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Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News actually wrote that he thinks Baalke and York were behind the news stories earlier this season revealing that Harbaugh was in trouble with the team. York denied yesterday that he was the source of the leaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/tim-kawakami/ci_27220375/kawakami-electric-harbaugh-shows-why-49ers-will-regret\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Kawakami, San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(W)hen Harbaugh was talking to a few of us in the locker room, he said he was proud that he never resorted to the \"off-the-record battle.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That began early this season with a series of leaks about his wobbly employment status and continued throughout the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he said he'd like me to investigate that and write a column revealing the names of the leakers; but I told him we both already probably knew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'll say it here: I believe York and Baalke were the primary sources for the off-the-record disclosures that undercut Harbaugh's tenure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether it was York and Baalke directly or indirectly, the 49ers front office set Harbaugh up on a tee this season, and Sunday was the anticlimax.\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/tim-kawakami/ci_27220375/kawakami-electric-harbaugh-shows-why-49ers-will-regret\" target=\"_blank\"> Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/156208/49ers-at-crossroads-after-jim-harbaugh-tenure-ends\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Gutierrez, ESPN\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The 49ers need to move on from the turbulent and, until this past season, wildly successful Harbaugh era, yet need as much continuity as possible to reclaim said success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving on from the combative Harbaugh, who was far from the only heavy in the Silicon Valley soap opera, the 49ers in general -- and general manager Trent Baalke and CEO Jed York in particular -- need peace as they search for sustained success in their new $1.2 billion football palace in Levi’s Stadium. Sure, you could say it’s the house that Harbaugh built, but it’s one from which many stalwart 49ers players might quickly depart. ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This much is sure, though: The Niners will have a hard time finding someone like Harbaugh, who led the team out of mediocrity and back to the playoffs while becoming the face of the franchise. \u003ca href=\"http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/156208/49ers-at-crossroads-after-jim-harbaugh-tenure-ends\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.csnbayarea.com/49ers/harbaughs-49ers-departure-dreadful-non-football-decision\" target=\"_blank\">Ray Ratto, CSN Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(T)his long goodbye didn't have to happen except for front office prioritizing and coachly posturing that had gone on for more than a year without any serious attempts at reconciliation. It started with the contract that never happened and escalated from there to the point where it wasn't really about anything at all except Spy Vs. Spy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It became what football organizations dread saying: a non-football decision. The team put out a press release calling it \"a mutual decision,\" but none of these things ever are. Someone wins and someone else loses, and Harbaugh clearly lost, even though he got a whopping raise in defeat. His choice of Michigan is going back to the future for both parties, but York's decision to move on past him is one as well. Even if Harbaugh's replacement is not defensive line coach Jim Tomsula as expected, York, who was criticized with increasing fervor over the last year and change and reacted by making himself unavailable to local media as his father John did during his largely unhappy tenure in the big chair. ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(T)his is a monumental tactical error in all eyes but his. \u003ca href=\"http://www.csnbayarea.com/49ers/harbaughs-49ers-departure-dreadful-non-football-decision\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://mmqb.si.com/2014/12/29/what-happened-with-harbaugh-and-the-niners/7/\" target=\"_blank\">Peter King, Sports Illustrated\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The 49ers and coach Jim Harbaugh, after four tumultuous but highly successful seasons, were divorcing. The press release sounded amicable enough (SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AND JIM HARBAUGH MUTUALLY AGREE TO PART WAYS, was the headline), but don’t they always?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This year was doomed from the start,” said the 49er smart guy. “It’s the classic example of, ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand.’ This organization was totally tight the first year or so Jim was here, but lately, especially this year, it was always, ‘Sources say this, sources say that.’ You cannot run a successful organization with one side of the building leaking stuff to hurt the other side of the building. And it never stopped.” \u003ca href=\"http://mmqb.si.com/2014/12/29/what-happened-with-harbaugh-and-the-niners/7/\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://mmqb.si.com/2014/12/29/what-happened-with-harbaugh-and-the-niners/7/\">Mike Freeman, Bleacher Report\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>It cannot be stressed enough how unusual this move is for Harbaugh. It has basically never been done before in the modern history of the NFL. No highly successful coach has ever bolted the NFL for college. Ever. ...\u003cbr>\nHow did this end? 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As you have no doubt heard by now, Jim Harbaugh has thrown his last tantrum as coach of the 49ers. Word is he's \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/30/sports/football/jim-harbaugh-said-to-be-michigans-next-football-coach.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">going back to school\u003c/a>, headed to the University of Michigan to coach its football team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 49ers have already been taking some criticism for Harbaugh's departure since it was announced after the 49ers' win Sunday, and that includes questioning that bordered on hostile from local sports media at a press conference this afternoon given by 49ers CEO Jed York and GM Trent Baalke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The presser shed little light on what ultimately caused the breach with Harbaugh, which York repeatedly said was \"mutual.\" When it was suggested that fans were mystified as to why someone with Harbaugh's success would be let go after one bad year, the execs said they did not want to get into specific differences with the coach, but suggested they were unbridgeable. York and Baalke both said they would now look for a coach who would be a \"teacher,\" in the mold of former 49ers coach Bill Walsh, and that they did not yet have a short list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>York said he was receiving a lot of vitriolic tweets for the decision to let Harbaugh go, and that he could understand why fans were upset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When accused of letting Harbaugh take all the heat for the many off-field legal problems that 49ers players had this year, Baalke said Harbaugh's functioning as the sole \"voice of the team\" was by design, even though all decisions were made collectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That won't change with the next head coach,\" York said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>York did say it was his decision to play Ray McDonald after the defensive end came under investigation for felony domestic abuse. That decision was criticized by some \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/marcus-thompson/ci_26475928/thompson-ray-mcdonald-shouldnt-be-49ers-uniform-right\" target=\"_blank\">columnists\u003c/a>, but did not result in any legal charges against the player. McDonald was let go by the team this month after the San Jose Police Department said it was investigating him for a separate incident, involving an alleged sexual assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>York said several times during the press conference that the 49ers did not conduct themselves with an acceptable \"level of class\" this year. He said the entire management team, including Harbaugh, was responsible for that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baalke said his relationship with Harbaugh, which has been written about as \u003ca href=\"http://mmqb.si.com/2014/04/25/jim-harbaugh-trent-baalke-san-francisco-49ers-coach-general-manager-relationship/#\" target=\"_blank\">contentious\u003c/a>, was \"very misrepresented in the media.\" He said \"it wasn't like that day to day.\" He said he had little success in dispelling the misconception: \"The louder we talked, the less it was heard.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked if defensive line coach Jim Tomsula and defensive coordinator Vic Fangio would be given consideration for the head coaching job, Baalke said \"it wouldn't be fair to name any names.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>More reactions\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Niners are taking some hits in print and on the Web as well. Below are some of the reactions to Harbaugh's you're-fired-I-quit departure. Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News actually wrote that he thinks Baalke and York were behind the news stories earlier this season revealing that Harbaugh was in trouble with the team. York denied yesterday that he was the source of the leaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/tim-kawakami/ci_27220375/kawakami-electric-harbaugh-shows-why-49ers-will-regret\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Kawakami, San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(W)hen Harbaugh was talking to a few of us in the locker room, he said he was proud that he never resorted to the \"off-the-record battle.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That began early this season with a series of leaks about his wobbly employment status and continued throughout the season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he said he'd like me to investigate that and write a column revealing the names of the leakers; but I told him we both already probably knew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I'll say it here: I believe York and Baalke were the primary sources for the off-the-record disclosures that undercut Harbaugh's tenure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether it was York and Baalke directly or indirectly, the 49ers front office set Harbaugh up on a tee this season, and Sunday was the anticlimax.