Just as prep for the standard season finale wrapped up, injury disaster struck the San Francisco 49ers defensive front once again. San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed the brutal news on Tuesday, announcing that second-year defensive tackle Alfred Collins suffered a season-ending patellar tendon tear during practice. The injury drops another heavy blow […]
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49ers coach Kyle Shanahan says George Kittle and Nick Bosa will have their workloads managed vs. the Rams, while Christian McCaffrey is ready to go.
The San Francisco 49ers will be without a key piece to their defensive front this season after all. Alfred Collins will miss the entire 2026 campaign after he went down with a torn patellar tendon in his knee this week in Melbourne, head coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed on Wednesday. Specifics of the injury aren’t yet known, but he is now done for the year. Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2026 NFL season The 49ers selected Collins with the No. 43 overall pick in the 2025 NF...
Kazuma Okamoto has put his name among some of the greatest Japanese players to ever play in MLB. The Toronto Blue Jays rookie slugger belted a home run in the second inning against the Athletics on Tuesday to become the fifth Japanese player in league history to hit 30 home runs in a season. Okamoto joins Shohei Ohtani, Hideki Matsui, Seiya Suzuki and Munetaka Murakami as the only Japanese players to complete the feat. It’s just another accolade for Okamoto in what has been a sensational first...
The San Francisco 49ers have another season-ending injury that happened before their season has even started. Defensive tackle Alfred Collins showed up on the injury report this week, and Kyle Shanahan later said it’s a torn patellar tendon suffered Monday. Collins will now be out for the season. This marks another season-ending injury before the […]
Alfred Collins' season-ending injury in practice just took the wind out of the sails of a defense that looked ready to take the next step.
By Anthony Franco | at September 8, 2026 10:01pm CDT Athletics top infield prospect Leo De Vries will undergo an anterior labrum repair on his right shoulder, reports Bill Moriarity of A’s Farm. The procedure can come with an eight-month recovery timeline, making it quite likely he’ll open next season on the injured list. De Vries is a 19-year-old shortstop/third baseman who played the entire season at Double-A Midland. The switch-hitting infielder connected on 13 home runs with a .290/.378/.4...
49ers coach Kyle Shanahan reacts to Aaron Donald skipping the Rams' trip to Australia, giving San Francisco a break ahead of its Week 1 showdown.
Athletics top prospect Leo De Vries faces an extended absence because of a right shoulder injury that will require surgery. The A’s 19-year-old shortstop, MLB Pipeline’s No. 2 overall prospect, last took the field on August 14 and has since moved to the 60-day injured list. Athletics Farm editor-in-chief Bill Moriarity took to his X, […]
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San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Alfred Collins tore his patella tendon and will miss the entirety of the 2026 season. The injury occurred in Australia in the days leading up to Thursday night’s NFC West clash between the 49ers and Los Angeles Rams. Collins is a promising second-year defensive lineman. San Francisco embraced a defensive […]
The Warriors still have Stephen Curry. That’s the good news. The harder part is figuring out whether they still have enough around him to make another serious run. Golden State went 37-45 last season and entered the summer looking for a major upgrade. It explored possibilities involving Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James, but neither materialized. Instead, the Warriors largely opted for continuity and flexibility. Draymond Green, Al Horford, Kristaps Porzingis, Gary Payton II and De’Anthon...
Terrell Owens is 52 years old. It has been more than 15 years since he suited up for an NFL game. And yet, the former San Francisco 49ers hero has yet to back down. Still working out, lifting weights, and remarkably fit, Owens believes he’s still got some fire left in him. Especially when there […]
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Devastating news for the 49ers. Defensive tackle Alfred Collins suffered a season-ending patellar tendon injury, leaving the team with a major hole up front.
Blue Jays rookie Kazuma Okamoto reached another milestone on Tuesday night, crushing his 30th home run of the season against the Athletics. The solo shot made Okamoto the fifth Japanese-born player in MLB history to reach 30 homers in a season and the first Blue Jays rookie to accomplish the feat. Talkin’ Baseball highlighted the […]
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The Warriors still have Stephen Curry. That’s the good news. The harder part is figuring out whether they still have enough around him to make another serious run. Golden State went 37-45 last season and entered the summer looking for a major upgrade. It explored possibilities involving Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James, but neither materialized. […]
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Steve Kerr has agreed to a two-year contract extension that will keep him at the helm of the Golden State Warriors. The new deal ensures Kerr will remain with the franchise through his 13th season and continue as the NBA’s highest-paid head coach. Beyond Kerr’s deep understanding of basketball, one particular encounter with tennis legend [...]
The Golden State Warriors' stance on a Jimmy Butler trade looks even worse after an injury update on Tuesday.
Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green gives Joel Embiid the snub he needs before taking on the Knicks again.
The 49ers are entering a season full of question marks — and the hosts break down exactly what to expect from a team that finished 12-5 last year despite metrics that, on paper, say they shouldn’t have won half those games. This segment digs into the defense first: a unit that finished dead last in sacks but somehow stayed mid-pack in points and yards allowed. With Nick Bosa back and Raheem Morris bringing a more aggressive, blitz-heavy scheme, the hosts explain why this defense could look com...
The San Francisco 49ers and Los Angeles Rams kick off the 2026 NFL season in Australia on Thursday. The NFC West divisional matchup has massive early season implications as both teams are looking to not only make the playoffs, but make a run to the Super Bowl. However, it would appear the 49ers caught a […]
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Scott Hanson joins Willard and Dibs to preview Week 1 — and one of the biggest questions hanging over the 49ers season: what happens to Christian McCaffrey after an absolutely massive workload last year? Scott lays out the history that should worry 49ers fans — running backs who rack up that many touches almost always either fall off statistically, can’t sustain the workload, or get hurt the following season. But he also makes the case for why McCaffrey might be the exception, pointing to his ...
Game two of three with the A’s. Jays are a game back of the Guardians, but it looks like they are going to beat the Orioles tonight, so if the Jays want to stay a game back, they really ought to win. Lineups. Springer is getting the day off. Josh Smith plays left. Jesus Sanchez […]
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The San Francisco Giants continue this three-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals tonight. Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Landen Roupp, who enters tonight’s game with a 4.17 ERA, 3.70 FIP, with 137 strikeouts to 68 walks in 144.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 5-4 win over […]
After four consecutive years stuck at .500 or close to it, the San Francisco Giants entered 2026 with hopes of finally launching out of mediocrity and into the mix of National League contenders. Instead, they plummeted in the opposite direction, finding themselves much closer in the standings to perennial losers such as the Colorado Rockies than the downstate rival Los Angeles Dodgers. With less than three weeks remaining in what has been a disjointed and disappointing campaign on and off the ...