Jimmy Durkin

coach Kyle Shanahan fell to 0-2 as a head coach in the Super Bowl with to the Kansas City Chiefs. But don’t tell the coach he or his team can’t win a big game. “When you say big games, we’ve had to win a bunch of big games to get to Super Bowls,” Shanahan said Tuesday at his end-of-season news conference. “We’ve won a lot of big games here. We’ve won a lot of big games to get into playoffs. The fact that we keep getting there shows you guys how much we win big games. … These two Super Bowls ha…

Erosion control might not sound like a normal concern for a football program, but neither is playing in a stadium that’s seen nearly a third of its seats ripped out and replaced by browning sod. That’s the current condition of San Jose State’s CEFCU Stadium, which might be perfectly emblematic of this Spartans program that’s seemingly under constant construction. With just three winning campaigns in the past 26 seasons, San Jose State hasn’t yet found a winning blueprint. Whether third-year coac…

I tried to move up and get . Offered the just about everything I was willing to part with and even some pieces I wasn’t, just to see if they’d bite. But as I kicked off a seven-round mock draft simulation, the 49ers turned down all offers to move up from No. 4 to No. 2 until I finally gave them three of the ’ top four picks — Nos. 4, 24 and 35. But naaaah, I’m not really giving up that much just to get Bosa. The Raiders need some high-quality players, but they also need quantity. Advertisement…

After years analyzing the draft for the NFL Network, Mike Mayock is trying to prepare for every eventuality now that he’s the Raiders GM.

Acquiring Antonio Brown is great and makes the Raiders exciting. Now, they need to land at least three defensive starters in the draft.

Raiders tight end Jared Cook joined “State of the Nation” to talk about what’s going well and what needs improving with the offense.

Amari Cooper had just three targets and one catch for 9 yards. That’s not nearly enough for the Raiders.

set the market. The bowed out. According to national reports from ESPN and NFL Media, is on his way to Chicago in a stunner of a deal that will net the Raiders at least two first-round picks and perhaps more. The are expected to negotiate an extension with Mack that will exceed Donald’s record-setting contract. Advertisement It’s a reversal of the organization’s thinking throughout most of this process when, even though they were not regularly engaged in contract negotiations beyond their Feb…

Jon Gruden has told us exactly what he thinks of the roster with all the turnover he’s initiated. Last week’s release of punter Marquette King punctuated the fact that Gruden is not going to sit idly by. Maybe it’s out of boredom because he can’t yet work with his players, but he’s making moves. Advertisement The King release immediately brought me to something I was told just the day before: “No one on this roster is safe.” Sure, , , , Kelechi Osemele, and maybe a few others are actually safe…

Basketball legend Bill Russell shared stories, life lessons and plenty of laughs during an intimate visit to McClymonds nearly a decade ago.