\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/tim-kawakami/ci_27220375/kawakami-electric-harbaugh-shows-why-49ers-will-regret\" target=\"_blank\"> Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/156208/49ers-at-crossroads-after-jim-harbaugh-tenure-ends\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Gutierrez, ESPN\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The 49ers need to move on from the turbulent and, until this past season, wildly successful Harbaugh era, yet need as much continuity as possible to reclaim said success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving on from the combative Harbaugh, who was far from the only heavy in the Silicon Valley soap opera, the 49ers in general -- and general manager Trent Baalke and CEO Jed York in particular -- need peace as they search for sustained success in their new $1.2 billion football palace in Levi’s Stadium. Sure, you could say it’s the house that Harbaugh built, but it’s one from which many stalwart 49ers players might quickly depart. ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This much is sure, though: The Niners will have a hard time finding someone like Harbaugh, who led the team out of mediocrity and back to the playoffs while becoming the face of the franchise. \u003ca href=\"http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/156208/49ers-at-crossroads-after-jim-harbaugh-tenure-ends\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.csnbayarea.com/49ers/harbaughs-49ers-departure-dreadful-non-football-decision\" target=\"_blank\">Ray Ratto, CSN Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>(T)his long goodbye didn't have to happen except for front office prioritizing and coachly posturing that had gone on for more than a year without any serious attempts at reconciliation. It started with the contract that never happened and escalated from there to the point where it wasn't really about anything at all except Spy Vs. Spy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It became what football organizations dread saying: a non-football decision. The team put out a press release calling it \"a mutual decision,\" but none of these things ever are. Someone wins and someone else loses, and Harbaugh clearly lost, even though he got a whopping raise in defeat. His choice of Michigan is going back to the future for both parties, but York's decision to move on past him is one as well. Even if Harbaugh's replacement is not defensive line coach Jim Tomsula as expected, York, who was criticized with increasing fervor over the last year and change and reacted by making himself unavailable to local media as his father John did during his largely unhappy tenure in the big chair. ...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(T)his is a monumental tactical error in all eyes but his. \u003ca href=\"http://www.csnbayarea.com/49ers/harbaughs-49ers-departure-dreadful-non-football-decision\" target=\"_blank\">Full story\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://mmqb.si.com/2014/12/29/what-happened-with-harbaugh-and-the-niners/7/\" target=\"_blank\">Peter King, Sports Illustrated\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The 49ers and coach Jim Harbaugh, after four tumultuous but highly successful seasons, were divorcing. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update Monday, Dec. 22, 4:55 p.m.\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More details are out today in the investigation into an alleged sexual assault that resulted in the abrupt dismissal of former 49ers lineman Ray McDonald last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McDonald has not been arrested or charged with a crime, but a San Jose Police Department search of his home last Tuesday broke the story that the 49ers veteran was accused of having sexually assaulted a yet-unnamed woman at his home in south San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County Superior Court released a search warrant and supporting affidavit documents today (\u003ca href=\"#warrant\">read below\u003c/a>). The search warrant lists items police were seeking, including McDonald's cellphone, bedding, a V-neck shirt, a silver watch and surveillance camera footage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The affidavit of San Jose police Officer Sean Pierce recounts that the alleged victim told investigating officers she had been out drinking with four friends on Saturday, Dec. 13, and was joined by McDonald and three others. She began to feel dizzy and ill and started to call a cab, but was convinced by her friends that they would take her home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of going home, however, \"she ended up at Ray McDonald's house,\" according to the affidavit. While outside by McDonald's pool, the alleged victim fell and hit her head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She stated she next woke up the next morning naked in bed with S-1 [McDonald],\" the affidavit says. \"She asked S-1 what happened and he told her that she was just tired so he let her sleep in his bed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that Sunday, a friend called and told her she was \"making out with S-1 on his couch, which she has no memory of,\" according to the document. It also alleges that she stayed with McDonald alone at his house until Aldon Smith showed up and the three of them picked up some vodka and cranberry juice and started drinking (which could lead to some \u003ca href=\"http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/aldon-smith-was-reportedly-drinking-with-ray-mcdonald/ar-BBh7qhT?srcref=rss\" target=\"_blank\">trouble for Smith\u003c/a>, if true).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The alleged victim remained at McDonald's house until later Sunday night when he began talking about his domestic violence case, and she asked him again what happened when she was asleep in his bed. This time, according to the search warrant supporting document, McDonald told her they had sex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The alleged assault was reported the following Monday from a local hospital, according to the San Jose Police Department. Officers served the search warrant on Tuesday, Dec. 16., after conducting a \"pre-text text.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The affidavit describes the investigative tactic as a text conversation that begins between an alleged victim and suspect, but then is taken over by an investigating officer. The alleged victim asked McDonald via text message if he wore a condom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm at the store. I need to know if I should be buying the morning after pill,\" she texted, according to the affidavit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then an SJPD sergeant took over the conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Yes, get the morning after pill,\" McDonald texted back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rest of the conversation is transcribed in the search warrant documents \u003ca href=\"#warrant\">below\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post, Dec. 17\u003c/strong>:\u003cbr>\nThe San Francisco 49ers announced they've terminated defensive tackle Ray McDonald in a swift response to a new assault allegation against the veteran player.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is about a pattern of poor decision-making,\" 49ers General Manager Trent Baalke said Wednesday, hours after San Jose police announced officers served a search warrant at McDonald's home on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ray and I had multiple conversations since the latest allegations and put together some criteria that we felt he needed to do in order to stay in good standing,\" Baalke said. \"With these latest allegations, that was just one more situation that we just weren’t willing to deal with anymore.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The alleged assault reportedly occurred Monday at McDonald's home in south San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_27154639/san-jose-police-investigating-49er-ray-mcdonald-after\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Mercury News summary\u003c/a> of how the new case surfaced:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A search warrant was served Tuesday at McDonald's Silver Creek valley residence, the same day police got a call from a local hospital to report a possible sexual-assault victim. Police say the woman told investigators that she had been assaulted \"a day prior.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The preliminary investigation revealed the alleged suspect was Ray McDonald,\" San Jose police spokeswoman Sgt. Heather Randol said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McDonald has not been arrested, and the investigation is ongoing, Randol said, adding that once it's complete, it will be forwarded to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office for review. A law-enforcement source said the person who made the allegation is not McDonald's fiancée, who was the reporting party in an earlier domestic-violence investigation involving the player.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The team's response to the latest allegation is in contrast to its approach when McDonald was arrested in late August on suspicion of domestic violence. 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The 49ers insisted that McDonald was entitled to due process as authorities investigated the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County prosecutors \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/10/report-49ers-ray-mcdonald-wont-be-charged-in-domestic-violence-case\" target=\"_blank\">announced\u003c/a> in early November that they would not charge McDonald for that incident because of \"conflicting accounts, the lack of a verifiable eyewitness, and the lack of cooperation by [McDonald's fiancée, the alleged victim], we cannot prove that a crime occurred.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a brief statement to reporters Wednesday, 49ers General Manager Trent Baalke signaled the team's patience has run out:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After the recent allegations concerning Ray McDonald we as an organization have informed him and his agent that he will be terminated, released, effective immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While this organization has a strong belief in due process and has demonstrated that over time, Ray's demonstrated a pattern of poor decision-making that has led to multiple distractions for this organization and this football team that really can no longer be tolerated, and that's the reason for the decision that we made today.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>More from the AP on the 49ers' response:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>San Francisco 49ers general manager Trent Baalke said he informed McDonald and his agent by phone at 11:30 a.m. PST that the defender is \"terminated.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a situation that we can all learn from,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baalke said CEO Jed York and coach Jim Harbaugh also were involved in the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We expect a lot from our players, hold them accountable for their actions,\" Baalke said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baalke said the 49ers notified the NFL office of the allegations against McDonald, saying, \"This is a team decision.