SANTA CLARA – Hard to believe it’s been over 20 years since the 49ers bestowed the No. 1 overall pick on Alex Smith inside a New York City convention center. The draft has since ballooned into a ...

Alex Smith is the kind of man you'd want your daughter to marry. Jim Tomsula, the 49ers' effusive defensive-line coach, first delivered that scouting report a year ago, when he briefly stepped into ...

It’s a truism that the most popular player on a football team is the backup quarterback. For the 49ers, it’s now Colin Kaepernick. Nothing new here. I remember when fans — and some writers — clamored ...

Alex Smith became one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL during his 16-year career. The former Utah Utes quarterback was selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft by the San Francisco ...

“Super Bowl Conversations,” a podcast with former Ravens coach Brian Billick and online sports editor Pierce W. Huff, is available now. Go to http://theadvocate ...