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EDT">September 20, 2012</span> <h1><a href="/web/20120920181848/http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/38659464/">Still Holding On</a></h1> <img class="feature-img" alt="" src="/web/20120920181848im_/http://www.sportsonearth.com/writer/gwen_knapp/" data-dimensions="false" 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They're now clinging to an AL wild-card spot, but this franchise knows all too well that things can change. For better or worse, the unfathomable always makes itself at home in Oakland.</div> </article> <article class="has-thumb"> <img class="article-thumb" alt="" src="/web/20120920181848im_/http://www.sportsonearth.com/writer/gwen_knapp/" data-dimensions="false" data-cuts="[{"height":2221,"width":3216,"src":"/assets/images/6/9/4/38559694/cuts/harbaugh_t1_3f8mh0wz_vqkat2b0.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":72,"width":72,"src":"/assets/images/6/9/4/38559694/cuts/harbaugh_t1_3f8mh0wz_pdjv8lsb.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":100,"width":200,"src":"/assets/images/6/9/4/38559694/cuts/harbaugh_t1_3f8mh0wz_dazwt11g.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":90,"width":135,"src":"/assets/images/6/9/4/38559694/cuts/harbaugh3x2_iwmje1ie.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":86,"width":115,"src":"/assets/images/6/9/4/38559694/cuts/harbaugh_t1_3f8mh0wz_91j4vkhl.jpg"},{"height":778,"width":1400,"src":"/assets/images/6/9/4/38559694/cuts/harbaugh_t1_3f8mh0wz_et54qixx.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":550,"width":990,"src":"/assets/images/6/9/4/38559694/cuts/harbaugh_t1_3f8mh0wz_7ipntym2.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":90,"width":247,"src":"/assets/images/6/9/4/38559694/cuts/harbaugh_t1_3f8mh0wz_2xmkvip5.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":538,"width":950,"src":"/assets/images/6/9/4/38559694/cuts/harbaugh_t1_3f8mh0wz_z6ekq554.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":348,"width":615,"src":"/assets/images/6/9/4/38559694/cuts/harbaugh_t1_3f8mh0wz_pspzgfsd.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":150,"width":265,"src":"/assets/images/6/9/4/38559694/cuts/harbaugh_t1_3f8mh0wz_0cwc69t2.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":115,"width":205,"src":"/assets/images/6/9/4/38559694/cuts/harbaugh_t1_3f8mh0wz_5ak38sv8.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":90,"width":160,"src":"/assets/images/6/9/4/38559694/cuts/harbaugh_t1_3f8mh0wz_qz6khmtt.jpg"}]" data-sizes="{"mobile":265,"tablet":265,"desktop":265}"/> <span class="type">article</span> <span class="date-stamp" data-date="Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:45:01 EDT">September 17, 2012</span> <h1><a href="/web/20120920181848/http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/38558680/">The Peculiar Ways of Jim Harbaugh</a></h1> <div class="blurb">Unlike his last meeting with Jim Schwartz and the Lions, Niners coach Jim Harbaugh remained relatively subdued in his team's Week 2 victory. He kept it civil and bland and almost calculated. 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But when two NFL players took to the national stage last week to run a good-cop, bad-cop routine on a state legislator, cultural vertigo ensued. Fortunately, attitudes are changing. <a class="more" href="/web/20120920181848/http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/38402034/">More»</a></div> </article> <article class="has-thumb"> <img class="article-thumb" alt="" src="/web/20120920181848im_/http://www.sportsonearth.com/writer/gwen_knapp/" data-dimensions="false" data-cuts="[{"height":3027,"width":4541,"src":"/assets/images/4/4/0/38193440/cuts/151683539_smtyukas_179qjppy.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":72,"width":72,"src":"/assets/images/4/4/0/38193440/cuts/151683539_smtyukas_791hrmqd.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":100,"width":200,"src":"/assets/images/4/4/0/38193440/cuts/151683539_smtyukas_gagjlyqm.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":90,"width":135,"src":"/assets/images/4/4/0/38193440/cuts/peyton3x2_k5c9hhd9.