Dan Skuta

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 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh doesn't live under a rock, so he's fully aware of the performance-enhancing drug cloud hovering over his team's top rival. The Seattle Seahawks have had five PED-related...

NFL Team Report - Cincinnati Bengals - INSIDE SLANT After saying last week that he expected his right tackle to be at minicamp, Bengals coach Marvin Lewis said on Tuesday that Andre Smith would miss the mandatory three-day session. Smith, who signed...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. Coach Jim Harbaugh has "definitely noticed" the string of performance-enhancing-drug suspensions that have hit the 49ers' chief division rivals, the Seattle Seahawks, over the past 18 months. "It has no place in an athlete's body,"...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Cincinnati Bengals - INSIDE SLANT Cornerback Leon Hall saw his first work in full team drills during the Bengals' organized team activity practice Monday after missing the first two weeks due to a thumb injury....

The Sports Xchange 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....

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Cincinnati Bengals - INSIDE SLANT On the heels of back-to-back playoff appearances for the first time in franchise history, the Bengals don't have many spots available on their depth chart. One of the more...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - Cincinnati Bengals - INSIDE SLANT Andy Dalton laughed when asked if accuracy on the deep ball had been brought up during the Bengals' offseason workouts. In short, he's heard about it almost every day. That is why...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers - INSIDE SLANT The severe injury suffered by 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree occurred during a 7-on-7 drill Tuesday on the first day of OTAs and he had surgery Wednesday morning. "He was...

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|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, 8:55 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS Playoffs, Eastern Conference Championship, First Leg, 2:30 p.m. (NBC) College Football--Arkansas at South Carolina, 11 a.m. (CBS); Iowa State at Texas, 11 a.m. (ABC); Northwestern...