NFC West News

In this Oct. 18, 2012 file photo, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree jumps over Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman during the first quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco.

May 10, 2013; Tempe, AZ, USA; Arizona Cardinals cornerback Tyrann Mathieu and defensive backs coach Nick Rapone look on during Rookie Minicamp at the Cardinals Training Facility.

Bruce Arians' complaints about the Arizona Cardinals' wide receivers made headlines Tuesday .

The San Francisco 49ers lost in the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history last season, but that loss to the Baltimore Ravens highlighted how far the NFC West powerhouse has come in the last two years.

Patton was a fourth-round selection out of Louisiana Tech. He is the sixth of the team's 11 draft picks to sign.

To anyone that has ever regaled the idea of a player-led football team, the San Francisco 49ers are the closest thing since a Jon Gruden-led Buccaneers team in the early 2000-decade . Despite their wild, nothing-to-lose style of play, the 49ers easily flaunt, pound-for-pound, one of the best rosters in the league.

In a divisional race as contested as the NFC West is likely to be in 2013, a significant injury like the one suffered by San Francisco 49ers receiver Michael tore his Achilles tendon during Tuesday's organized team activities.

Cris Carter discusses the report that San Francisco 49ers WR Michael Crabtree has suffered a torn Achilles tendon and could be out for the season.

With all the talk about San Francisco and Seattle lapping the NFC West ... if not the NFC itself ... it's hard to remember that we need to pay attention to St.

The Solar Impulse , an experimental, sun-powered airplane attempting a cross-country flight across America, is expected to take off early today from Phoenix for a record-breaking flight to Dallas/Fort Worth Airport.

The St. Louis Cardinals look to become the first 30-win team in the majors when they shoot for a fourth straight series triumph Wednesday in the finale of a three-game set against the San Diego Padres.

Cynthia Rothrock was cheesecake cheese grater, a walking, talking, spin-kicking mixed martial arts mixed message.

San Francisco 49ers football team owner John York, left, walks through a hotel with his son, 49ers CEO Jed York, during a break in the NFL spring meeting in Boston, Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

December 2, 2012; St. Louis, MO, USA; St. Louis Rams kicker Greg Zuerlein looks on after kicking the game winning field goal during overtime against the San Francisco 49ers at the Edward Jones Dome.

Sophomore slumps are REAL. No, really! It isn't a urban myth, like the aliens visiting from the planet Glaxor to steal the secret recipe for Cheetos.

"Unfulfilled," he said by phone from Arizona Cardinals mini-camp last week. "I've had a ton of experience.

It may be heresy in these parts to suggest that the Nats still have some growing up to do despite their major league-leading 98 victories last season.

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We are only three weeks through the month of May and actor, model talent agency, One Source Talent , can boast of a pretty good month.

San Francisco is favored to be named the host city for the 50th Super Bowl when National Football League owners vote Tuesday on the site of the 2016 championship game.