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On strange Sunday, Raiders get what they need
By on September 25, 2017
It’s too early to say that it was the end of the NFL as we knew it, but it was the strangest, most emotion-fraught Sunday since the Kennedy assassination a »

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Steph Curry’s comments trigger Donald Trump
By on September 23, 2017
On Friday, Stephen Curry broke from the Golden State Warriors’ script by criticizing the president in response to questions about the Golden State Warriors possibly attending the White House. The »

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Warriors camp launch comes with lots of non-hoops talk
By on September 22, 2017
OAKLAND — Somehow, some way, the Golden State Warriors return to training camp a better team than they were the year before. General manager Bob Myers ensured Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, »

Palmer’s picks: Favorites playing on road makes for a week of uncertain gambling
By on September 22, 2017
Broncos/Bills — under 40.5 Playing on the road, Denver won’t be able to continue to put up points at its current pace. (The Broncos are averaging 33 through two games.) »

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49ers find new, exciting way to lose
By on September 21, 2017
SANTA CLARA — Through three games, the 49ers have shown an ability to lose games in a variety of ways. They could lose in a laugher like Week 1 against »

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A tale of two QBs (and hasty conclusions drawn from poor data)
By on September 20, 2017
For Derek Carr, it’s been the best of times. For Brian Hoyer … well, you know the rest. Through two weeks of the NFL season, the Bay Area’s teams have »

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Jared Goff comes home again — older, wiser, better
By on September 20, 2017
Former Cal golden boy Jared Goff will play in the first nationally televised game of his NFL career on Thursday, and Balls bets that a few Faithless wish he would »

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Call it what it is: Colin Kaepernick is blackballed from NFL
By on September 20, 2017
Colin Kaepernick is the most ballyhooed unemployed quarterback since Tim Tebow. Let’s play scout: Kap is a quarterback who has consistently struggled to progress through his reads at the NFL »

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