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"warrant\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead one of the search warrant documents, including SJPD Officer Sean Pierce's affidavit, below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"https://www.scribd.com/embeds/250799157/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-aspect-ratio=\"undefined\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_90777\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's Beth Willon contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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It also alleges that she stayed with McDonald alone at his house until Aldon Smith showed up and the three of them picked up some vodka and cranberry juice and started drinking (which could lead to some \u003ca href=\"http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/aldon-smith-was-reportedly-drinking-with-ray-mcdonald/ar-BBh7qhT?srcref=rss\" target=\"_blank\">trouble for Smith\u003c/a>, if true).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The alleged victim remained at McDonald's house until later Sunday night when he began talking about his domestic violence case, and she asked him again what happened when she was asleep in his bed. This time, according to the search warrant supporting document, McDonald told her they had sex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The alleged assault was reported the following Monday from a local hospital, according to the San Jose Police Department. Officers served the search warrant on Tuesday, Dec. 16., after conducting a \"pre-text text.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The affidavit describes the investigative tactic as a text conversation that begins between an alleged victim and suspect, but then is taken over by an investigating officer. The alleged victim asked McDonald via text message if he wore a condom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm at the store. I need to know if I should be buying the morning after pill,\" she texted, according to the affidavit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then an SJPD sergeant took over the conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Yes, get the morning after pill,\" McDonald texted back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rest of the conversation is transcribed in the search warrant documents \u003ca href=\"#warrant\">below\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post, Dec. 17\u003c/strong>:\u003cbr>\nThe San Francisco 49ers announced they've terminated defensive tackle Ray McDonald in a swift response to a new assault allegation against the veteran player.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is about a pattern of poor decision-making,\" 49ers General Manager Trent Baalke said Wednesday, hours after San Jose police announced officers served a search warrant at McDonald's home on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ray and I had multiple conversations since the latest allegations and put together some criteria that we felt he needed to do in order to stay in good standing,\" Baalke said. \"With these latest allegations, that was just one more situation that we just weren’t willing to deal with anymore.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The alleged assault reportedly occurred Monday at McDonald's home in south San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_27154639/san-jose-police-investigating-49er-ray-mcdonald-after\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Mercury News summary\u003c/a> of how the new case surfaced:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A search warrant was served Tuesday at McDonald's Silver Creek valley residence, the same day police got a call from a local hospital to report a possible sexual-assault victim. Police say the woman told investigators that she had been assaulted \"a day prior.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The preliminary investigation revealed the alleged suspect was Ray McDonald,\" San Jose police spokeswoman Sgt. Heather Randol said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McDonald has not been arrested, and the investigation is ongoing, Randol said, adding that once it's complete, it will be forwarded to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office for review. A law-enforcement source said the person who made the allegation is not McDonald's fiancée, who was the reporting party in an earlier domestic-violence investigation involving the player.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The team's response to the latest allegation is in contrast to its approach when McDonald was arrested in late August on suspicion of domestic violence. The 49ers allowed the lineman to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/05/domestic-violence-49er-ray-mcdonald-to-play-sunday\" target=\"_blank\">continue playing\u003c/a>. The 49ers insisted that McDonald was entitled to due process as authorities investigated the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County prosecutors \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/10/report-49ers-ray-mcdonald-wont-be-charged-in-domestic-violence-case\" target=\"_blank\">announced\u003c/a> in early November that they would not charge McDonald for that incident because of \"conflicting accounts, the lack of a verifiable eyewitness, and the lack of cooperation by [McDonald's fiancée, the alleged victim], we cannot prove that a crime occurred.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a brief statement to reporters Wednesday, 49ers General Manager Trent Baalke signaled the team's patience has run out:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>After the recent allegations concerning Ray McDonald we as an organization have informed him and his agent that he will be terminated, released, effective immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While this organization has a strong belief in due process and has demonstrated that over time, Ray's demonstrated a pattern of poor decision-making that has led to multiple distractions for this organization and this football team that really can no longer be tolerated, and that's the reason for the decision that we made today.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>More from the AP on the 49ers' response:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>San Francisco 49ers general manager Trent Baalke said he informed McDonald and his agent by phone at 11:30 a.m. PST that the defender is \"terminated.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a situation that we can all learn from,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baalke said CEO Jed York and coach Jim Harbaugh also were involved in the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We expect a lot from our players, hold them accountable for their actions,\" Baalke said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baalke said the 49ers notified the NFL office of the allegations against McDonald, saying, \"This is a team decision.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"warrant\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nRead one of the search warrant documents, including SJPD Officer Sean Pierce's affidavit, below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"https://www.scribd.com/embeds/250799157/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-aspect-ratio=\"undefined\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_90777\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Here's a rundown of all things good, not so good and downright bad (sorry, Niners fans).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The good: Golden State Warriors\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>14\u003c/strong>: Current winning streak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>+11.2\u003c/strong>: NBA best-per-game point differential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>.905\u003c/strong>: Current winning percentage for the league-leading 19-2 Warriors heading into their Saturday morning matchup with the Dallas Mavericks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Warriors bet the Houston Rockets Wednesday night, they advanced to 19-2 and head coach Steve Kerr became the first rookie head coach to win 19 of his first 21 games. \"It means I'm the luckiest coach in NBA history,\" Kerr told ESPN. \"Because I inherited a team that was already really good.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose Mercury News Sports Columnist Mark Purdy agrees with that assessment, but thinks Kerr is guiding the team in a way his predecessor Mark Jackson was not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What Steve Kerr has really done is tap into the mindset of his best players,” Purdy told KQED Newsroom, by allowing “them to play together as a team.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When [a team] buys-in in that way, that’s when you’ve really got something good,” Purdy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is a team that obviously likes each other. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It was a busy week for the Bay Area sports franchises. But, we've got you covered. Here's a rundown of all things good, not so good and downright bad (sorry, Niners fans).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The good: Golden State Warriors\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>14\u003c/strong>: Current winning streak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>+11.2\u003c/strong>: NBA best-per-game point differential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>.905\u003c/strong>: Current winning percentage for the league-leading 19-2 Warriors heading into their Saturday morning matchup with the Dallas Mavericks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the Warriors bet the Houston Rockets Wednesday night, they advanced to 19-2 and head coach Steve Kerr became the first rookie head coach to win 19 of his first 21 games. \"It means I'm the luckiest coach in NBA history,\" Kerr told ESPN. \"Because I inherited a team that was already really good.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose Mercury News Sports Columnist Mark Purdy agrees with that assessment, but thinks Kerr is guiding the team in a way his predecessor Mark Jackson was not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What Steve Kerr has really done is tap into the mindset of his best players,” Purdy told KQED Newsroom, by allowing “them to play together as a team.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When [a team] buys-in in that way, that’s when you’ve really got something good,” Purdy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is a team that obviously likes each other. And likes singing together, evident in the video below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://instagram.com/p/v47fQQQvaO/?utm_source=partner&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=video\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only thing team officials aren't crazy about: \u003ca href=\"http://mashable.com/2014/12/09/nba-warriors-coco/\" target=\"_blank\">the team's song selection\u003c/a>. (Hint: It's apparently an ode to cocaine.