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San Francisco police are investigating whether team rivalry was to blame for three violent incidents at a preseason game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders.

Mike Singletary has been fired by the San Francisco 49ers after two disappointing seasons.

Vincent Jackson had a career-high three touchdown catches, Philip Rivers surpassed 4,000 yards passing for the third straight season and the San Diego Chargers beat Alex Smith and the San Francisco 49ers 34-7 on Thursday night

The NFL fined the Denver Broncos and coach Josh McDaniels $50,000 each because the team's video operations director filmed a San Francisco 49ers practice in London last month, breaking league rules....

Joe Nedney kicked a 29-yard field goal with 9:38 left in overtime, and Troy Smith passed for 356 yards while leading the San Francisco 49ers' late rally for a 23-20 victory over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday.

Matt Ryan delivered late – only after getting a chance he shouldn't have been granted.

Brett Favre's highly anticipated return to the playing field with the Vikings spanned four plays and one series, and Minnesota lost its preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers by a 15-10 score.

Frank Gore ran for 104 yards and a touchdown, Jay Cutler threw a career-high five interceptions with his last coming in the end zone on the game's final play and the San Francisco 49ers snapped a four-game losing streak by beating the Chicago Bears 10-6 on Thursday night.

The end was as good as the Vikings could have imagined: Brett Favre zipped a pass to a little-used reserve wide receiver in the back of the end zone in the final seconds for a classic Favre finish....

Receiver Isaac Bruce is postponing retirement for another season with the San Francisco 49ers. Bruce, the second-leading receiver in NFL history with 14,944 yards, informed coach Mike Singletary on Wednesday of his decision to return for his 16th NFL season. He missed the 49ers' minicamp last month while contemplating retirement, but his return is a major boost to a San Francisco offense that would have lacked a top receiver.