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The NFL season ends Sunday, as it always does, with two teams of the walking wounded pounding each other one last time. This year it’s the Baltimore Ravens against the San Francisco 49ers—or if you’re inclined to credit their respective medical teams, it’s MedStar Union Memorial vs. Stanford Hospital & Clinics. The Ravens and 49ers are among the 23 NFL teams with “official” health care providers. (That figure is a hand count that the league declined to confirm.) These arrangements differ, but the standard deal includes reduced-rate medical care and/or a payment from the...
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Every time Kordell Stewart sees Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers, he puffs his chest out just a little bit. After starting the last seven regular-season games when he took over for Alex Smith, Kaepernick has... more »
Long ago, when the world was young, there was a way to get from here to there. By zeppelin. It was all the rage. Earlier, the preferred way to go was by stagecoach. Or by burrow. Or, if you could avoid the icebergs, by ocean... more »
Alex Smith could have been a divisive guy, tearing apart the San Francisco 49ers locker room with a quarterback controversy in what would have been the franchise's sequel to the Joe Montana-Steve Young cold war. Instead, Smith... more »
It has become a cliché to point out that pointing out that Super Bowl hype has gotten out of control has become a cliché. That much is crystal clear. The ancillary events that surround the Super Bowl offer something for... more »
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