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49ers general manager John Lynch told Greg Papa on NBC Sports Bay Area’s “49ers Game Plan” when he realized Isaiah Oliver was meant to be on this team.

The Bay Area’s poor air quality is adding an extra twist to the San Francisco 49ers’ home opener in Santa Clara Thursday night.

Brock Purdy learned about the difficulties of playing on a short turnaround for a Thursday night game in just his second career start last season.

The 49ers have targeted one Daniel Jones stat they will try to repeat against the Giants on Thursday night.

The 49ers reportedly added cornerback Tre Swilling to the active roster Wednesday.

Brock Purdy made history during the 49ers’ Week 1 win over the Steelers, and now his shoes from that game are on display in Canton, Ohio.

The two-game series in Phoenix should haunt the Giants’ front office when the offseason begins.

Dwight Howard reportedly will work out with Draymond Green and Chris Paul after wrapping up his interview with the Warriors on Wednesday.

Nesty, the University of Florida coach, works with top American swimmers such as Katie Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel and Bobby Finke and will coach the Paris 2024 squad.

The bid by four South American countries to host soccer’s 2030 World Cup will stay intact until next year regardless of political tensions in the region, a top team bid official says.

Two-time Women’s World Cup winner Julie Ertz played her final match for the United States, an emotional 3-0 victory over South Africa in an exhibition on Thursday night.

Dallas Cowboys All-Pro cornerback Trevon Diggs is expected to miss the remainder of the season.

The PGA Tour will open its 2024 season with the Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua, five months after the deadly wildfires devastated nearby Lahaina.

Aja Evans, an Olympic bobsled medalist from Chicago, filed a lawsuit against the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation, alleging nearly a decade of “sexual abuse and harassment” by the team’s osteopathic medical provider while Evans trained and competed for the USA Bobsled team, her attorneys said Thursday.