More 49ers headed to the Hall of Fame?

The 49ers will honor Hall-of-Fame defender Fred Dean on Dec. 7 at halftime of the game against the New York Jets, the 49ers have announced. But it’s not too early to look at the nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2009.

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The Singletary-Walsh connection

In August 2007, a few days after the death of Bill Walsh, I spoke to Mike Singletary. I asked the Hall-of-Fame player about the Hall-of-Fame coach. What follows is the article I wrote for The Press Democrat.

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Fielding questions from the studio audience

Thanks for participating in the Q&A. The session has expired. I know it was a little (OK, a LOT) difficult to follow the progression of the questions and my responses. Probably in the future, the best way to handle it is to put all the questions and their answers in a separate post. Hey, you live and you learn. –Matt M.

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Exit interview: Nolan saw it coming for a couple weeks

Mike Nolan has spent a lot of time the past two days on the phone, speaking with friends and family and many of his former players. Nolan was fired Monday after going 18-37 in 3 1/2 seasons as head coach. Today, he was gracious enough to return my phone call. We spoke for about 15 minutes, and covered such topics as what went right and what went wrong. Ultimately, he said…

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