San Francisco Sports News

Four-and-a-half games after replacing Shaun Hill as the starting quarterback, Alex Smith was asked for his assessment of the 49ers� offense. �Some good...In a final six-week stretch filled with must-win games, the 49ers (4-6) face the first �biggest game� of...

Cameron Jones, Gabe Rogers and Eric Platt each added 14 points for the Lumberjacks (2-2). Northern Arizona shot 52.7 percent from the field and connected on 7 of 17 3-point attempts...Robert Smith scored 13 while Marc Trasolini added 12 points...

Rush, the Bobcats' leading scorer, finished with 16 points, six rebounds and five assists while Branden Johnson added 13 points for Montana State (2-2), which held the Dons scoreless over the final 2:39. Dior Lowhorn had 17 points and nine...

Colts tight end Dallas Clark had his head bent on a chair, his hand under his chin, looking a little like Rodin’s famous statue, “The Thinker.” He contemplated the question for almost two minutes. Reporters hummed the theme to “Jeopardy.”...

Former Sacramento Kings assistant director of scouting Jack Mai has been banned by the NBA for illegally betting on league games, his previous employers said on Wednesday. Mai was fired by the Kings in January after spending eight seasons with...

Solicitor General Elena Kagan asked for an unprecedented reconsideration of an appeals court ruling that government agents illegally seized drug-testing samples and records of baseball players who allegedly tested positive for steroids in 2003...Court of Appeals to have all 27...

According to documents obtained Monday by The Associated Press, Kantarian was paid about $1.6 million in base compensation, about $2.3 million in bonus and incentive compensation and nearly $5.2 million in other reportable compensation that year...CEO of professional tennis in...

Karch Kiraly personifies greatness in the sport of volleyball, but it was another “G” word that caught Sally Yingst’s attention when he spoke last week to several high school girls’ teams at a Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table fundraiser. “‘Gratitude’...

With 33 seconds left in the game, Raiders rookie Brandon Myers forced and recovered a fumble on kickoff coverage at the Bengals' 17. The ensuing field goal gave the Raiders a 20-17 victory on the most emotional of games. Delaney...