A.J. Jenkins

SANTA CLARA, Calif. Colin Kaepernick finished the 49ers' minicamp and nine-week offseason program in impressive fashion Thursday, completing his final five passes to five different receivers. Consider that an appropriate summation on where things stand...

NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers - INSIDE SLANT With wide receiver Michael Crabtree's season in jeopardy due to a torn Achilles tendon, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's search for a new go-to receiver has begun. Anquan Boldin,...

The Sports Xchange 49ers wonder if Boldin can be new go-to for Kaepernick SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- With wide receiver Michael Crabtree's season in jeopardy due to a torn Achilles tendon, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's search for a...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. Anquan Boldin picked up where he left off in the Super Bowl and caught a slew of passes against the 49ers defense in Tuesday's practice. Boldin evidently has acclimated well since being traded from the champion Baltimore Ravens in...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The severe injury to San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree occurred during a 7-on-7 drill Tuesday. "He was coming in motion, planted and started a route and he said it felt like someone kicked him in the Achilles --...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. Coach Jim Harbaugh confirmed that 49ers No. 1 wide receiver Michael Crabtree suffered a torn right Achilles tendon and that Crabtree underwent surgery Wednesday morning. Harbaugh also said that Crabtree is not expected to miss the...

ATLANTA — Twenty years ago, Jerry Glanville, then the goofball coach of the Atlanta Falcons, concocted a way to get under the skin of the San Francisco 49ers. Seeing as his team the year before had swept the 49ers and Los Angeles Rams, along...

Gambling isn't allowed in the NFL, but San Francisco 49ers Coach Jim Harbaugh made a wager this season that would leave even the highest of high rollers weak in the knees. He replaced hot-handed quarterback Alex Smith with Colin Kaepernick, a promising...

Look to San Francisco Sam Farmer Los Angeles Times The player with the most to prove is 49ers quarterback Alex Smith, who has a chance to redefine himself with another outstanding season. Smith, the No. 1 overall pick in 2005, finally broke through...

This week, each of the 32 NFL teams will start their seasons with renewed hope and dozens of reasons -- real or imagined -- to believe that they will be the ones leaving their sweaty fingerprints on the Lombardi Trophy at season’s end. But let&...

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Last year, with the Ravens planning to select a wide receiver in the middle rounds of the NFL draft, team officials turned to quarterback Joe Flacco for advice. He pushed for Tandon Doss, a possession receiver out of Indiana, because he thought Doss...