ESPN is reporting Mike Nolan gets fired win or lose next Sunday. If he gets fired after a win, no one can argue with that. Everyone must feel Nolan got a fair shot and the organizatin must move on. Personally, I would keep him if he beats the Seahawks, but [...]

If the 49ers lose to the 1-5 Seahawks next Sunday team management MUST fire Mike Nolan during the bye week.There is no gray area. Nolan already is a losing coach and fans are screaming for him to get the axe. If he loses to Seattle, he will be a losing [...]

JaMarcus Russell played better than Brett Favre, which may not be saying much. Favre looked like someone who'd returned for an old-timers' game. He was slow and he had a crummy passer rating -- 47.8. Russell, on the other hand, finished with an 88.6 rating.Look, I am not saying he's [...]

Enough with JTO, already. Aren't you sick of this guy? He is an absolute disaster in the fourth quarter, can't hold onto the ball. And he's not so great before the fourth quarter. Earlier this season his story was good -- he was a terrific undiscovered player. Well, now he's [...]

Iggy reports from the Stanford flop at the Rose Bowl with a Bruin perspective.I just got back to my Westwood apartment from the Rose Bowl, where I got to sit in the press box like a big boy and watch my UCLA Bruins come from behind and beat a better [...]

People are down on JaMarcus Russell. They write me all the time saying, among other things: he stinks; he was a wasted pick; he's inaccurate; he can't grasp the playbook; he plays without passion; he can't make the grader.And my response is wait a minute. Just hold on one minute. [...]

Barry Bonds, the clown and almost-certain drug cheat and perhaps a perjurer, who used to play left field for the Giants, is claiming major-league teams acted in concert against hiring him in the 2008 season. And the players' union agrees with him.First of all, who cares? I never want to [...]

I love to write about boxing and I almost never get a chance these days. The sport is in decline more than ever and MMA is eclipsing it. But tomorrow night there is a real fight, a real fight between two good fighters and that is rare and that is [...]

I think the Niners should re-sign Alex Smith after this season. That probably makes many of you wince, so give me a chance.No, Smith is not a great quarterback, but neither is J.T. O'Sullivan or anyone else the 49ers have. At the beginning of this season, it was assumed JTO [...]

It's not easy to say who's a worse owner, Al Davis or John York. One thing we can say for sure, neither one is hot.Let's take this systematically. On the face of things, Davis is worse. Many consider him the worst owner in the NFL and look at the Raiders [...]