Melburnians who hadn't previously been fans of the 49ers celebrated at SF's team bar after the game, including this guy — who's already planning a trip to the Bay Area to catch a game.
“It wasn’t just win. It was the start of a relationship, the relationship between San Francisco and not just Melbourne — but Australia. Melbourne is the sporting capital of the world. And we get behind any team, but seeing how San Francisco has come over here and immersed themselves in our culture and our community — the love goes both ways. We love it.
“You guys haven’t just come over here and won. You guys have come over here and captured our hearts. We are San Francisco. Melbourne, San Francisco. That’s it, mate."
In October 1995, 15-year-old Nicole van den Hurk left her grandmother's house in the Netherlands to go to work on her bike.
She never arrived.
Weeks later, her body was found hidden in a nearby forest. She had been raped and beaten to death.
Sixteen years passed without anyone being convicted.
Then, in 2011, her stepbrother Andy walked into a police station and made a shocking statement. He confessed to her murder.
Police immediately arrested him. To confirm his story, authorities exhumed Nicole's body to test the evidence using modern DNA technology.
But the DNA didn't match Andy. He falsely confessed because he knew it was the only way to force the police to reopen the case and test the evidence.
His plan worked. The killer's DNA matched a convicted rapist, who was arrested and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Andy had solved his sister's murder by pretending to be her killer. He never recovered from it all. Struggling with addiction and depression, he took his own life in 2021. He was 46.
In the late 1970s, Phil Collins was going through a personal hell.
His first wife, Andrea Bertorelli, left him and took their children with her, leaving him completely devastated. At the time, he was the drummer and lead singer of Genesis, but his pain drove him to write his own songs, almost like desperate messages addressed to her, in the hope of winning her back.
Collins took one of those songs, “In the Air Tonight,” to his Genesis bandmates, but they rejected it, deeming it too simple. Determined not to let it go to waste, he recorded it himself using a newly purchased Roland drum machine, unaware that that raw sound would become his signature.
In 1981, he released “Face Value,” his debut solo album, with that very song as the lead single. The album was an instant hit, reaching number one in the United Kingdom, and transformed Collins from a progressive rock drummer into one of the most recognizable voices in 1980s pop rock.
Everyone owes Eric Weddle an apology. Bryce Underwood can't play the position. he can't process information quickly. he looks good in his underwear throwing the ball around but he can't play on Saturdays. he's Anthony Richardson
Great call by Eric Weddle honestly
Jim Harbaugh reveals his dad gave him a phrase at 6 years old that he still lives by and uses today to stay grateful in times of adversity
“Things that I thought maybe I figured out for myself, I later realized were just things that they had told me earlier that I didn’t quite hear well enough at the time.”
“Attack each day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind. I first heard that when I was six years old. My dad’s dropping myself and my brother John off at school. ‘Okay boys, grab your lunch boxes and attack this day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind. Can’t take any wooden nickels. Okay, get going.’”
“‘Dad, where’s the car?’ ‘No car today, boys. We’re walking. Grab a basketball. Get 100 with the right, 100 with the left.’ ‘Who’s got it better than us?’ ... ‘Nobody, Dad. Nobody.’”
“Playing catch with us and believing in us, those are the things that stick with me the most.”