long-term proble...
With Ryan Fitzpatrick now in Tennessee, new Bills coach Doug Marrone's first order of business is finding a quarterback and let's face it, neither holdover Tarvaris ...
Joe Flacco unequivocally proved he belongs with the NFL's elite quarterbacks, while John Harbaugh showed that big brother indeed knows best.And for Ray Lewis, it was...
The Brothers Harbaugh are getting ready for the culmination of one of the biggest sibling rivalries of all-time in Super Bowl XLVII when John's Baltimore Ravens take...
A superlative peformance from Joe Flacco has the Baltimore Ravens two quarters away from capturing their second NFL championship, with the AFC champions owning a com...
The San Francisco 49ers looked like Super Bowl contenders with their Week 1 victory over the Green Bay Packers.Who would have thought they would have such a differen...
New Orleans is filled with superstars from the Ravens and 49ers right now in advance of Super Bowl XLVII, but Baltimore's chances in the big game could have more to ...