Kyle Williams (football, wide receiver)

SAN FRANCISCO — In 2009, the Cubs selected a strong, 6-foot-4-inch power pitcher named Colin Kaepernick in the 43rd round of the amateur baseball draft. So in some ways Kaepernick's right arm always seemed destined to disappoint Chicago one day....

Washington Redskins receiver Joshua Morgan felt the full downside of the social media age this week, receiving death threats and other venomous message on Twitter because of his fourth-quarter blunder in the loss to the St. Louis Rams. Morgan talked...

SANTA CLARA — The 49ers' Kyle Williams lost the football. But as painful as that memory is, he doesn't want to lose the feeling. Williams' fumble in overtime of the NFC championship game — his second such turnover of the game —...

Disgraced defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, suspended indefinitely by the NFL for his role in the New Orleans Saints' bounty scandal, urged his players to take shots at the head, knees and ankles of specific San Francisco 49ers before a playoff game...

Former Bears safety Doug Plank called himself "a pat-down candidate" as he answered my phone call while going through an airport security line Friday in Philadelphia. Plank's three artificial joints send off alarms whenever he travels and remind him of...

From literally one side of the country to another, the path of the first Super Bowl in Indianapolis is being decided. In New England, it was the Patriots who were the first to clinch a spot for the big game and a trip to the Hoosier state. Later on...

TV SPORTS SATURDAY Men's College Basketball-Connecticut at Notre Dame, 10 a.m. (ESPN2); Kentucky at Tennessee, 11 a.m. (ESPN); St. Bonaventure at Xavier, 11 a.m. (ESPNU); Texas at Missouri, Noon (ESPN2); Michigan at Iowa, Noon (Big 10 Network);...

• FoxSports.com's Greg Couch believes the Ravens squandered the final opportunity to win a Super Bowl for aging defenders Ed Reed and Ray Lewis. Joe Flacco should be a star quarterback now. The defense of Ray Lewis and Ed Reed should be in the Super...

To all you Ravens fans: I know you're all hurting right now, but you need to take a step back for a second. From what I've read on the web, right now Billy Cundiff is taking a beating from some of the fans, but none of you fans are hurting the way he and...

The New York Giants again proved their resilience on the road by reaching the Super Bowl with a 20-17 overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday in the National Football Conference championship game. A 31-yard field goal by Lawrence Tynes at...

Too many times, people confuse lack of offense or poor quarterback production with bad football, when often it's just the opposite. In Sunday's NFC Championship Game, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning was brilliant, despite his irrelevant passer...