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The NFL announced the 2017 regular season schedule on Thursday evening, and revealed the slate ahead of new 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan and the revamped San Francisco roster come September.

Recently, Jeff Van Gundy claimed that the NBA should just hand the Warriors the trophy because the team is playing so well. Rudy, pointing to last year’s results, claims that nothing is a sure thing in professional sports.

FivePoint, the developer in charge of revamping the now vacant site at Candlestick Point, announced in a press release Thursday they will be naming nine new streets in the upcoming development after San Francisco 49ers and Giants legends.

The Oakland Raiders are looking for a power rusher to add to their 2017 roster, and Marshawn Lynch has been looking like a viable option. However, with the NFL Draft quickly approaching, the Raiders need to make a decision soon as to whether they’ll snatch the formerly-retired Seahawks running back or opt for a fresh-faced draft pick. There are still lots of questions up in the air regarding Marshawn’s leverage: How good is he going to be? Is he in football shape? Where will he fit into the Raiders’ offense?

Former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, as revealed in the issue’s release on Thursday.

The most encouraging sign: This was not a game where either Steph Curry or Klay Thompson dominated and the victory still came in blowout fashion. This win was mostly organic with strong defense and slick transition offense

Chris Herring of FiveThirtyEight came out with an interesting piece on Wednesday, centered around his pet peeve of NBA players not getting back on defense because they are too busy complaining with the refs about calls on the other end.

Former Giants pitcher and veteran broadcaster Mike Krukow joined Murph and Mac on Wednesday morning and said he believes Matt Cain is starting to turn things around.

Those hoping San Francisco might want to bring Pagan back in as a solution to their left field woes better think again, however, as Pagan has decided to sit out the 2017 season to spend time with his family according to El Vocero, and as unearthed by Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle.

The first match of a three-game road trip begins today for the San Jose Earthquakes. It will entail 9,070 miles traveled, 21.5 hours of time in the air, all in the span of ten days, the first of which is today, in New England at Gillette Stadium against the Revolution, which you can catch on KNBR 1050.