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Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Exclusive content from Damon Bruce, Bay Area sports talk legend.San Francisco 49ers, Golden State Warriors, San Francisco Giants.Plus a little Indiana basketball. And Phish.#thepluce
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- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Eight Fights. Four Ejections. One Message — The 49ers Are DONE Being Nice
Three fights in the first six plays from scrimmage. Eight total brawls before it was over. Four ejections. And a San Francisco 49ers defense that came out to…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
49ers Rookies Meet the Real NFL Today — Joint Practice With the Titans Changes Everything
Today is the day the pretending stops. Walkthroughs are over. Shells are over. Competing against your own teammates every day is over. The Tennessee Titans…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Titans Hit Santa Clara — The 49ers Biggest Camp Week Is Here!
No more shells. No more walkthroughs. No more speculation. The Tennessee Titans are in Santa Clara for two days of joint practices and a preseason game this…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Aaron Donald Working Hard — If He Joins Myles Garrett, the 49ers & NFC Are In Trouble
Aaron Donald — three-time Defensive Player of the Year, first-ballot Hall of Famer, the most dominant interior defensive lineman in NFL history — officially…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers' Left Guard Battle Rages — The Wrong Answer Could Hurt Brock Purdy - WAKE UP!
ESPN called the left guard spot San Francisco's biggest training camp battle — and it's not hard to see why. Both guards from last season, Ben Bartch and…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers Are Already Down 20 Players in Training Camp — They Say It's Normal. Is It?
The 49ers have been statistically among the most injured teams in the NFL for the better part of a decade. The substation theory went viral this winter. The…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers' Substation Cloud Is Back - It's A Constant Negative Story
We're going LIVE to have the honest conversation the 49ers can't escape no matter how many scientists they hire. Right or wrong. Fair or foul. Proven or…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
John Middlekauff Joins DB+ — Full 49ers Season Preview & Our NFL Predictions for 2026
1:30 - 49ers Injuries already piling up. 4:00 - Deebo 2.0, Greenlaw 2.0 5:45 - Brock’s first season pulling in the big money. 7:30 - Shanahan’s car crash…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Ricky Pearsall's 49ers Career Has Been One Long Failure to Launch
Pearsall is 25 years old and will have played a total of 20 games through his first three NFL seasons. Ouch. The 49ers spent the 31st overall pick on him in…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
DEEBO IS BACK! 49ers Bring Their Guy Home.
The 49ers traded Deebo Samuel to Washington for a fifth-round pick in 2025. One year later — with Ricky Pearsall's knee potentially done for the season…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Ricky Pearsall Lasted THREE Days Before His Knee Hurt — 49ers' Injury Curse Is BACK
Three Days. That's it. That's all the 49ers got from Ricky Pearsall before his knee shut him down again. The same PCL that cost him eight games in 2025 is…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Shanahan Was THIS CLOSE to Losing His Eye — Now the Entire NFL World Is Watching the 49ers
49ers training camp opened with their head coach recovering from a broken nose, three broken ribs, a broken hand, a severe concussion, and more than 40…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Brandon Aiyuk Bought a Mansion Next to a Team That Hasn't Signed Him. Seriously?
Brandon Aiyuk — still under contract with the San Francisco 49ers, still on the reserve/left team list, still unsigned by anyone — just went on Instagram to…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
This Is the 49ers' Last Best Shot at a Super Bowl — And They Know It
The 2026 San Francisco 49ers are staring down the most important season of the Kyle Shanahan era — and everybody inside that building knows it. The greatest…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The NFL Is Not a Sports League. It's the Most Powerful Business in America.
The NFL generated over $20 billion in revenue last year. Seventeen of the twenty most watched television broadcasts in American history are NFL games. The…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
LeBron to Golden State Is Fading / Warriors' Summer Is a Mess / Nick Friedell Joins
We're going LIVE with ESPN Warriors insider Nick Friedell to break down everything that has and hasn't happened in Golden State this summer — and right now…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
NFL Owners Just Put a Price on Player Safety — It's the Cost of a Grass Field
The NFL is the most profitable sports league on the planet. Thirty-two franchises. Billions in revenue. Owners worth tens of billions of dollars individually…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Flirting w/ Deebo, Rookies Are In & Camp Is Opening — 49ers Season Is HERE
Deebo Samuel is apparently not done with San Francisco. There are rumblings. De'Zhaun Stribling. Kaelon Black. Romello Height. Ephysians Prysock. The kids are…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Purdy. McCaffrey. Mike Evans. Are the 49ers Sitting on a Top 5 Triplets in the NFL?
CBS Sports just ranked the 49ers' triplets — Brock Purdy, Christian McCaffrey, and Mike Evans — 8th in the NFL. When these three are healthy and operating…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Stefon Diggs Is Still Available — What Would He Do to the 49ers' WR Room?
