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FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2012 file photo, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree (15) jumps over Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman (25) during the first quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco. 49ers leading wide receiver Crabtree is not on the practice field for Wednesday afternoon's, May 22, 2013 organized team activity, though the team has provided no update regarding his absence amid reports he tore his Achilles tendon. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

WR Crabtree tears right Achilles tendon

The San Francisco 49ers suddenly have a huge void in their receiving corps as they chase another Super Bowl berth: Michael Crabtree is sidelined after surgery on his right Achilles tendon. San Francisco's leading wide receiver underwent surgery Wednesday, though the team is optimistic he will return at some point ...

Bay Bowl: San Francisco to host 50th Super Bowl

Build a new stadium, host the Super Bowl to show it off. The NFL rewarded the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday with hosting rights for the 2016 championship game, slotting the 50th Super Bowl in the 49ers' high-tech Santa Clara stadium scheduled to open next year. The league also ...

New England Patriots football team owner Robert Kraft, second from right, speaks with reporters during a break in the NFL spring meeting in Boston, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

The 50th Super Bowl goes to San Francisco Bay Area

The NFL will celebrate its 50th Super Bowl in northern California, where its newest, most high-tech venue is being built. That makes South Florida, in the midst of a spat over expensive stadium renovations, a loser for the 2016 game. And Miami took a double defeat when Houston was awarded ...

In this artist drawing provided by the San Francisco 49ers, the proposed 49ers stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. is shown. NFL owners will vote on the sites of the 50th and 51st Super Bowls on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at their spring meetings. The San Francisco area, where the new stadium is being built in Santa Clara, and South Florida are competing for the the 50th edition, to be held in February 2016. The loser in that bidding will go against Houston to host the 51st game the following year.(AP Photo/San Francisco 49ers) NO SALES

Super Bowl 50 site to be decided Tuesday

Where the Super Bowl will celebrate a half-century of existence will be decided this week by NFL owners. They have two choices for the 50th anniversary game in 2016: the San Francisco Bay Area and South Florida. The 49ers' new stadium is being built and is scheduled to open for ...

Buffalo Bills assistant GM Doug Whaley watches the NFL football team work out in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/The Buffalo News, Harry Scull Jr.)

Bills promote Whaley to take over as GM

Doug Whaley was promoted to take over as Buffalo Bills general manager, making the team's near top-to-bottom offseason overhaul complete. The much-anticipated decision to elevate Whaley from his position as assistant GM was announced Thursday, three days after Buddy Nix stepped down as GM. The 40-year-old Whaley has spent the ...

Bruins, Rangers to carry on Boston-New York lore

After the marathon bombings, the cities of Boston and New York put aside their bitter rivalries and joined in their mutual love of sports and country. Well, that time may be ending, at least when it comes to sports. The Knicks beat the Celtics in an NBA first-round playoff series ...

FILE - This artist rendering provided by the San Francisco 49ers on Feb. 10, 2010, shows the proposed 49ers NFL football stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. The 49ers and Levi Strauss & Co have reached an agreement for a $220 million, 20-year naming rights deal for the team's future stadium in Santa Clara. The stadium will be called, Levi's Stadium.(AP Photo/San Francisco 49ers, File)

49ers reach stadium naming rights deal with Levi's

The future home of the San Francisco 49ers will be called Levi's Stadium. The 49ers and Levi Strauss & Co. announced an agreement Wednesday for a $220 million, 20-year naming rights deal for the team's stadium in Santa Clara. Levi's CEO Chip Bergh and 49ers CEO Jed York announced the ...

Stadium decision hurts Miami's Super Bowl chances

As Dan Marino campaigned for Miami to be chosen the site of the 50th Super Bowl, he made no pretense about being objective on the subject. "In my opinion," the former Dolphins quarterback said, "every Super Bowl should be here." Instead, the NFL championship game might not return to Miami ...

Pittsburgh Steelers first round draft choice, linebacker Jarvis Jones , front, out of Georgia, stretches with free agent safety Andrew Taglienetti (38) from Pittsburgh, and fifth round draft choice cornerback Terry Hawthorne from Illinois, during NFL football rookie minicamp on Friday, May 3, 2013 in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Steelers rookie LB Jarvis Jones settling in

Jarvis Jones is not James Harrison. For one thing, there's the hair. The rookie Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker has long dreadlocks that appear under his helmet and skitter across his name when he sprints into the backfield. There's the body, too. The 6-foot-2, 245-pound Jones is taller, leaner and wispier ...

Super Bowl Power Outage Emails

Baltimore built a 28–6 lead early in the third quarter of Super Bowl XLVII, Feb. 3, 2013, before a partial power outage in the Superdome suspended play for 34 minutes.

Email: Feds aware of power outage tweets made before Super Bowl

An email from Homeland Security officials indicates that the federal government investigated postings made on Twitter about the Super Bowl power outage before the event happened. Cox Washington bureau reporter Scott MacFarlane obtained the emails on Friday. One email sent at 9:54 p.m. states "Digital Sandbox, at the New Orleans ...

Babineaux hoping Falcons boost defense in draft

Defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux said Tuesday he'd like to see the Falcons make defense their top priority in this week's NFL draft. Some important names were missing from the 2012 defense when Atlanta returned this week to begin its offseason program. Defensive end John Abraham and cornerback Dunta Robinson were ...

Move over Puppy Bowl, here come the kitties

Perhaps someone at the Hallmark Channel noted the proliferation of cat videos on the Internet, or possibly someone just thought felines should have equal time when it comes to faux sporting events. For whatever reason, the 2014 Superbowl will now have a new foe fighting for eyeballs -- the Kitten ...