That was 25 years ago this month, when the San Francisco 49ers unveiled a helmet design that was so bad, and triggered such overwhelmingly negative fan response, that the team scrapped the whole idea ...

Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone brought his football helmet to the fifth annual Dwight Clark Legacy Series on Wednesday night in downtown San Jose, but he wasn’t planning to run a few plays.

The San Francisco 49ers just brought in a player who knows exactly what it takes to win on the NFL’s biggest stage. And not just because he’s been there, but because he made the play that helped turn ...