By Elaine Donnelly
Extending sexual misconduct to combat units
Independent voices from the TWT Communities
San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Justin Smith and linebacker Aldon Smith are working back from offseason surgeries, and general manager Trent Baalke expects each to be full strength and ready for the start of training camp this summer.
The Baltimore Ravens carried off the Lombardi Trophy. Their beaten opponent has a better chance of doing it next season.
Two of the league's most imposing inside linebackers both happen to wear No. 52.
This week in the Big Easy, NaVorro Bowman plans to finally make good on the steak dinner he owes pal Patrick Willis.
Unlike several players at the Super Bowl, Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed agrees with President Obama that football needs to be made safer. Reed wants to be part of the solution, too.
Aldon Smith was among several players preparing for the Super Bowl who doesn't see anything wrong with their kids playing football.
It's unanimous, on both sides of the ball.
The San Francisco 49ers turned a nearly historic collapse into a stunning victory and a playoff berth.
Even if Colin Kaepernick's second start was hardly as spectacular as his first, he played well enough to extend coach Jim Harbaugh's quarterback quandary for at least another week.
The lasting image from the Bears' trip to San Francisco was 49ers defensive end Aldon Smith running amok.
The lasting image from the Bears' trip to San Francisco was 49ers defensive end Aldon Smith running amok.
Jay Cutler was back home, nursing his concussion and watching as the Chicago Bears got pounded by the San Francisco 49ers on Monday night.
As Alex Smith stood on the sideline with a concussion, San Francisco's potential quarterback of the future went to work — and fast.
New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis has sat out most of training camp practice with tightness in his right hamstring.
Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller has won a two-man race with 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith for the 2011 Associated Press NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award.
"My mom handled it all," San Francisco All-Pro linebacker Aldon Smith said, echoing many 49ers and Ravens. "People have to understand the ticket thing, so we made it clear: Go through my mom."
"That's a whole different guy. That's Patrick Willis," Smith said.
