The Kansas City Chiefs now won’t have to worry about reaching to choose West Virginia’s Geno Smith or Southern Cal’s Matt Barkley with the No. 1 pick in April’s NFL draft as the Chiefs will acquire former San Francisco 49ers starter Alex Smith. Kansas City will trade its second-round pick in the 2013 draft — the second selection (No. 34

Baltimore Ravens vs San Francisco 49ers Date: 6:30 PM ET, Sunday, February 3, 2013 Place: Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana TV channel: 6:30 p.m. ET, CBS. Bets: 49ers -3.5, O/U 47 at Bovada Sportsbook Brothers facing off as opposing head coaches. The finest linebacker of his generation – and arguably of all time – playing in the final game of his storied career. A pair of quarterbacks that few

The Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday, February 3 when they battle at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in the Super Bowl. Oddsmakers currently have the 49ers listed as 4-point favorites versus the Ravens, while the game’s total is sitting at 48. The Ravens were a 28-13 winner in their most recent outing on the

The Super Bowl XLVII matchup for a week from Sunday at New Orleans’ Super Dome is set as the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens will face off, and the NFC champs have opened as 4-point favorites with the total at 47.5 on Sportsbetonline.com (check current lines here). Of course the main storyline is that 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh will

The San Francisco 49ers lost a crushing NFC Championship Game as a home favorite last year against the New York Giants. The Niners are favored again for Sunday’s NFC title game, but this time San Francisco has to visit top-seeded Atlanta. San Francisco advanced to their second consecutive title game with a decisive 45-31 home victory against Green Bay, with

The Patriots were rather fortunate to escape at home in last year’s AFC Championship Game against the Ravens when Billy Cundiff shanked a 32-yard potential tying field goal in the final seconds. And it will be a rematch on Sunday in Foxboro, first AFC Championship game rematch in consecutive years since Denver and Cleveland met in back-to-back conference title games

The Atlanta Falcons have won two playoff games in the same season just once, and it so happened to be the franchise’s only Super Bowl berth. The Falcons can make it No. 2 – and play in the cozy confines of a New Orleans Superdome with which the team is very familiar – but upsetting San Francisco on Sunday. Last

After a devastating loss to the New England Patriots last season in Foxboro in the AFC Championship Game, the Ravens get another chance on Sunday to reach the franchise’s first Super Bowl in more than a decade. The Ravens stunned Denver 38-35 in double overtime last week in the fourth-longest playoff game in NFL history. Quarterback Joe Flacco connected with

Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots Date: 6:30 PM ET, Sunday, January 20, 2013 Place: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts TV channel: 6:30 p.m. ET, CBS. Bets: Patriots -9, O/U 51.5 at Bovada Sportsbook The Baltimore Ravens took down one future Hall of Fame quarterback on the road last week and will to repeat that feat when they visit Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in Sunday’s AFC championship game. It will be a rematch of last

San Francisco 49ers at Atlanta Falcons Date: 3:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 20, 2013 Place: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia TV channel: 3 p.m. ET, FOX. Bets: 49ers -3.5. O/U: 48 at Bovada Sportsbook The San Francisco 49ers are returning to the NFC championship game for the second time in as many years, but this time the offense is significantly different. Colin Kaepernick put together one of the most dynamic performances for a quarterback in playoff