Daily Madden: Managing The 49ers
John Madden discusses reports that team VP Trent Baalke will be the next general manager of the 49ers, and reacts to speculation that Stanford's Jim Harbaugh is on the team's head coach list.
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John Madden discusses reports that team VP Trent Baalke will be the next general manager of the 49ers, and reacts to speculation that Stanford's Jim Harbaugh is on the team's head coach list.
49ers Pro Bowl inside linebacker Patrick Willis underwent a second surgical procedure this week on his broken right hand. He will miss a start for the first time in his four-year career in Sunday's season finale against Arizona.
Interim 49ers coach Jim Tomsula has made his pick: Alex Smith will start at quarterback in San Francisco's final game Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals.
Four defensive standouts and one of the leagues all-time great punters will represent the Bay Area at the Pro Bowl in Honolulu on January 30th.
A person with knowledge of the situation says 49ers team president and CEO Jed York has interviewed Tony Softli as the first known candidate to fill the team's vacant general manager position.
Speculation about the future of the San Francisco 49ers misses an important point. The team's hopes of hiring a new GM and head coach may well be hamstrung by an impending NFL lockout of players.
Now that 49ers coach Mike Singletary's firing is official, the search for new leadership may have the team's legendary former owner weighing heavily on the future of the franchise.
San Francisco team president and CEO Jed York is turning to his uncle, former 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr., for advice on how to turn around the team.
Mike Singletary was fired late Sunday by the San Francisco 49ers after two disappointing seasons.
Sam Bradford set an NFL record for completions in a rookie season and his first touchdown pass in four games gave the St. Louis Rams breathing room in a 25-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.
The San Francisco 49ers are going back to Troy Smith as their starting quarterback while leaving open the possibility they might switch to Alex Smith at any time.
The San Francisco 49ers announced Thursday that a tentative deal has been struck with the city of San Francisco to keep the team playing at Candlestick Park through at least 2014.
The San Francisco 49ers are an NFL enigma. So bad one week, so good the next—and it's hard to explain exactly why.
Head coach Mike Singletary has made up his mind on who will get the call at quarterback for the 49ers' must-win game at St. Louis. He just isn't saying which Smith will be under center.
