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By Matthew Barrows - Published: Thursday, July 2 2009 - 12:00 am

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Pity the poor freshman tight end that walks into the Maryland weight room for first time. Looming above the rows of weight benches and stacks of iron plates are the names of the school's record holders, position by position, dating back to 1981.

Alex Smith nearly has made up for lost time

By Matthew Barrows - Updated: Thursday, June 25 2009 - 9:03 am

Alex Smith spent January, February and March asking himself the same question: "Is my arm ever going to feel the way it used to?"

Ex-49er Paris watches daughter endure hard knocks in WNBA

By Jason Jones - Published: Saturday, June 20 2009 - 12:00 am

Daddy wanted a foul called.

William "Bubba" Paris was accustomed to seeing any player who unnecessarily touched his daughter immediately called for a foul when she was a high school star in the Bay Area and, later, at Oklahoma.

Singletary: 49ers can win division

By Matthew Barrows - Published: Wednesday, June 17 2009 - 12:00 am

SANTA CLARA – Mike Singletary never misses an opportunity to remind his players that they are behind the NFL's elite teams. But to hear him talk Tuesday, the 49ers are within striking distance.

Matthew Barrows: 49ers allowed to take chances under new regime

By Matthew Barrows - Published: Thursday, June 11 2009 - 12:00 am

SANTA CLARA – Speaking the other day about former Rams teammate Dre' Bly, 49ers wide receiver Isaac Bruce used a word seldom heard around team headquarters in recent years.

49ers notes: Long snapper rewarded with extension

By Matthew Barrows - Published: Sunday, June 7 2009 - 12:00 am

The 49ers on Saturday signed one of their former Pro Bowl players to a contract extension, but it's probably not the player you're thinking of.

Vernon Davis: lift and separate

Posted by Matt Barrows at 7:01 AM

This is not a new blog post. This is merely an addendum to the Vernon Davis story from yesterday. In that story, I mentioned that Davis broke all the weight-lifting ...