Ricardo Lockette

SANTA CLARA, Calif. Veteran NFL players rarely get to leave the game on their own terms. Justin Smith will do just that after signing a two-year contract extension Wednesday that keeps him in a 49ers uniform through the 2015 season. Smith, 33, recently...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. NaVorro Bowman's eyes say so much, perhaps because they've seen so much, that they make their own statement before he introduces his grown-man baritone. So there's no doubting the linebacker's sincerity when he says his path from a...

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...

  Join us for a live "NFL Slam with Mark and Sam" today at noon when Times NFL columnist Sam Farmer and former radio personality Mark Thompson discuss Sunday's Super Bowl. You will be able to submit questions from them on screen during the discussion....

Out of work since not being retained as a free agent by the Ravens, former Pro Bowl center Andre Gurode worked out for the Detroit Lions this week, according to a league source. Gurode played a reserve role with the Ravens last season after signing a...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL| South Dakota|   Aberdeen Roncalli vs. Groton, Roncalli Gym, 8 p.m.  Brookings at Pierre  Cheyenne-Eagle Butte at McLaughlin  Deuel Triangular (Deubrook, Grant-Deuel) at Clear Lake  Florence-Henry at Britton-Hecla...

Here’s what’s “out there” about the Seahawks for today, August 30. Danny O’Neil of the Seattle Times points to the fact the rookie defensive end Bruce Irvin has yet to register a sack, or a tackle, so far this preseason, and...

To meet the 53-man roster limit, the Seahawks on Friday waived, among others, third-string QB Josh Portis, leaving Seattle with just two quarterbacks on its roster, and also wide receivers Deon Butler, Ricardo Lockette and former UW player Jermaine...