Kawakami: This was the playoff comeback the 49ers, and especially Brock Purdy, really needed

Kawakami: This was the playoff comeback the 49ers, and especially Brock Purdy, really needed

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — You want to know who held Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers accountable Saturday, with the clock running out, the rain coming down, Deebo Samuel out injured and the Green Bay Packers just a play or two from a monumental playoff upset? You want to know who assigned responsibility and…

Lamar Jackson challenges teammates at halftime, then carries Ravens to win over Texans

Lamar Jackson challenges teammates at halftime, then carries Ravens to win over Texans

BALTIMORE — They told anyone who would listen that this was a different team, that they had learned from past playoff failures, that they were “locked in” on making a Super Bowl. Then, over the first 30 minutes of football Saturday on a frigid late afternoon in Baltimore, they looked like the playoff Ravens of…

Coco Gauff, under the Australian Open radar, is having a very different kind of Grand Slam

Coco Gauff, under the Australian Open radar, is having a very different kind of Grand Slam

Coco Gauff walks onto the court in the middle of the day. The stadium is half-full, if that.  So far, she mostly takes care of her main business in a little over an hour. A couple of television interviews follow her warm-down. Not much more than that. Sometimes there are just two or three journalists…

Sheffield United scores latest Premier League goal on record to salvage 2-2 draw with West Ham

Sheffield United scores latest Premier League goal on record to salvage 2-2 draw with West Ham

SHEFFIELD – Last-place Sheffield United scored the latest goal on record in the Premier League — in the 13th minute of a wild period of stoppage time — to salvage a 2-2 draw with West Ham on Sunday. Two players had already been shown red cards in added-on time when Oli McBurnie was fouled by…

Palestinian restaurant Ayat to throw free sabbath dinner after backlash over ‘river to the sea’ menu listing

Palestinian restaurant Ayat to throw free sabbath dinner after backlash over ‘river to the sea’ menu listing

A Palestinian restaurant chain owner who took flak for his inflammatory “river to the sea” menu header is hosting a free sabbath dinner on Friday in part to thank his Jewish customers for their support and to foster community. Restaurateur Abdul Elenani, 31, owns Ayat, a chain of popular Palestinian eateries named after his wife, a…

What Mick Jagger and AARP can teach us about stocks

What Mick Jagger and AARP can teach us about stocks

The geezers are coming! The geezers are coming!  Demographic doomsayers warn slowing birth rates and graying populations will wreak economic havoc and torpedo stocks. Yet the dire scenarios of zombie-like boomer hoards leeching off their working progeny have it backwards: Aging populations are always, everywhere signs of progress — not threats to it.  Yes –…

McIlroy wins Dubai Desert Classic for record 4th time after reeling in Young in final round

McIlroy wins Dubai Desert Classic for record 4th time after reeling in Young in final round

DUBAI – Rory McIlroy won the Dubai Desert Classic for a record fourth time after reeling in Cameron Young early in the final round then holding off Adrian Meronk down the back nine to seal a one-stroke victory on Sunday. McIlroy closed with a 2-under 70 to retain the title at a tournament he has…

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