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":86,"width":115,"src":"/assets/images/4/4/0/38193440/cuts/151683539_smtyukas_wbh57r3a.jpg"},{"height":778,"width":1400,"src":"/assets/images/4/4/0/38193440/cuts/151683539_smtyukas_ypiu2tvu.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":550,"width":990,"src":"/assets/images/4/4/0/38193440/cuts/151683539_smtyukas_od3et8pm.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":90,"width":247,"src":"/assets/images/4/4/0/38193440/cuts/151683539_smtyukas_na07g1xx.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":538,"width":950,"src":"/assets/images/4/4/0/38193440/cuts/151683539_smtyukas_r2d9vlyw.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":348,"width":615,"src":"/assets/images/4/4/0/38193440/cuts/151683539_smtyukas_5b31cslu.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":150,"width":265,"src":"/assets/images/4/4/0/38193440/cuts/151683539_smtyukas_a0fxlcqb.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":115,"width":205,"src":"/assets/images/4/4/0/38193440/cuts/151683539_smtyukas_etceyyho.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":90,"width":160,"src":"/assets/images/4/4/0/38193440/cuts/151683539_smtyukas_0typ844h.jpg"}]" data-sizes="{"mobile":265,"tablet":265,"desktop":265}"/> <span class="type">article</span> <span class="date-stamp" data-date="Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:33:35 EDT">September 10, 2012</span> <h1><a href="/web/20120920181848/http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/38193004/">Manning's Second Chapter Begins</a></h1> <div class="blurb">Every aspect of Peyton Manning's victorious debut as a Bronco showed that his former employers in Indianapolis did right by him when they decided to waive him, allowing one of the greatest players in NFL history to chart his own future. <a class="more" href="/web/20120920181848/http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/38193004/">More»</a></div> </article> <article class="has-thumb"> <img class="article-thumb" alt="" src="/web/20120920181848im_/http://www.sportsonearth.com/writer/gwen_knapp/" data-dimensions="false" data-cuts="[{"at2x":true,"height":86,"width":115,"src":"/assets/images/6/3/2/38150632/cuts/mccarthy2_q51z8jxr_t76i3yii.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":90,"width":135,"src":"/assets/images/6/3/2/38150632/cuts/mccarthy_1z0ftd52.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":100,"width":200,"src":"/assets/images/6/3/2/38150632/cuts/mccarthy2_q51z8jxr_eponumxg.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":72,"width":72,"src":"/assets/images/6/3/2/38150632/cuts/mccarthy2_q51z8jxr_shtctep2.jpg"},{"height":1100,"width":1980,"src":"/assets/images/6/3/2/38150632/cuts/mccarthy2_q51z8jxr_74b0xkz1@2x.jpg"},{"height":778,"width":1400,"src":"/assets/images/6/3/2/38150632/cuts/mccarthy2_q51z8jxr_o3tzh8az.jpg"},{"height":550,"width":990,"src":"/assets/images/6/3/2/38150632/cuts/mccarthy2_q51z8jxr_74b0xkz1.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":90,"width":247,"src":"/assets/images/6/3/2/38150632/cuts/mccarthy2_q51z8jxr_jesyo08g.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":538,"width":950,"src":"/assets/images/6/3/2/38150632/cuts/mccarthy2_q51z8jxr_dxougq9u.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":348,"width":615,"src":"/assets/images/6/3/2/38150632/cuts/mccarthy2_q51z8jxr_yo5uu0m6.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":150,"width":265,"src":"/assets/images/6/3/2/38150632/cuts/mccarthy2_q51z8jxr_7wfyzs6n.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":115,"width":205,"src":"/assets/images/6/3/2/38150632/cuts/mccarthy2_q51z8jxr_gvxcfzy1.jpg"},{"at2x":true,"height":90,"width":160,"src":"/assets/images/6/3/2/38150632/cuts/mccarthy2_q51z8jxr_o6k0k9ci.jpg"}]" data-sizes="{"mobile":265,"tablet":265,"desktop":265}"/> <span class="type">article</span> <span class="date-stamp" data-date="Sun, 09 Sep 2012 13:57:35 EDT">September 9, 2012</span> <h1><a href="/web/20120920181848/http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/38148958/">Humor is Best Medicine for McCarthy</a></h1> <div class="blurb">The scary times haven’t ended for Brandon McCarthy following his head injury. 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It makes leadership sound like bean-counting. 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