Four-time Pro Bowler. 85 catches. 1,013 yards last season in New England — coming off a torn ACL playing only 55% of snaps. Found not guilty in May. Released…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Brock Purdy Is About to Become the NFL's All-Time Passer Rating Leader
It's hiding in plain sight. And we're done letting it hide. His career passer rating currently sits among the highest in NFL history. He owns the highest…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Robert Saleh Built This 49ers Defense — And He Says Alfred Collins Is Just Getting Started
Robert Saleh built this 49ers defense. He knows what a pass rusher looks like before the rest of us do. And at the American Century Championship, he went on…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
LeBron Is Down to Golden State or Cleveland — The Decision 4.0 Is Here
]LeBron James left the Lakers. Talked to 27 teams. Let the entire NBA make their pitch. And now every insider in the league is saying the same thing — it's…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
49ers 2026 Training Camp — The Storylines That Will Define This Season
Veterans report July 25th. First practice July 26th. And for the first time all offseason, we stop talking about what the 49ers could be and start finding out…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Which 49ers Veterans Are About to Hit a Wall in 2026? Wake Up is BACK!
The 49ers have one of the most talented veteran cores in the NFL. They also have one of the oldest. We're going LIVE to ask the question nobody in San…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Brandon Aiyuk's Situation Is About to Get So Much Worse!
So where does this go from here? I can promise you, we're not even close to the bottom. It's going to get so much worse when Aiyuk's delusion becomes his new…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
ESPN & PFF Both Say Upton Stout Is the 49ers' Breakout Player of 2026
A third-round pick out of Western Kentucky. Selected 77th overall. Not exactly a household name. But ESPN and PFF both just named Upton Stout as the San…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The Shanahan Denial Club — Why Some Will Never Give This Coach Credit.
There is a group of fans and media members whose entire identity is tied to the belief that Kyle Shanahan can't coach. They were wrong in 2019. Wrong in 2022…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Brandon Aiyuk Just Torched His Last Lifeline — And Now Nobody Wants Him
Brandon Aiyuk came into this offseason with one job: stay quiet, get traded to Washington, reunite with his college quarterback, and rebuild his career. He…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Six 49ers in Latest NFL Top 100 — Who's Ranked Right and Who Got Disrespected?
Six San Francisco 49ers just landed on the NFL's Top 100 Players list for 2026 — and we've got thoughts on every single one of them. Fred Warner. Christian…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Brock Purdy - First Team All-Argument — Let's Do It
No player in the NFL generates more heat, more takes, more arguments, and more split screens than Brock Purdy. System quarterback or legitimate star? Lucky…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
10 Weeks Away From Kickoff | 49ers, Raiders & the NFL Season Is COMING | JT The Brick Joins DB+
Football is ten weeks away and these two teams have something to prove. The 49ers need to silence the doubters in a brutal NFC West. The Raiders need to show…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
LeBron Tells Lakers, He's OUT- Warriors COULD HAPPEN!
It's official. LeBron James has informed the Lakers he will be leaving the franchise in free agency, entering Year 24 with a new team outside Los Angeles for…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Brandon Aiyuk: How Bad Advice and Worse Choices Corrupted a Career
Brandon Aiyuk had everything in front of him. Talent, opportunity, a contract, a real role in a contending offense. And piece by piece, decision by decision…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Small Guys, BIG GAME | Brunson, Messi, Curry, and Upton Stout Proving Size Doesn't Matter
Sports has always told us bigger is better — until guys like this show up and rewrite the rule. Jalen Brunson just led the Knicks to the NBA Finals as one of…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers UDFA Who Has the BEST Shot to Make the Roster in 2026 - Wake Up w/ Damon & Larry
Every year an undrafted free agent sneaks onto the 49ers roster and earns a real role under Kyle Shanahan — and every year the fanbase wants to know who that…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Nick Bosa's Make-or-Break Season | Elite Again or One of the WORST Contracts in Football
There is no middle ground left for Nick Bosa in 2026. He is either about to remind the entire NFL why the 49ers paid him like the best defender in football, or…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
49ers Set to CUT Brandon Aiyuk at Training Camp | Career In Shambles
The reports are in and they're not good for Brandon Aiyuk. The San Francisco 49ers are reportedly preparing to release him once training camp opens, ending one…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Maxx Crosby to the 49ers? Don't Hold Your Breath.
Every 49ers fan has thought about it. Maxx Crosby next to Nick Bosa. The most relentless pass rusher in the NFL in a San Francisco uniform. It's a great dream…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers Are FLYING UNDER THE RADAR in 2026 — And They Like It!