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>-\u003ca href=\"http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12020288/golden-state-warriors-reach-free-agent-ray-allen\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN reported Friday\u003c/a> that the team has reached out to free agent \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: line-through\">Jesus Shuttlesworth\u003c/span> Ray Allen about potentially becoming the newest Splash Brother.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The not so good*: Oakland Athletics\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>(*= judgment TBD)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5\u003c/strong>: Trades made by Oakland A’s General Manager Billy Beane so far this offseason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1/2?\u003c/strong>: The team might replace as much as half of their roster this winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gone are fan favorites 3B Josh Donaldson, OF Brandon Moss and recently acquired SP Jeff Samardzija. The team has also lost free agent pitchers Jon Lester and Jason Hammel, not to mentionOF Yoenis Céspedes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In are 3B Brett Lawrie, DH Billy Butler and 1B Ike Davis. Not exactly household names.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yahoo Sports’ Jeff Passan tweeted that these moves are just the beginning:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Mark Purdy believes A’s fans have developed some level of trust for Beane over his 17-year stint with the team. So, they are giving him some benefit of the doubt, for now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That said, it is really hard to be an A’s fan,” Purdy said. “You just get dizzy every year with the new cast of characters, and you cannot get attached to any of them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although some fans might be angry, confused and unsure what to do with their old Céspedes jerseys, some pundits are once again praising Beane’s moves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland is trying always to have rosters with as much flexibility as possible and as many players as possible between the ages of 22-29 because: a) those are usually the least expensive players and b) those are players likely to have their best seasons in front of them rather than behind them,” wrote Joel Sherman of the New York Post, in an article titled, \u003ca href=\"http://nypost.com/2014/12/09/billy-beane-knows-what-hes-doing-even-if-nobody-else-does/\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>“Billy Beane knows what he’s doing, even if nobody else does.”\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sherman argues that the moves give Beane the financial flexibility to “spend on hitters in trades or free agency who do not have onerous contract burdens, whom Beane could then turn around and trade to contenders in July if Oakland is not contending.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, resist the urge to freak out A’s fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over on the other side of the Bay, the Giants continue to bask in their championship glory — Madison Bumgarner was named the \u003ca href=\"http://www.si.com/sportsman/2014/12/09/madison-bumgarner-sports-illustrated-sportsman-profile\" target=\"_blank\">2014 Sportsman of the Year\u003c/a> by Sports Illustrated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One other tidbit: Barry Zito, the $126 million man and (don’t forget) Cy Young Award winner, is apparently \u003ca href=\"http://www.si.com/mlb/2014/11/13/barry-zito-comeback-giants\" target=\"_blank\">attempting a comeback\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Bad: San Francisco 49ers\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3%:\u003c/strong> Percent chance the San Francisco 49ers have of making the playoffs, according to \u003ca href=\"http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/week-15-nfl-elo-ratings-and-playoff-odds/\" target=\"_blank\">FiveThirtyEight\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3?\u003c/strong>: Games left in the Jim Harbaugh-49ers era. Maybe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After their Week 14 debacle in Oakland, the Niners chances of making the playoffs dropped by 20 percent. That puts them squarely in must-win territory this week when they travel up to Seattle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main problem with the team this season has been an inept, stagnant offensive that is incapable of moving the ball or scoring points.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like watching a nervous breakdown out there,” according to Mark Purdy, who points to a struggling offensive line, receivers that can’t get open and the inconsistency of quarterback Colin Kaepernick. That's a bad trio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adding to those on-field problems are reports of problems in the front office as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s real rumbling, gurgling and indigestion between the owner Jed York, general manager Trent Baalke and head coach Jim Harbaugh,” Purdy says. Although Harbaugh is under contract for next season, it’s becoming increasing likely that he will not be coaching this team in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nervous breakdowns. Indigestion. Add in a trip to Seattle just as the Super Bowl Champion Seahawks are hitting their stride again. Things don’t sound good in Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Watch the complete KQED NEWSROOM interview with Mark Purdy:\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nhttp://youtu.be/iCAk7hBgsiE\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/newsroom/\" target=\"_blank\">KQED NEWSROOM\u003c/a> is a weekly news magazine program on television, radio and online. Watch Fridays at 8 p.m. on KQED Public Television 9, listen on Sundays at 6 p.m. on KQED Public Radio 88.5 FM or online \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/newsroom/\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:45 p.m.: \u003c/strong>At a Monday news conference, reporters asked 49ers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh about yesterday's incident in which team medical personnel were questioned by federal drug agents. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harbaugh said he knew nothing about DEA episode, which is reportedly connected to a lawsuit by former NFL players alleging rampant abuse of prescription drugs. When pressed, Harbaugh said the 49ers were an \"open book\" in terms of the team's handling of prescription painkillers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, as the conversation continued, Harbaugh was asked again about reports that teams have routinely administered powerful painkillers to allow players to take the field. This exchange ensued:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Q. \u003c/strong>Is it expected of a player to do that, to take that stuff? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Harbaugh:\u003c/strong> No, there's no expectation of that. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Q.:\u003c/strong> If it's suggested to a player and he doesn't take it, what's the response?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harbaugh: It's not suggested. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Q.:\u003c/strong> Even with the 53-man roster and people waiting, is there pressure on a player ...?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Harbaugh:\u003c/strong> As I said. I made my point. I think we've plowed this ground as thoroughly as we can plow. It's plowed, it's been seeded, and now it's grown. It's well documented. It's an open book in terms of how we catalog and how we dispense.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post: \u003c/strong>Six months ago, a group of several hundred former pro football players \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/retired-nfl-players-accuse-league-of-ignoring-health-to-gain-profits\" target=\"_blank\">made a brief media splash\u003c/a> when they filed a lawsuit alleging that the National Football League systematically dispenses powerful painkillers in an attempt to keep injured performers on the field and to maximize the NFL's profits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the teams singled out for attention in the suit: the San Francisco 49ers. Retired offensive lineman Jeremy Newberry said that because of the drugs he took while playing, he suffers from kidney failure, high blood pressure and violent headaches. On game days, Newberry said, he and up to 25 of his San Francisco 49ers teammates would retreat to the locker room to receive Toradol injections in the buttocks 10 minutes before kickoff. Toradol, a potent non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, numbed the pain almost instantaneously.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Agents are currently interviewing NFL team doctors in several locations as part of an ongoing investigation into potential violations of the federal drug law.'\u003ccite>Rusty Payne,\u003cbr>\nDEA spokesman\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The league has moved to dismiss the suit, which now includes 1,300 former players as plaintiffs. But on Sunday, the complaint (\u003ca href=\"#player-drugs\">embedded below\u003c/a>) led to concrete action when federal drug agents questioned members of the 49ers' medical staff as well as those of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's \u003ca href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/dea-interviewing-nfl-team-doctors-prescription-drug-probe-article-1.2012969\" target=\"_blank\">the New York Daily News account\u003c/a> of what happened when Drug Enforcement Administration agents took the 49ers' employees aside after the team's victory over the Giants at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Federal drug agents, hoping to determine if San Francisco 49ers doctors, nurse practitioners and trainers are complying with federal law regulating the distribution of painkillers and other medications, questioned members of the team’s medical staff at MetLife Stadium after the franchise’s 16-10 victory over the Giants on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drug Enforcement Administration officials reportedly also grilled members of Tampa Bay’s medical staff at Baltimore-Washington International Airport following the Buccaneers’ 27-7 win in Washington to see if the team is in violation of the Controlled Substance Act of 1970. The Seahawks’ medical staff was also questioned on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“DEA agents are currently interviewing NFL team doctors in several locations as part of an ongoing investigation into potential violations of the CSA,” agency spokesman Rusty Payne said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Daily News reporter witnessed three plainclothes DEA agents approach a 49ers team physician as he exited MetLife with coach Jim Harbaugh as the team passed through metal detectors and headed toward awaiting buses. The agents took the doctor to a nearby mailroom for almost 10 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only thing they asked was whether he was carrying any controlled substances,” 49ers public relations director Bob Lange told The News. “He’s our team physician. He said, ‘No.’ That was it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The physician was then allowed to go through security and proceed onto the bus for the cross-country flight back to San Francisco.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/federal-drug-agents-launch-surprise-inspections-of-nfl-teams-following-games/2014/11/16/5545c84e-6da5-11e4-8808-afaa1e3a33ef_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post quoted\u003c/a> an unidentified law enforcement source as saying the surprise inspections Sunday were part of an ongoing investigation into NFL teams' alleged misuse of prescription drugs. DEA spokesman Payne told the Post that the May lawsuit prompted the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the full Associated Press story on Sunday's inspections:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jim Litke\u003cbr>\nAssociated Press\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal drug enforcement agents showed up unannounced Sunday in New Jersey to check the San Francisco 49ers medical staff as part of an investigation into former players' claims that teams mishandled prescription drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were no arrests, Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman Rusty Payne said Sunday. The San Francisco 49ers' staff was checked at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, after the team played the New York Giants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DEA ran checks on two other teams, too: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' staff was checked after playing in Washington. The Seattle Seahawks, who played at Kansas City, confirmed via the team's Twitter account that they were spot-checked as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"DEA agents are currently interviewing NFL team doctors in several locations as part of an ongoing investigation into potential violations of the (Controlled Substances Act),\" Payne said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spot checks were done by investigators from the federal DEA. They did not target specific teams, but were done to measure whether visiting NFL clubs were generally in compliance with federal law. Agents requested documentation from visiting teams' medical staffs for any controlled substances in their possession, and for proof that doctors could practice medicine in the home team's state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our teams cooperated with the DEA today and we have no information to indicate that irregularities were found,\" NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nationwide probe is being directed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York — where the NFL is headquartered — but involves several U.S. attorney's offices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigation was sparked by a lawsuit filed in May on behalf of former NFL players going back to 1968. The number of plaintiffs has grown to more than 1,200, including dozens who played as recently as 2012. Any violations of federal drug laws from 2009 forward could also become the subject of a criminal investigation because they would not be subject to the five-year statute of limitations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is an unprecedented raid on a professional sports league,\" said Steve Silverman, one of the attorneys for the former players. \"I trust the evidence reviewed and validated leading up to this action was substantial and compelling.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal prosecutors have conducted interviews in at least three cities over the past three weeks, spending two days in Los Angeles in late October meeting with a half-dozen former players — including at least two who were named plaintiffs in the painkillers lawsuit, according to multiple people with direct knowledge of the meetings who spoke on the condition of anonymity because prosecutors told them not to comment on the meetings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit alleges the NFL and its teams, physicians and trainers acted without regard for players' health, withholding information about injuries while at the same time handing out prescription painkillers such as Vicodin and Percocet, and anti-inflammatories such as Toradol, to mask pain and minimize lost playing time. The players contend some teams filled out prescriptions in players' names without their knowledge or consent, then dispensed those drugs — according to one plaintiff's lawyer — \"like candy at Halloween,\" along with combining them in \"cocktails.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several former players interviewed by The Associated Press described the line of teammates waiting to get injections on game day often spilling out from the training room. Others recounted flights home from games where trainers walked down the aisle and players held up a number of fingers to indicate how many pills they wanted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The controlled substance act says only doctors and nurse practitioners can dispense prescription drugs, and only in states where they are licensed. The act also lays out stringent requirements for acquiring, labeling, storing and transporting drugs. Trainers who are not licensed would be in violation of the law simply by carrying a controlled substance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The former players have reported a range of debilitating effects, from chronic muscle and bone ailments to permanent nerve and organ damage to addiction. They contend those health problems came from drug use, but many of the conditions haven't been definitively linked to painkillers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit is currently being heard in the northern district of California, where Judge William Alsup said he wants to hear the NFL Players Association's position on the case before deciding on the league's motion to dismiss. The NFL maintained that it's not responsible for the medical decisions of its 32 teams. 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The Seahawks’ medical staff was also questioned on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“DEA agents are currently interviewing NFL team doctors in several locations as part of an ongoing investigation into potential violations of the CSA,” agency spokesman Rusty Payne said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Daily News reporter witnessed three plainclothes DEA agents approach a 49ers team physician as he exited MetLife with coach Jim Harbaugh as the team passed through metal detectors and headed toward awaiting buses. The agents took the doctor to a nearby mailroom for almost 10 minutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The only thing they asked was whether he was carrying any controlled substances,” 49ers public relations director Bob Lange told The News. “He’s our team physician. He said, ‘No.’ That was it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The physician was then allowed to go through security and proceed onto the bus for the cross-country flight back to San Francisco.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/federal-drug-agents-launch-surprise-inspections-of-nfl-teams-following-games/2014/11/16/5545c84e-6da5-11e4-8808-afaa1e3a33ef_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post quoted\u003c/a> an unidentified law enforcement source as saying the surprise inspections Sunday were part of an ongoing investigation into NFL teams' alleged misuse of prescription drugs. DEA spokesman Payne told the Post that the May lawsuit prompted the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the full Associated Press story on Sunday's inspections:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jim Litke\u003cbr>\nAssociated Press\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal drug enforcement agents showed up unannounced Sunday in New Jersey to check the San Francisco 49ers medical staff as part of an investigation into former players' claims that teams mishandled prescription drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were no arrests, Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman Rusty Payne said Sunday. The San Francisco 49ers' staff was checked at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, after the team played the New York Giants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DEA ran checks on two other teams, too: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' staff was checked after playing in Washington. The Seattle Seahawks, who played at Kansas City, confirmed via the team's Twitter account that they were spot-checked as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"DEA agents are currently interviewing NFL team doctors in several locations as part of an ongoing investigation into potential violations of the (Controlled Substances Act),\" Payne said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spot checks were done by investigators from the federal DEA. They did not target specific teams, but were done to measure whether visiting NFL clubs were generally in compliance with federal law. Agents requested documentation from visiting teams' medical staffs for any controlled substances in their possession, and for proof that doctors could practice medicine in the home team's state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our teams cooperated with the DEA today and we have no information to indicate that irregularities were found,\" NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nationwide probe is being directed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York — where the NFL is headquartered — but involves several U.S. attorney's offices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigation was sparked by a lawsuit filed in May on behalf of former NFL players going back to 1968. The number of plaintiffs has grown to more than 1,200, including dozens who played as recently as 2012. Any violations of federal drug laws from 2009 forward could also become the subject of a criminal investigation because they would not be subject to the five-year statute of limitations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is an unprecedented raid on a professional sports league,\" said Steve Silverman, one of the attorneys for the former players. \"I trust the evidence reviewed and validated leading up to this action was substantial and compelling.