NFC Championship Tickets In Higher Demand Than AFC Game
Demand for tickets to Sunday's NFC Championship showdown at Candlestick Park is significantly higher than that of the AFC title game.
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Demand for tickets to Sunday's NFC Championship showdown at Candlestick Park is significantly higher than that of the AFC title game.
SFPD cops are going undercover, dressed in New York Giants Gear at Sunday's 49ers game for the safety of the fans.
"I think it probably surprised a lot of people that the Giants and the 49ers are in the NFC championship game," 49ers first-year coach Jim Harbaugh said.
Fans at the NFC Championship Game have been warned to be on their best behavior or risk being booted from Candlestick Park without warning.
John Madden likes the 49ers over the New York Giants in Sunday's NFC Championship game at Candlestick Park, but only because they're the local team.
The Giants and 49ers met six times in the playoffs between the 1981 and `94 seasons with the victor going on to win the Super Bowl in four of those cases.
Tough luck, San Francisco fans. Eli Manning's tummy is just fine. The New York Giants quarterback was back at practice Thursday.
Two No. 1 pick quarterbacks a draft apart, Manning and Smith meet Sunday in the NFC championship game with a shot at the Super Bowl.
San Francisco tight end Delanie Walker has returned to practice for the first time since breaking his left jaw in two places late in the regular season.
San Francisco 49ers' tight end vernon Davis, who made the game-winning touchdown catch against the New Orleans Saints last weekend, credits former coach Mike Singletary for his transformation into a team leader.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, the oft-maligned QB Alex Smith was asked whether he would get to have the last laugh at his critics if the 49ers won on Sunday.
San Francisco 49ers NFC Championship tickets went on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday for season ticket holders, and 1 p.m. for the general public. They didn't last long.
Eli Manning was placed on the New York Giants' injury report for the first time this season as the team is preparing to play the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday for the NFC championship.
Biden, speaking at an event in San Francisco's Financial District in support of President Obama's re-election, told supporters that "the Giants are on their way to the Super Bowl," according to media reports.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is putting the sanctity of the city's famed cable cars on the line in a bet on the 49ers' NFC Championship game against the New York Giants.
The rooftops of the Embarcadero Center will be illuminated with 1,600 red lights this week in support of the San Francisco 49ers as the team prepares for its first NFC Championship game since 1998.
The hard-hitting, ball-hawking secondary has created its share of imposing images for San Francisco (14-3) this season, part of a defense that has carried the franchise.
The KCBS and Chronicle Insider says you can expect a lot of fanfare around the city leading up to this Sunday's 49ers game at Candlestick Park.
The Bay Area's recent stretch of sunny weather will give way to clouds and rain showers by mid-week that are forecast to last through this weekend's NFC Championship game.
Some of the greatest legends of the old football era - Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, Dwight Clark, and Roger Craig - came together to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 49ers' biggest play: 'The Catch.'
Few would have thought that the San Francisco 49ers team that opened the Jim Harbaugh era with an exhibition dud at New Orleans would be playing the Saints five months later with a spot in the NFC championship on the line.
John Madden discusses his notes on the Packers and Steelers and why the odds makers may have picked the Packers as the favorite.
