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Niners Week Fourteen Awards: The Al Davis Bowl Edition

Posted on December 8, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

With the possibility of a playoff berth looking remote, the Niners had one mission left this season: Do not publicly embarrass yourselves by losing to your pathetic, 1-11 cross-Bay rivals. Sadly, they couldn’t even manage to pull this off, falling … Continue reading →

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Niners Week Thirteen Awards: The Niners Ruined Thanksgiving Edition

Posted on November 28, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

This one’s gonna be short. In fact, I’m only handing out one award this week. The Al Davis Award (Dysfunctional Football Team): The Santa Clara Raiders In a season in which my once proud San Francisco 49ers have gradually devolved … Continue reading →

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Niners Week Twelve Awards: The Guest Blogger Tierney Cooke Edition

Posted on November 24, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

Editor’s note: I was out of pocket this weekend, so I recruited the biggest Niners fan I know, my friend Tierney, to write the recap. She killed it—to the tune of 2,000 words! I hope y’all enjoy reading this as … Continue reading →

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Niners Week Eleven Awards: The Continuing to Win Ugly Edition

Posted on November 18, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

The Niners were in my backyard this weekend—well, across a couple of rivers and over in New Jersey anyway—but I kinda blew my wad on the whole trip to New Orleans thing, and besides, I’ve never been one to sit … Continue reading →

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Niners Week Ten Awards: The Live From New Orleans Edition

Posted on November 13, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

Longtime readers know that I love New Orleans and will take any chance to head down to the bayou. So, when my buddy Matt texted me a couple of months and asked if I wanted to go to NOLA for … Continue reading →

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Niners Week Nine Awards: The Niners Suck and I Don’t Care Because the Giants Won the World Series Edition

Posted on November 4, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

While San Francisco’s baseball team reached the top of the mountain last week, its football team reached the nadir of the likely short-lived Jim Harbaugh era. Let’s take a look at the Niners’ pathetic 13-10 loss to the Rams in … Continue reading →

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Niners Week Seven Awards: The I Stopped Watching at Halftime Edition

Posted on October 20, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

Since the Niners decided not to show up for last night’s game, I’m not going to spend much time on this. Frankly, even the ten minutes I do spend on this is more than that shitty effort deserves. The Al … Continue reading →

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Niners Week Six Awards: The Brandon Lloyd Saved the Season Edition

Posted on October 16, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

Teams from San Francisco beat teams from St. Louis. Putting aside baseball considerations for now, let’s look at the Niners’ 31-17 victory over the Rams. The Al Davis Award (dysfunctional football team): The Santa Clara Raiders The first half of … Continue reading →

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Niners Week Five Awards: The Delayed by the MLB Playoffs Edition

Posted on October 9, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

I’m not going to give myself an award this week, but I would like to note that I have a legitimate reason for posting my recap three days late. I watched Niners-Chiefs on Sunday afternoon lying on my mom’s couch, … Continue reading →

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Niners Week Four Awards: The I Am Confused By This Team Edition

Posted on September 29, 2014 by fromabrooklynbasement

A day later and after having read pretty much every recap on the internet (Note: that second part definitely isn’t true—the internet is big), I still don’t really understand what happened on Sunday. At no point during that game did … Continue reading →

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