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal prosecutors have conducted interviews in at least three cities over the past three weeks, spending two days in Los Angeles in late October meeting with a half-dozen former players — including at least two who were named plaintiffs in the painkillers lawsuit, according to multiple people with direct knowledge of the meetings who spoke on the condition of anonymity because prosecutors told them not to comment on the meetings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit alleges the NFL and its teams, physicians and trainers acted without regard for players' health, withholding information about injuries while at the same time handing out prescription painkillers such as Vicodin and Percocet, and anti-inflammatories such as Toradol, to mask pain and minimize lost playing time. The players contend some teams filled out prescriptions in players' names without their knowledge or consent, then dispensed those drugs — according to one plaintiff's lawyer — \"like candy at Halloween,\" along with combining them in \"cocktails.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several former players interviewed by The Associated Press described the line of teammates waiting to get injections on game day often spilling out from the training room. Others recounted flights home from games where trainers walked down the aisle and players held up a number of fingers to indicate how many pills they wanted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The controlled substance act says only doctors and nurse practitioners can dispense prescription drugs, and only in states where they are licensed. The act also lays out stringent requirements for acquiring, labeling, storing and transporting drugs. Trainers who are not licensed would be in violation of the law simply by carrying a controlled substance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The former players have reported a range of debilitating effects, from chronic muscle and bone ailments to permanent nerve and organ damage to addiction. They contend those health problems came from drug use, but many of the conditions haven't been definitively linked to painkillers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit is currently being heard in the northern district of California, where Judge William Alsup said he wants to hear the NFL Players Association's position on the case before deciding on the league's motion to dismiss. The NFL maintained that it's not responsible for the medical decisions of its 32 teams. League attorneys also argued the issue should be addressed by the union, which negotiated a collective bargaining agreement that covers player health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DEA investigation comes during a turbulent time for the NFL.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The league is still weathering criticism over its treatment of several players accused of domestic violence and just wrapped up an arbitration hearing involving Ravens running back Ray Rice, who is contesting the length of his suspension. The league has hired former FBI director Robert Mueller III to investigate its handling of the Rice case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The NFL is also trying to finalize a $765 million class-action settlement reached in August 2013 over complaints by thousands of former players that the NFL concealed the risk of concussions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Here's the full complaint filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The incident occurred during a birthday celebration for McDonald.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference this morning, Lindsay Walsh, the deputy district attorney assigned to the case, said McDonald's fiancee, called Jane Doe for the purposes of the investigation, suffered minor injuries \"consistent with restraint rather than an attack.\" Further complicating any criminal charge against McDonald were her lack of cooperation beyond an initial interview and a lack of other witnesses, Walsh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walsh also said that the fiancee was asked during her 911 call if McDonald had hit her. \"She was very clear that she said he’s trying to throw me out of the house,\" Walsh said. \"She never used the word choking, grabbing punching, anything of that nature,\" said Walsh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Because of conflicting accounts, the lack of a verifiable eyewitness, and the lack of cooperation by Jane Doe, we cannot prove that a crime occurred.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cindy Hendrickson, supervising deputy district attorney for the Family Violence Unit, said, \"The issue … is always the amount of force used. And one issue we had to contend with here is Jane Doe's lack of cooperation after the initial investigation. And part of the regular investigation pursuant to our Santa Clara County domestic violence protocol is recontacting victims 48 hours later and getting photos of the injuries, because sometimes those injuries manifest in a way that we can tell more about how much force was used. That evidence isn’t available here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DA's office also revealed McDonald had made a 911 call two minutes before his fiancee. McDonald had also called 911 in May, asking that his fiancee be removed from his house because she had a gun. No charges were filed in that incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sccgov.org/sites/da/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/NRA2014/DA-Declines-to-File-Charges-Against-Ray-McDonald-Insufficient-Evidence-.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">full statement\u003c/a> from the Santa Clara district attorney's office. You can read the office's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/McDonaldmemo.pdf\">full investigation memo here\u003c/a>. It includes the DA office's detailed account of what went on that night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Playing McDonald\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 49ers had to decide whether to bench McDonald following his arrest and pending completion of the DA's investigation. The Niners chose to keep him active, and 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh has repeatedly defended that decision by saying \"due process\" had to be respected. In light of the spate of alleged criminal activity by NFL players -- from other domestic violence cases like the high-profile Ray Rice elevator incident and the Adrian Petersen child abuse case to Aldon Smith's DUI -- the team came under considerable criticism for keeping McDonald on the field. San Francisco Chronicle columnist Ann Killion, for instance, has lambasted the team's stance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think it says that winning is the most important thing, and they are not really that concerned about their image, or their corporate brand and the damage that might be done to it, or maybe about their female fan base,” \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/05/domestic-violence-49er-ray-mcdonald-to-play-sunday\" target=\"_blank\">Killion told KQED's Mina Kim\u003c/a> in September. “I’m not saying Ray McDonald is guilty. Nobody knows. But in a lot of lines of work, if you get arrested for something as serious as felony domestic abuse you’re put on an immediate leave of absence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result of the incident, the San Jose Police Department \u003ca href=\"http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/10/san-jose-police-no-longer-allowed-to-work-off-duty-with-49ers/\" target=\"_blank\">barred its officers\u003c/a> from working for the 49ers. Various Bay Area media reported last month that Sgt. Sean Pritchard, who moonlighted as a member of the team's security detail, was at McDonald's home the night of the party. \"Apparently responding to a phone call from McDonald after the incident,\" the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_26703276/san-jose-cop-at-center-49er-moonlighting-controversy\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a> wrote, \"he returned to the home in uniform and on duty -- before other officers arrived in response to a 911 call.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SJPD is investigating Pritchard's involvement in the case, which the DA's office said did not hamper its own investigation.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_147067\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/156511672.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-147067\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/156511672-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Ray McDonald, wearing No. 91, in action in 2012. (Brian Bahr/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Ray McDonald, wearing No. 91, in action in 2012. (Brian Bahr/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has voted unanimously to denounce the 49ers for \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/05/domestic-violence-49er-ray-mcdonald-to-play-sunday\" target=\"_blank\">the team's handling\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2014/09/01/6668566/49ers-ray-mcdonald-arrested-sunday.html\" target=\"_blank\">felony domestic violence charges\u003c/a> against defensive tackle Ray McDonald.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board on Tuesday approved a nonbinding resolution by Supervisor London Breed that calls on the team to keep McDonald from playing until Santa Clara County authorities conclude their investigation into the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McDonald \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2014/09/01/6668566/49ers-ray-mcdonald-arrested-sunday.html\" target=\"_blank\">was arrested early Aug. 31\u003c/a>, reportedly after an altercation with his fiancee during a birthday party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/killion/2014/09/07/yes-ray-mcdonald-will-play-today-for-the-49ers/\" target=\"_blank\">has been widely criticized\u003c/a> for allowing McDonald to play in the team's season opener on Sunday despite the charges. Head coach Jim Harbaugh has said McDonald is entitled to constitutional due process rights before the team acts, a stance reiterated\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2014/09/09/jed-york/\" target=\"_blank\"> during a KNBR interview Tuesday\u003c/a> by team owner Jed York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#breedresolution\">Breed's resolution\u003c/a> argues that \"while criminal defendants are innocent until proven guilty and prosecutors must prove charges beyond a reasonable doubt, the threshold of accountability should rightly be lower for decisions about participating in a corporate athletic event for the public’s entertainment.