49ers

• The 49ers and Giants are battling for the NFC Championship today at Candlestick Park, with a berth in Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis on Feb. 5 at stake. Keep checking back for updates and analysis from San Francisco.
(San Jose Mercury News)
• Alex Smith and Vernon Davis connected for their second touchdown pass of the game to help the San Francisco 49ers take a 14-10 lead over the New York Giants after three quarters in the NFC championship game Sunday.
(San Francisco Gate)
• 49ers cornerback Tarell Brown has been helped off the field in the NFC championship game after a hard collision with teammate and safety Dashon Goldson.
(Abc Local Web)
• SAN FRANCISCO (WTW) — Vernon Davis caught a 73-yard touchdown pass from Alex Smith, and the San Francisco 49ers jumped out to a 7-0 lead over the New York Giants after the first quarter of the NFC championship game Sunday.
(Cincinnati.com)
• SAN FRANCISCO — Last weekend at Candlestick Park, it felt the way it used to feel when "Montana" and "Young" and "Rice" were stitched onto jerseys, when the 49ers boasted a franchise as successful as any in sports.
(New York Times)
• On Saturday, January 14 th, the San Francisco 49ers beat the New Orleans Saints to move on to the NFC Championship game. While of course this was not a good day for Saints fans, for many attending the game it was far worse than just a team loss.
(YAHOO!)
• Whitner quickly qualified that its not anyones plan to injure or maim an opponent but football is a physical enterprise (just ask Joe Montana). We don't want to go out and intentionally hurt anybody, he said.
(CBS Sports)
• Coach Jim Harbaugh wants two things in preparing for the New York Giants this Sunday at Candlestick Park in the NFC Championship Game. He wants it to rain on his team in practice, and he seemingly wants his team to be loose.
(CBS Sports)
• -- Every day they come to work through the lobby at their teams Santa Clara headquarters, the 49ers pass by one of the most impressive trophy cases in professional sports.
(San Francisco Gate)
• Alex Smith was hardly spectacular with 124 passing yards and no touchdowns, but Ted Ginn certainly was, returning a kickoff 102 yards and later a 55-yard punt return - all in the fourth quarter - for Jim Harbaughs first win.
(Sacramento Bee)