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Defensive back Jimmie Ward was the 49ers’ first-round draft pick in 2014. It’s a fact that’s easy to forget, considering he’s only once played all 16 games in a season, and only appeared in seven games during 2017 before he was knocked out with a broken forearm.

Giants broadcaster Duane Kuiper believes that Major League Baseball’s new collective bargaining agreement is to blame for the unseasonably slow start to the hot-stove league. The new competitive balance tax now financially penalizes teams whose payrolls exceed $197 million, and can also lead to teams having to forfeit draft picks and lose international spending money. What’s more, for teams like the Giants who are repeat offenders, a 50 percent tax is placed on every dollar spent over the $197 million threshold.

NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport was pretty explicit about the likelihood of Gruden to the Raiders when he joined Murph & Mac on Tuesday morning.

While appearing on Murph & Mac Tuesday morning, Marcus Thompson had nothing, but praise for how humbly Jimmy Garoppolo conducted himself during his late-season success.

Steve Kerr’s decision to start a small lineup with Draymond Green at center in Game 4 of the 2015 NBA Finals changed the course of the series, and gave Golden State a “death lineup” that would terrorize the rest of the league during the 2015-16 season. Following the departure of Harrison Barnes, the Warriors trotted out a modified version with Kevin Durant — dubbed the Hamptons 5 — in 2016-17, giving them an even more dynamic unit that when clicking, was nearly impossible to guard.

Now that Denard Span has been traded, it sure seems like the San Francisco Giants need to sign at least two everyday outfielders in free agency this offseason. Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow isn’t so sure, however, as he detailed on Murph & Frandsen Thursday morning.

At this point there is little doubt that the 49ers want to ink quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo to a long-term deal. The question is, when?

In a little over two months, Warriors rookie Jordan Bell is already showing he can have a significant impact on the best team in the NBA. What should scare teams around the league is that Bell is still an infant in his development, and is relying mostly on his incredible athletic ability to affect the […]

There seems to be some dispute surrounding the question of whether new Giants third baseman Evan Longoria’s contract is cheap or expensive, mostly because there is dispute as to how good Longoria is going to be for the next five seasons.

Five weeks ago the 49ers were 0-9, without a quarterback, and looking in need of a top to bottom rebuild next offseason. Now they’re 4-10, have what appears to be a franchise QB, and after Sunday’s win over Tennessee, look like they could at least compete for a playoff spot as currently constructed.