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed also noted that former 49ers players have supported the idea of keeping McDonald off the field while Santa Clara County law enforcement officials investigate the case. And she mentions that when San Francisco city employees face serious criminal charges related to their jobs, it's standard operating procedure to put them on paid administrative leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resolution comes a day after the issue of domestic violence committed by NFL players leaped again into national headlines with \u003ca href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/08/ray-rice-elevator-knockout-fiancee-takes-crushing-punch-video/\" target=\"_blank\">the disclosure of a video\u003c/a> showing Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching and knocking out his fiancee in a New Jersey hotel elevator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rice reached a plea agreement in that February incident that allowed him to avoid trial on aggravated assault charges. NFL Commission Roger Goodell later suspended Rice for two games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The leniency of that penalty \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/02/sports/football/roger-goodell-defends-his-two-game-suspension-of-ray-rice.html\" target=\"_blank\">prompted outrage\u003c/a> from domestic violence survivors and their supporters and from many voices in the media. On Aug. 28, three days before McDonald's arrest, Goodell admitted \"I didn't get it right\" in the Rice case and announced a new disciplinary policy, summarized this way \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/29/sports/football/roger-goodell-admits-he-was-wrong-and-alters-nfl-policy-on-domestic-violence.html\" target=\"_blank\">by The New York Times\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>... Any N.F.L. employee — not only a player — who is found to have engaged in assault, battery, domestic violence or sexual assault that involved physical force will be suspended without pay for six games for a first offense. Second-time offenders will be banished from the league for at least one year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goodell said that second-time offenders could petition to be reinstated after one year, but that “there will be no presumption or assurance that the petition will be granted.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Ravens immediately terminated Rice's contract after the entertainment news site TMZ.com published the knockout video Monday. The NFL followed suit by suspending Rice from the league indefinitely. 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But the suspension will put him out until Monday, Nov. 10, and he will miss games against the Cowboys, Bears, Cardinals, Eagles, Chiefs, Rams and Saints. The first game Smith would be eligible for is against the New York Giants on Nov. 16.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith's legal troubles have been well publicized. Last month, \u003cspan id=\"mn_Global\">\u003cspan id=\"MNGiSection\">a Santa Clara County judge sentenced him \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003cspan id=\"mn_Global\">\u003cspan id=\"MNGiSection\">to 11 days on a work crew, three years probation and 235 hours of community service for illegal weapons possession and drunken driving. Smith pleaded no contest to the charges.\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>USA Today has \u003ca href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/49ers/2014/08/29/aldon-smith-san-francisco-nfl/14793107/\" target=\"_blank\">additional details\u003c/a> on the negotations that went on behind the scenes over the suspension:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A person with knowledge of the process, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, said Smith's representatives and the league reached a settlement that allows him to be at the team facility and in meetings during his suspension.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suspension didn't come down until Friday because talks were ongoing, the person said, and the final sticking point was whether the ban would be eight or nine games – four games for the substance-abuse violation and either four or five for personal conduct.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The recent suspension of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice for a \u003ca href=\"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1084156/NFL-star-Ray-Rice-drags-unconscious-fiancee-elevator-fight.html\" target=\"_blank\">domestic violence incident\u003c/a> has weighed on the Smith decision. Rice's two-game suspension drew widespread criticism as a slap on the wrist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/49ers/ci_26433361/49ers-aldon-smith-draws-nine-game-suspension\" target=\"_blank\">Mercury News\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In a letter Thursday to NFL owners, Goodell set forth a stronger policy against domestic violence and sexual assault. He also wrote about other infractions involving weapons offenses and drunken driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In addition to focusing on domestic violence and sexual assault, we will continue to maintain strong policies regarding weapons offenses,\" Goodell wrote. \"We are similarly working to strengthen our response to impaired driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have sought — unsuccessfully — for several years to obtain the NFLPA's agreement to more stringent discipline for DUI, including mandatory deactivation for the game immediately following an arrest and a minimum two-game suspension for a first violation of law. We will continue to press our position on this issue in the hope of securing the union's agreement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most suspensions for personal-conduct violations have ranged between one and eight games since Goodell became commissioner in 2006. Prior to Smith's ruling, Goodell recently drew widespread criticism for suspending Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice only two games after a domestic-violence incident.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Smith missed five games last year to enter a substance abuse program. The Niners won all five.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another Niners All-Pro linebacker, NaVorro Bowman, will miss at least six games as he rehabs from a knee injury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apropos of NFL suspension times, here's a \u003ca href=\"http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nfl-domestic-violence-policy-suspensions/\">FiveThirtyEight feature\u003c/a> from yesterday looking at how much involuntary time off people received for different violations over the NFL's history. Most of these personal conduct suspensions have been for one to five games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the full story on the Aldon Smith suspension from AP:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith has been suspended for nine games by the NFL after a series of off-field legal issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A statement Friday from the league said Smith had violated the NFL's substance abuse and personal conduct policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith won't be eligible to return until Nov. 10, the day after the 49ers' game against the New Orleans Saints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our organization has known this decision would come and we have prepared for it as a team,\" 49ers general manager Trent Baalke said in a statement. \"Aldon has taken responsibility for his actions and has continued to show growth personally and professionally. We will continue to support him, but it is time to put this matter behind us and focus on the season ahead.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 24-year-old Smith, one of the NFL's top pass rushers, missed five games last season to undergo treatment at an in-patient facility following his DUI arrest Sept. 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just before training camp began last month, the 24-year-old Smith was sentenced to serve three years of probation and to spend 11 days with a work crew after he pleaded no contest to drunken driving and weapons charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has repeatedly said he has been sober since his DUI arrest last September. Smith played in a 27-7 home loss to the Colts on Sept. 22, two days after he was arrested and jailed on suspicion of DUI and marijuana possession. After the game, he publicly apologized for his behavior and later announced he would leave for treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Niners went on a five-game winning streak without him, Smith's menacing presence was sorely missed. The team still picked up his 2015 contract option this spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his latest run-in with the law, Smith was arrested April 13 at Los Angeles International Airport. Police said Smith was randomly selected for a secondary screening and became uncooperative with the process, telling a TSA agent that he had a bomb. No charges were filed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, he pleaded not guilty to three felony counts of illegal possession of an assault weapon, stemming from a June 2012 party at his home. Investigators said several shots were fired, two partygoers were injured and Smith was stabbed. 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We will continue to press our position on this issue in the hope of securing the union's agreement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most suspensions for personal-conduct violations have ranged between one and eight games since Goodell became commissioner in 2006. Prior to Smith's ruling, Goodell recently drew widespread criticism for suspending Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice only two games after a domestic-violence incident.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Smith missed five games last year to enter a substance abuse program. The Niners won all five.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another Niners All-Pro linebacker, NaVorro Bowman, will miss at least six games as he rehabs from a knee injury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apropos of NFL suspension times, here's a \u003ca href=\"http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nfl-domestic-violence-policy-suspensions/\">FiveThirtyEight feature\u003c/a> from yesterday looking at how much involuntary time off people received for different violations over the NFL's history. Most of these personal conduct suspensions have been for one to five games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the full story on the Aldon Smith suspension from AP:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith has been suspended for nine games by the NFL after a series of off-field legal issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A statement Friday from the league said Smith had violated the NFL's substance abuse and personal conduct policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith won't be eligible to return until Nov. 10, the day after the 49ers' game against the New Orleans Saints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our organization has known this decision would come and we have prepared for it as a team,\" 49ers general manager Trent Baalke said in a statement. \"Aldon has taken responsibility for his actions and has continued to show growth personally and professionally. We will continue to support him, but it is time to put this matter behind us and focus on the season ahead.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 24-year-old Smith, one of the NFL's top pass rushers, missed five games last season to undergo treatment at an in-patient facility following his DUI arrest Sept. 