Matt Barrows

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Matt Barrows

The match lasts only 32 seconds. On one side is a heavyweight from a rival high school. On the other is Mykel Williams, the underdog, at least in terms of weight. Twelve seconds into the match, Williams already has his opponent on the ground. At 14 seconds, he has pounced on his back. And five seconds after that, Williams has his long arms coiled around the bigger boy like a python on a piglet. There's no escape. The match might not be a technical masterpiece.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Matt Barrows

The San Francisco 49ers almost had to complete Brock Purdy's extension before OTA practices begin later this month. First, they needed to avoid even a whiff of the dysfunction that marked last year's offseason, one in which Brandon Aiyuk's and Trent Williams' contract issues overshadowed - sometimes seemingly by design in Aiyuk's case - everything that was happening on the field.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Matt Barrows |Dianna Russini

Brock Purdy has gone from Mr. Irrelevant to Mr. Moneybags. Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers on Friday agreed to terms on a five-year, $265 million contract extension that makes him the wealthiest player in franchise history, league sources told to The Athletic. For perspective, the 49ers gave their former quarterback, Jimmy Garoppolo, a five-year, $137.5 million deal in 2018 that briefly made Garoppolo the highest paid player in the NFL.

3 weeks ago | football.realgm.com | Matt Barrows |Dianna Russini

The San Francisco 49ers are selling a total of six percent of the franchise to three separate families based in the Bay Area at a valuation above $8.5 billion. The York family had owned approximately 97 percent of the 49ers, which will now bring their ownership stake to 91 percent. Vinod Khosla, 70, was the co-founder of Sun Microsystems and is currently the managing director of Khosla Ventures out of Menlo Park. The Khosla family will own 3.1 percent of the 49ers.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Matt Barrows |Dianna Russini

The San Francisco 49ers are in the process of selling 6.2 percent of the team to a trio of Bay Area families, according to a league source familiar with the proposal. The York family, who own the 49ers, would sell 3.1 percent to the Khosla family, 2.1 percent to the Deeter family and 1 percent to William Griffith. The league's finance committee has recommended approval of the transactions at next week's NFL owners meeting in Minnesota.