Candlestick is one of the NFL's odd ballparks, all angles and non-parallel lines, a fine location on San Francisco Bay that nevertheless attracts large numbers of seabirds as the day's crowd checks out while leaving its detritus behind.

And the 'Stick and its tenants, the 49ers, had an odd effect on the Jets on Sunday afternoon. After getting better and better while winning seven of eight, the vi… More

The Jets are making up for lost time here in the San Francisco Bay area. Seven weeks after traveling to Oakland for the first time since 2003 to play the Raiders, they are back in the neighborhood and readying today to take on the 49ers at Candlestick Park (yes, that's what it's being called these days) for the first time since 1998.

Many Jets fans will remember that game all too well. The hopes … More