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2025 Athletics Season In Review: Matt Krook

We continue our Season in Review series today with a quick look at a pitcher that we barely got to know. It feels like we barely got to know you, Matt Krook. How was he acquired? A former 4th-round draft pick by the Giants, Krook had spent six years (plus one canceled pandemic season) climbing […]

Arizona Cardinals open as home underdogs ahead of matchup with San Francisco 49ers

Happy Monday one and all. The Arizona Cardinals are now sitting at 3-6 after one of the more embarrassing losses in recent franchise memory. Down 35-0 at one point, the Cardinals offense, defense and special teams all looked overmatched and underprepared against the Seattle Seahawks. That, along with the continued health issues, has lead tot […]

10 takeaways from Rams’ statement win over 49ers

The Los Angeles Rams avenged their Week 5 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in a big way in Week 10. After losing to the 49ers in overtime, the Rams controlled this meeting from start to finish, winning 42-26. The 16-point win against the 49ers ties their largest margin of victory in this rivalry during […]

Monday BP: Patrick Bailey community review

Good morning, baseball fans! Since the season ended, the McCovey Chronicles staff have been doing player reviews that go over each member of the San Francisco Giants’ 2025 season. Today, I’m going to continue our community reviews where we ask you all to weigh in on how you feel like each player did this year […]

Let’s play bad contract swaps featuring Arenado and Gray

When I looked at the trade value of both Nolan Arenado and Sonny Gray, I said I may return to them, but look at potential bad contract swaps. After researching the potential swaps…. I would be pretty surprised if this happens. There really aren’t many potential swaps. Which makes sense if you really think about […]

Golden Nuggets: Pain

After sobering loss to Rams, 49ers seek reset as Brock Purdy nears return (paywall)“This week’s opponent, the Cardinals, who lost 44-22 to Seattle, are a much softer re-entry place for Purdy than the Rams defense would have been. The same goes for the grass in Arizona, as opposed to the turf the last two weeks […]

Rams crush the hopes of 49ers fans: ‘Severely out-coached’

The 49ers and their fans felt great about the team’s season after a surprising Week 5 win over the Rams, but that optimism was all but destroyed during L.A.‘s 42-26 revenge win on Sunday. That should force the Niners to look in the mirror and reconcile with the shortcomings of their roster. The Rams are […]

Rams-49ers: 5 plays that decided the outcome

The Los Angeles Rams left nothing to chance this time around when they faced off against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. The Rams (7-2) demolished the 49ers (6-4) behind another Matthew Stafford gem and a physical defensive effort. Rams legend summed it up perfectly in his postgame tweet… LA […]

Rams-49ers: 5 plays that decided the outcome

The Los Angeles Rams left nothing to chance this time around when they faced off against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. The Rams (7-2) demolished the 49ers (6-4) behind another Matthew Stafford gem and a physical defensive effort. Rams legend summed it up perfectly in his postgame tweet… LA […]

Winners & Losers: Rams blow past 49ers with 6 TDs

It was clear from the first moment the Los Angeles Rams took the field that they were out for revenge against the San Francisco 49ers. San Francisco handed LA a deflated loss back in Week 5 at SoFi Stadium, and in the rematch LA took an early lead and never really looked back. The Rams […]

Rams do whatever they want in blowout win over the 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers did not get off to the start that they wanted. The Los Angeles Rams did what most teams do on their opening drive, taking ten plays to score a touchdown, with little resistance. In what needed to be a game of keep away, the 49ers offense went three-and-out on its first […]

Rams-49ers: Second half game thread

The Los Angeles lead the San Francisco 49ers by a score of 21-7 after the first half of play. L.A. dominated the first quarter and the majority of the first half as they were leading 21-0 with still 13:41 to go before halftime. This game functionally started out as an inverse to L.A.’s previous matchup […]

Rams-49ers: First half game thread

The Los Angeles Rams (6-2) will be hosted by the San Francisco 49ers (6-3) in Week 10 of the NFL season, and here’s our how to watch guide! This game should have big implications for the NFC West and the NFC as a whole as both the Rams and 49ers have looked like top-end teams […]

Player review: Jerar Encarnación

2025 stats: 19 G (56 PA), .200 / .214/ .364, .164 ISO, 27 K%, 2 BB%, 57 wRC+ Once upon a time, Jerar Encarnación hit a baseball over a wall in Oakland, California. A lot about that sentence is horribly dated, even fantastical. Once upon a time…professional baseball in Oakland…Jerar Encarnación.  Such a time did […]

Quick bites: Sharks snap Panthers 12 game point streak

That was the loudest the SAP Center had been in a very long time. Alex Wennberg had tunnel vision. The puck slid into the goal, and the place was electric. Yaroslav Askarov was taken aghast. Askarov gives a lot of credit to tonight’s crowd. “That's awesome. I mean, I was like, geez, especially like after first goal, oh my god. The boys love it.” — Annie Moore (@SanJosAnnie) November 9, 2025 The vibes have returned to the Shark Tank. First period The Sharks lost th...

Brock Purdy is ‘looking to return’ in Week 11; 49ers’ Week 5 savior against the Rams is inactive

San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Brock Purdy was potentially set to back up Mac Jones today. Reports of Purdy getting closer resurfaced on Sunday morning. NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo spoke about Purdy’s near future: He’s getting closer. I know you’ve heard that repeatedly. Well, they’re looking at the potential for him to return in Week […]

GM #15: Winnipeg Jets @ Anaheim Ducks

The Winnipeg Jets have struggled on this west coast road trip so far, dropping their opening 2 contests to the LA Kings & SJ Sharks while just managing to score 1 goal on opposing tenders. As a result, the True North franchise’s record has dropped to 9-5-0 to start the NHL’s 2025-26 campaign. With injuries disrupting the plans of head coach Scott Arniel from the start of the season, our favourite hockey team has not played nearly as well as they did during their President’s Trophy campaig...