By Art Spander
Special to Newsday
SEATTLE — A man helps his team win the Super Bowl and then, because of salary-cap restrictions, is told to take a $2-million pay cut.
Not surprisingly, Anquan Boldin refuses.
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By Art Spander
Special to Newsday
SEATTLE — He threw passes for Bo Schembechler, a coach who emphasized the run. He delights in throwing everybody out of their usual routine. What Jim Harbaugh will never do, however, is throw anyone under the bus.
Ask him a seemingly innocuous question about the team he coaches, the San Francisco 49ers, and on occasion he'll respond tersely with the briefest of answers. Moments later, almost a different person, Harbaugh will be asking the question: "Who was better, Babe Ruth or Willie Mays?"
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By Art Spander
Special to Newsday
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — A day after his wife, Sarah, complained about the $8 pleated khakis from Wal-Mart that Jim Harbaugh wears daily at practice, along with his obligatory black sweatshirt, the San Francisco 49ers coach let us know who wears the pants in the family.
"They were making quite a bit of sport of me," said Harbaugh Wednesday, departing for a moment from rhetoric about Sunday's NFC Championship Game against the Seattle Seahawks.
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By Art Spander
Special to Newsday
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — It's a noisy place, the San Francisco 49ers' training field, under a takeoff pattern from San Jose International, alongside tracks where trains rumble by frequently.
But it's nothing compared to the decibel level at Seattle's CenturyLink Field, where the Niners meet the Seahawks on Sunday in the NFC Championship Game.
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By Art Spander
Special to Newsday
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — His coaching career began with the Oakland Raiders, for Al Davis, 11 seasons ago. Only now, said Jim Harbaugh, in charge of the San Francisco 49ers, does he comprehend the mantra with which Davis approached football.
"I was a young assistant," Harbaugh said Monday, "and I didn't understand how profound the statement 'Just win, baby' was, even when I was there.
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