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just before training camp began last month, the 24-year-old Smith was sentenced to serve three years of probation and to spend 11 days with a work crew after he pleaded no contest to drunken driving and weapons charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has repeatedly said he has been sober since his DUI arrest last September. Smith played in a 27-7 home loss to the Colts on Sept. 22, two days after he was arrested and jailed on suspicion of DUI and marijuana possession. After the game, he publicly apologized for his behavior and later announced he would leave for treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Niners went on a five-game winning streak without him, Smith's menacing presence was sorely missed. The team still picked up his 2015 contract option this spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his latest run-in with the law, Smith was arrested April 13 at Los Angeles International Airport. Police said Smith was randomly selected for a secondary screening and became uncooperative with the process, telling a TSA agent that he had a bomb. No charges were filed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, he pleaded not guilty to three felony counts of illegal possession of an assault weapon, stemming from a June 2012 party at his home. Investigators said several shots were fired, two partygoers were injured and Smith was stabbed. In the subsequent investigation, prosecutors say detectives found five unregistered, illegal weapons in Smith's house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last season, Smith finished with 8 1/2 sacks and 34 tackles in 11 games with eight starts. He was initially worked back in slowly, but demonstrated he had stayed in shape while away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Selected seventh overall in the 2011 draft out of Missouri, Smith had a franchise-record 19 1/2 sacks during the 2012 season for the 49ers, who lost to Baltimore in the Super Bowl after that season.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_142190\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/flag-football-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-142190\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/07/flag-football-1-640x449.jpg\" alt=\"John Barberini of Hayward watches the Legends of Candlestick flag football game, an event featuring former San Francisco 49ers greats against a team of retired NFL stars. It was billed as the final football game at the stadium, now slated for demolition next year. (Dan Brekke/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"449\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Barberini of Hayward watches the Legends of Candlestick flag football game, an event featuring former San Francisco 49ers greats against a team of retired NFL stars. It was billed as the final football game at the stadium, now slated for demolition next year. (Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Hopefully, it won't get too physical,\" Roger Craig says. It was the kind of thing you’d hear from just about any middle-aged guy talking about getting together to play a game of football with friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"'Cause sometimes, you know, competitive juices come out of you and you tend to forget that you’re 50 years old,\" he says. \"You can’t make those moves any more, so be careful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only Craig isn’t your average weekend warrior. He made a name for himself as \u003ca href=\"http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CraiRo00.htm\" target=\"_blank\">a relentless running back and talented receiver\u003c/a> for three of the San Francisco 49ers' Super Bowl championship teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Craig was among dozens of fellow retired teammates, including Hall of Fame quarterback \u003ca href=\"http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MontJo01.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Montana\u003c/a> and receiver \u003ca href=\"http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RiceJe00.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Jerry Rice\u003c/a>, to get together for a charity game of flag football earlier this month at Candlestick Park. The old 49ers, mostly in their 50s, took on a squad of retired NFL stars led by \u003ca href=\"http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MariDa00.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Dolphins QB Dan Marino\u003c/a> — Montana's foil in \u003ca href=\"http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/198501200mia.htm\" target=\"_blank\">the 1984 Super Bowl.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “Legends of Candlestick” game was billed as the stadium’s final football game forever. It was a chance for fans like San Jose's Joe Quilici to say goodbye to a tired-looking Candlestick and celebrate its legacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had seasons tickets ever since they moved to Candlestick from Kezar,” Quilici said. “My dad’s no longer with us, and he was diehard. He used to sit right over there in Section 37. I just had to see it one more time. For me it’s personal. Very personal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Quilici, fan Tim Griffin, from Corte Madera, has been coming out to this cold, windy park most of his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s time,” Griffin said. “They need to blow [Candlestick] up. And life goes on, but it’s nice to come out and see some of these former greats play one more time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/159970508&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And those former greats, a little older, a little grayer, maybe just a little slower, still have a big following. Once play started, the fans couldn’t help themselves. It didn’t matter that it was flag football played on a short field field in a mostly empty stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The consensus in the stands: Jerry Rice, the 49ers' No. 80, is the most impressive of the old-timers scurrying around the field below. Rice caught several passes and scored at least one touchdown — it was a little hard to keep track of stats as the score mounted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Jerry Rice always looks good,\" said Masai Kenyatta of Campbell. \"He's always in the most ridiculous shape.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With time running out in the game, and the Candlestick wind starting to howl, the Niners needed a touchdown to win. Joe Montana spotted a target in the end zone, and lobbed the ball into the arms of former 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He lobbed it! To Eddie D.! To Eddie D.!” said John Barberini of Hayward, reflecting the delight that erupted all around the stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it was over. The final score: Niners 45, All Stars 40.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Candlestick Park still has a couple more acts before it finally shuts down: There's a soccer game between the San Jose Earthquakes and Spain's Atletico Madrid this weekend. And then next month, Sir Paul McCartney will play to a sold-out house in what is — for now — the last scheduled event at the Stick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeBartolo, however, knew that this was — probably– the last time the fans would see a football game on this field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thank you for a lifetime, and I mean a lifetime, of happiness and thrills,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The journalistic response is to describe those holes and ask the police how they’re filling them.'\u003ccite>— Kelly McBride,\u003cbr>\nPoynter Institute\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In that context, it's worth taking a look at \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/217505156/Miami-Police-Report-Suspicious-Incident-involving-San-Francisco-49ers-quarterback-Colin-Kaepernick\" target=\"_blank\">the Miami police \"information report\"\u003c/a> (embedded below) that's the basis of all the stories about Kaepernick, the other players (49ers receiver Quinton Patton and Seattle Seahawks receiver Ricardo Lockette) and the unidentified woman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What does the document, based on an April 3 police interview with the woman, actually say?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It cites Kaepernick, Patton and Lockette as suspects in an incident that unfolded the evening of April 1 and early April 2, in a luxury residential hotel on Miami's Brickell Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unnamed woman, who says she has had a previous sexual relationship with Kaepernick, said she went to visit Lockette in his apartment. Patton and Kaepernick were already there when she arrived. The report continues:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"They talked for a while and she mixed some drinks for all of them and gave them shots. advised [sic] that they told her that in order to drink the shots she had to 'hit' the bong which contained marijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They sat down, talked, and watched the basketball game. She started to feel light headed and went to a bedroom to lie down. [Redacted] took off her jacket and jewelry. Mr. Kaepernick came behind her into the bedroom and started kissing her. She advised they were kissing (mouth) and Mr. Kaepernick started to undressed her [sic]. She got completely naked. Mr. Kaepernick told her that he was going to be right back and left the bedroom. They did not have sex. [Redacted] advised that she was in bed naked and Mr. Patton and Mr. Lockette opened the door and “peeked” inside. She told them 'what are you doing? Where is Colin?;' 'get out!'. 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The disturbing suggestion that's raised, and that media outlets have been quick to seize on, is that the woman was drugged, assaulted and then dumped at a hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that's a suggestion that comes from filling in the blanks: \"If A and B happened, then C must have happened, too.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, it's important to note that a presumption of innocence is afforded even to pro football players who may comport themselves in a questionable manner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, the document we're looking at today is what the police are careful to describe as an \"information report.\" It \u003cem>does\u003c/em> describe the woman as a \"victim\" and the players as \"suspects.\" But as \u003ca href=\"http://about.poynter.org/about-us/our-people/kelly-mcbride\" target=\"_blank\">Kelly McBride\u003c/a>, a media ethics specialist at Florida's \u003ca href=\"http://about.poynter.org/about-us/mission-history\" target=\"_blank\">Poynter Institute\u003c/a>, notes: “There are gaping holes in the police report. 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"disqusTitle": "Video: Richard Sherman Taunts Michael Crabtree Post-Game",
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