According to my email and voicemail these are the three most disliked people in the 49er organization. I want to make something clear. These are what my readers are saying -- the ranking of these people does not reflect my personal views. Got that? OK.The Number One Most Disliked 49er: [...]

Bill Neukom, the Giants new managing general partner, was introduced to the media today - it was Neukom's second day on the job.Opening statement: This is a very exciting day for me, Day Two on the job. I'm on a very steep learning curve and I have a lot of [...]

Matt Maiocco's excellent article today discusses the lack of success the 49er's have had with draft choices under the current administration. Matt mentions tight end Vernon Davis among those draft choices and I'd like to add a few things.At Mike Nolan's Monday press conference the coach got defensive when someone [...]

At today's weekly press conference, I initiated the following exchange with Mike Nolan:Cohn: Would you say that so far this season has been a disappointment, and do you feel as you approach the bye week you are coaching for your job?Nolan: The last two weeks I've been disappointed in our [...]

Lane Kiffin got fired on Tuesday, Sept. 30. His Pleasanton house went on the market Thursday, Oct. 2. That's a lightning-fast two-day turnaround. I am told listing a house in two days is almost unheard of in the real-estate world. It borders on wild.It tells us the Kiffins had done [...]

Steve Young spoke to the media after Sunday's halftime ceremony retiring his No. 8. Here's a selection of his remarks.Q: What's it like to be here and have your number retired?Young: It's the sounds and the smells. It's the grass. It's the memories. It's Pavlovian - it's time to go [...]

Iggy,I'm going all the way. I'm saying the 49ers lose to the Patriots. But that's not all. I'm going for the full Monte. I say the Niners lose all their games - tough games - leading up to the bye. I know this is a risky position, but blogs are [...]

That's right, I find it disgusting when reporters and TV people call Al Davis "Mr. Davis." A lot of reporters did it at Davis' Kiffin assassination press conference last Tuesday and they should be ashamed of themselves.Why? It's a form of butt kissing and it's unprofessional. And excuse me for [...]

You think the guy would have learned. He didn't only get away with murder. He got away with a double murder. Faced with that, even a bad guy like Thugson might have told himself, hey, I'm the luckiest son of a gun who ever lived and from now on I'll [...]

Steve Young, whose Number 8 will be retired on Sunday, is one of the great 49ers. Joe Montana was a better quarterback and in the history of players Jerry Rice was a better receiver than Steve was a QB. OK, sure. But Steve was one hell of a quarterback, a [...]