San Francisco 49ers – Main Street Dog

Nightmare at the ‘Stick

Then the unthinkable … an onside kick bounced off 49er receiver Preston Riley and the Cowboys recovered. Less than a minute later Staubach tossed another TD pass and the Cowboys had won.

‘License and registration, please’

Back in 1995, I just couldn’t drive 55.

Papa Jess

As the little brother of a Serra High player, I saw and heard a lot from that golden era. Here are five memorable games from 1967 through ’69 when Freitas led Serra to victory:

Guilty pleasure

I love the NFL Draft, which begins today. It’s my guilty pleasure.

By John Murphy The date was November 17, 2003. The late Brian Goff – my former colleague whose birthday was today – picked me up at my old house in San Bernardino. He was driving an SUV and our destination was Candlestick Park in San Francisco. My 49ers were playing Brian’s Pittsburgh Steelers on MondayContinue reading “Remembering Brian”

Kezar adventure

The day of the game we put on warm coats and headed with Billy’s neighborhood pals for Kezar Stadium, the great wooden bowl in the Southeast Corner of Golden Gate Park.