Colin Kaepernick

2013 TV upfronts: Football dominates ESPN's presentation

2013-05-14 10:14:00

NEW YORK -- At the ESPN upfronts Tuesday morning it seemed like football is becoming almost as popular as football. After a brief sales pep talk from an executive, the Disney-owned sports network opened at the Best Buy Theater by reminding media...

NFL teams in the West are in the middle of quarterback shuffle

2013-04-01 19:49:00

A year after Denver made a huge splash by signing Peyton Manning, smaller yet significant quarterback moves have rippled west. Oakland, San Francisco and Seattle either acquired or dealt noteworthy passers Monday, and Arizona could be next to tweak...

NFL: Alex Smith trade from 49ers marks end of drama ... for now

2013-03-13 09:31:00

Alex Smith is now a physical away from becoming the starting quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs, with the San Francisco 49ers officially announcing the trade of their former No. 1 overall pick on Tuesday. Just seeing his name in same sentence as the...

Trade of 49ers QB Alex Smith 'effectively complete,' report says

2013-02-25 07:54:00

Alex Smith's career with the San Francisco 49ers appears to be over. A tweet from CBS' Jason La Canfora on Sunday said that a deal that would send the 49ers' former starting quarterback to another team is "effectively complete." Such a transaction,...

NFL Combine 2013: Matt Barkley says he has the right stuff

2013-02-22 11:07:00

INDIANAPOLIS — Matt Barkley said Friday that although he’s no Colin Kaepernick or Russell Wilson, he’s got the wheels to present problems to NFL defenses. “Yeah, I’m the traditional drop-back quarterback,” the...

Senator gets free trip to Super Bowl for campaign fundraiser

2013-02-01 16:04:33

Ravens prove that late-season losses can be helpful

2013-02-04 19:15:00

NEW ORLEANS -- Seeing as the NFL is a copycat league, teams naturally want to emulate the blueprint of the franchise that wins it all. So mark this down: Losing at the end of the regular season can be a good thing. That's what the champion Baltimore...

New Eagles Coach Chip Kelly faces big decision with Michael Vick

2013-01-16 13:38:00

Chip Kelly will have a big decision to make when he begins to rebuild the Philadelphia Eagles: Is Michael Vick going to be his quarterback? It would seem that Vick is a model quarterback for the new coach's high-powered spread offense. Vick is a...

Chip Kelly will lend creativity to a stale NFL

2013-01-16 18:15:00

Chip Kelly's about-face decision to accept the Philadelphia Eagles job immediately makes the National Football League more interesting and college football less interesting. This is different from Nick Saban leaving Alabama for the pros, where he...

Did the Ravens win the Super Bowl on a bad call in the end zone?

2013-02-04 08:00:00

Michael Crabtree never had a chance to make a catch in the end zone on what turned out to be the San Francisco 49ers' last play of Super Bowl XLVII, a 34-31 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Some think it was because quarterback Colin Kaepernick's pass on...

From the darkness emerges a Super Bowl with so many bright moments

2013-02-03 23:12:00

NEW ORLEANS — It began with the light of the chorus from Sandy Hook Elementary school, saved children singing "America the Beautiful" in tiny voices that moved the soul. It was then pitched into 34 minutes of a murky darkness, the power out, the...

Raven shoves ref: Should Cary Williams have been penalized?

2013-02-04 06:59:00

What happens to an NFL player when he pushes a ref? Nothing, apparently. At least, if you are Cary Williams and it's the Super Bowl. After Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed intercepted a pass by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in the...

.Mike Tirico (Play-by-Play Commentator, Monday Night Football; Studio and ESPN Radio Host), Jon Gruden (Monday Night Football Analyst), and Colin Kaepernick (Quarterback, San Francisco 49ers) The 2013 ESPN Upfront.(photo by Rich Arden/ESPN Images)

2013-05-14 00:00:00

The production of Colin Kaepernick cookies kicked into high gear last month at Lisa's Cookie Jar in Turlock, where residents were crazy for Kaepernick, a local kid who quaterbacked the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl.

2013-02-12 07:03:54

Flacco threw three touchdown passes in the first half as the Ravens jumped to a 21-6 lead at halftime. After Jones returned the second-half kickoff 108 yards for a touchdown to give the Ravens a 22-point lead, the lights went out in the dome.

2013-02-04 00:00:00