
Spurs regain control with Game 3 win over Warriors
The San Antonio Spurs suddenly returned to form. The Golden State Warriors went cold, and Stephen Curry's sprained left ankle is once again a serious ...

Spurs top Warriors 102-92 for 2-1 series lead
Down and dominated during most of the first two games at home, the San Antonio Spurs once again showed why nobody should ever count them out.
Justin Smith, Aldon Smith on pace after surgeries
San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Justin Smith and linebacker Aldon Smith are working back from offseason surgeries, and general manager Trent ...
Browns trade QB Colt McCoy to Niners for 2 picks
The Browns have discarded another quarterback. Colt McCoy will start over as a backup in San Francisco. McCoy, who became expendable when Cleveland ...

Browns, free agent LB Paul Kruger agree to deal
Paul Kruger rushed his way to a Super Bowl win, and on to a huge payday. Baltimore's sacks leader last season agreed to terms Tuesday on a five-year, ...

AP Source: 49ers to send Smith to KC
Alex Smith quietly stayed behind the scenes after losing his job and watched from the sideline as San Francisco returned to the Super Bowl for the ...

After Whitney death, Clive Davis gala presses on
A year after Whitney Houston's death, music executive Clive Davis remembered her in words — and video. Houston died last year just hours before the ...

Ravens edge 49ers 34-31 in electric Super Bowl
For a Super Bowl with so many story lines, this game came up with quite a twist. Try a blackout that turned a blowout into a shootout — capped by a ...

Kaepernick nearly leads another 49ers comeback
Under pressure and off balance, Colin Kaepernick released a fourth-down throw into the end zone with the outcome of the Super Bowl hanging in the ...

SUPER BOWL WATCH: Super indeed, Baltimore's joy
Around the Super Bowl and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the game: ...

Column: Not Super, but one Harbaugh good enough
It ended another lifetime after it began, with the Baltimore Ravens gladly surrendering two points that meant nothing except to some lucky bettors in ...

Ray Lewis ends brilliant career with championship
Before he could bask in a shower of confetti, before he could put his fingerprints on the Lombardi Trophy and before he could head into retirement as ...

What comes now for NFL after tumultuous season?
The Super Bowl closes a tumultuous year for the NFL. Suicides by former NFL players. Thousands of others filing concussion lawsuits. New studies ...

Super Bowl of firsts, lasts, bests
The journey to this Super Bowl wound through bounties and replacement refs, eventually bringing the big game back to the Big Easy — with a replacement ...

SUPER BOWL WATCH: NFL awards, real fun to come
Around the Super Bowl and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the game: ...

Deep thoughts: Long ball could carry Ravens to win
Fear the dreadlocks, San Francisco. Torrey Smith just might be the difference in a Super Bowl that will hinge on the 49ers' ability to prevent the ...

Balanced 49ers offense aims to lead Super Bowl win
Colin Kaepernick is a mystery man under center, a strong-armed passer one moment and a 25-year-old kid who can run right out of the pocket for a huge ...

Column: Painful losses endure for Kaepernicks
Lance Kaepernick was 23 days old when he died. He seemed normal when his parents brought him home. Then everything, suddenly, went tragically wrong.

Dependable 49ers offensive linemen carry big load
Right guard Alex Boone arrives for work most days and swears at left guard Mike Iupati. From Boone, it's always considered a term of endearment ...

Sharks beat Oilers 3-2 in shootout to open 7-0
After rolling to their first five victories, the San Jose Sharks are showing they can win the tight games, too. Michal Handzus and Dan Boyle scored ...

SUPER BOWL WATCH: Beyonce, avocados, practice
Around Super Bowl XLVII and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the ...

Ravens backup QB Taylor ready for action
Tyrod Taylor is the forgotten quarterback at the Super Bowl. Everyone knows the starters, of course, Baltimore's Joe Flacco and San Francisco's Colin ...

Ravens-49ers: Which brother wins?
The San Francisco 49ers never have tasted defeat in a Super Bowl, going 5-0. It's the most impressive mark for any franchise in the big game.

Column: Super Bowl brothers like no others
John Harbaugh had just finished answering the masked man in front of him when a caped crusader from a children's network swooped in to ask how he ...

Randy Moss: From star to afterthought with 49ers
Randy Moss strolled to the podium on Super Bowl media day — his 49ers hat tilted slightly to the left, his sleeves rolled up high to reveal a cross ...