Nobody is picking the San Francisco 49ers to win the Super Bowl this year. The Rams got Myles Garrett. The Eagles are healthy. The Lions are hungry. The Chiefs…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Remembering Aldon Smith | Talented. Troubled. Gone Too Soon. - Wake Up w/ Damon & Larry
Today we remember Aldon Smith in full. The player who made 49ers fans jump out of their seats. The young man who fought battles most of us will never…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Fred Warner Called It a THREE-HEADED MONSTER | 49ers Young D-Line Is About to Arrive
When Fred Warner talks, you listen. He is the quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers defense, the most respected voice in that locker room, and a player who…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Do the 49ers Have the BEST Backfield in the NFC West? Wake Up w/ Damon & Larry
The NFC West is not short on backfield talent in 2026. The Rams have weapons. The Seahawks have a capable stable. The Cardinals are rebuilding but they have…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Getting Out of Your Own Way, And Those Who Can't | Tim Kawakami Joins Damon
Today Tim Kawakami joins the show — one of the most respected and plugged-in sports journalists in the Bay Area — and we are going deep on this topic. The…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Have the 49ers Actually Closed the Gap? | What Dave Lombardi ACTUALLY Said and What He Means
Have the San Francisco 49ers genuinely closed the gap on their fiercest competition heading into 2026? On the Rams, who just traded for Myles Garrett and are…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
George Kittle Is EVERYTHING to the 49ers — Which Is Exactly Why He Cannot Rush Back
George Kittle is the most complete tight end in football. He is the heartbeat of the San Francisco 49ers offense. He is one of the most beloved players in the…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Brandon Aiyuk's Instagram MELTDOWN | Who Is Advising This Guy??
This is the question nobody around Aiyuk seems willing to ask out loud — who is in this man's ear? Because whoever is advising Brandon Aiyuk right now is doing…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
49ers Free Agency: The Moves They NEED to Make — and the One They Absolutely Should NOT
The San Francisco 49ers roster is not finished. There are holes. There are questions. There are positions where the depth chart right now would make Kyle…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Trent Williams vs. Myles Garrett, Father Time & the Final Chapter
Trent Williams is the greatest offensive tackle of his generation. And in 2026 he's going to face the single most difficult challenge of his career — lining up…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The NBA Finals Are HERE | Knicks End a 53-Year Drought OR Wembanyama Becomes a Legend
Tonight it begins. The 2026 NBA Finals. And it doesn't get more historic than this. The New York Knicks are chasing their first championship since 1973 — a…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
NFL Roars Into 2026 | Myles Garrett to the Rams + AJ Brown TRADED in the Same 24 Hours
Yesterday the NFL did something it almost never does — twice. In the same 24 hours, two of the most dominant players at their positions in the entire league…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
BREAKING: Myles Garrett Traded to the RAMS | The NFC West Just Got DANGEROUS
It just happened. The Cleveland Browns have traded two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett to the Los Angeles Rams in one of the biggest…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Brandon Aiyuk Is Considered "UN-TRADEABLE" + BOMBSHELL TRADE! | Damon & Larry
It wasn't supposed to end up here. Brandon Aiyuk was supposed to be a cornerstone. A number one receiver on a Super Bowl contending roster getting paid like…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
OTAs Are OPEN and Football Is Back | The NFL Offseason Is Over, Let's Go
The wait is over. OTAs are open, players are back on the field, and the long cold silence of the NFL offseason is officially done. Football is back — and if…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
49ers OTAs: Which Rookies Impressed Brock Purdy? Wake Up w/ Damon & Larry
OTAs aren't padded. Nobody's getting tackled. But if you know what to look for, the biggest storylines of the entire 49ers season start revealing themselves…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Mike Evans Is Exactly What the 49ers Young WR's Need
Evans has played in the NFL for over a decade, made Pro Bowls, won games in January, and built one of the most consistent bodies of work at the position in…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
49ers vs. Daniel Jeremiah's Championship Checklist!
NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah laid out his blueprint for what every Super Bowl contender must have to go all the way. The question today is simple — do the San…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
The 49ers 2026 Season OFFICIALLY Starts NOW | OTAs Open & Everything Changes
OTAs are here and the San Francisco 49ers 2026 season is no longer theoretical — it's real. Damon Bruce breaks down everything you need to know as the Niners…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Remembering 49ers Excellence: Wake Up w/ Damon & Larry
We're going LIVE to remember the players who built the most celebrated franchise in professional football — from Joe Montana and Jerry Rice to Patrick Willis…
- Damon Bruce Plus: 49ers, Warriors, Giants, National Headlines, Bay Area Sports Talk
Where Does Brock Purdy ACTUALLY Rank Among Active NFL Quarterbacks? Wake Up w/ Damon & Larry
Everybody has an opinion on Brock Purdy. The question is whether anybody has an honest one. He's won a lot of football games, put up elite numbers in Kyle…