SANTA CLARA — Jimmy Garoppolo didn’t cringe or cry at the reminder he completed only 3-of-11 passes in Sunday’s fourth-quarter collapse that cost the 49ers Super Bowl LIV. The only acceptable path forward, he repeatedly said, was to “be a man” and “own up to it.” So he — and his teammates — did just […]

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SANTA CLARA — After each Chiefs game, 49ers tight end George Kittle gets a special delivery: Game tape of his counterpart in Kansas City, Travis Kelce. “I get his games every single week so I can watch what he does because he’s definitely one of the best in the game at what he does,” Kittle […]

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George Kittle says he wants to take the souls of the defenders he blocks. Such a metaphysical goal is bizarre in the game of football, where everyone is focused on the matchups and techniques. It belongs more in the world of wrestling, where the physical world and the imagined world coincide much more readily than […]

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Somewhere between the final whistle, the confetti cannon blasts and the trophy acceptance speech, seemingly all championship-winning athletes get a T-shirt. The 49ers were no exception on Sunday, as they stood on a stage at Levi’s Stadium and accepted the George Halas Trophy for winning the NFC Championship with gray shirts big enough to fit […]

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CLICK HERE if you’re having trouble viewing media on your mobile device. SANTA CLARA — Neither ankle soreness nor cold rain kept George Kittle out of the 49ers’ practice Thursday. Held out of Wednesday’s practice, Kittle did not appear too labored a day later, but he also didn’t exactly look pain free during the warmups. […]

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SANTA CLARA — What’s better than a pass-catching, yards-chewing, run-blocking George Kittle? Not much, but a mic’d-up Kittle sure proved entertainingly loud in the 49ers’ playoff-opening win Saturday. “Ahhh! Run it again! Run it again!” Kittle, via NFL Films’ audio, screamed at the 49ers sideline after blocking Minnesota Vikings’ star Everson Griffin in the 49ers’ […]

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SANTA CLARA — Ankle “soreness” from Saturday’s playoff debut kept George Kittle from practicing Wednesday, the 49ers said following his surprise status in their injury report. Kittle, the 49ers’ All-Pro tight end and offensive catalyst, is still expected to play in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game against the Green Bay Packers. That left ankle got bent […]

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Click here if you are having trouble viewing the slideshow on a mobile device. Can you dig it? Dwayne Johnson can. The man formerly known as The Rock was the subject of the art on George Kittle’s cleats for the 49ers’ NFC Divisional Round win over the Vikings Saturday. Big love and gratitude to my […]

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