The 49ers quarterback, who finished 13 of 25 for 160 yards with no touchdowns and an interception, looked awful again. Making matters worse was Clay Matthews, who continually poked fun at the fifth-year player. PHOTOS: Week 4, flops, fantastic finishes | MORE: 5 takeaways from SF vs. GB One example is Matthews yelling at Kaepernick in the fourth quarter, “You ain’t Russell Wilson, bro.” Another example came earlier in the game when Matthews mocked Kaepernick’s signature celebration of kissing his biceps/tattoos....

Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was rear-ended late last week while in Arizona for spring training by a pair of young female fans on vacation. MORE: Can Trump live up to these presidential moments? | Cuban baseball’s beautiful past Judging from the damage of one white Toyota, the collision was pretty intense. But you’d never know it from the smiles on everyone’s faces. Kershaw inked a monster seven-year, $215 million contract two years ago, so the fender-bender won’t put too much of a dent in his pocket....

Clean-hands mutual funds lay out strict criteria-called social screens-through which every stock or bond they buy has got to pass. Most of them screen out weapons companies, nuclear utilities and companies doing business with South Africa (except the likes of Merck, which sells “humane” medical products there). The funds say that they’re waiting for black South Africans to get the vote–or a clear path to it-before lifting the investment ban....

Always secretive and wary, the mood at CIA headquarters lately has been sullen. “The intelligence community feels undervalued, a little bit picked on,” says John Deutch, the CIA’s new director. The agency lacks a clear sense of mission after the cold war, and recent headlines have all been about scandals. The most spectacular was the Ames case, but other embarrassments include a lawsuit by a female station chief who was slandered by male subordinates who claimed she was a drunken minx, as well as a controversy over a Guatemalan colonel accused of committing human-rights abuses against Americans–while he was on the CIA payroll (chart)....

It’s a lot of information on a complicated issue, so it should not be a surprise that it wasn’t easily digestible to the American sports fan. There were many misconceptions flying in the hours after NCAA president Mark Emmert, Big East commissioner Val Ackerman and Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith did a thorough job explaining the plan — and potential obstacles — for college athletes soon to accept payments for endorsements, social media activity, personal appearances and businesses they create....

MORE: SN experts pick Clemson-UNC | A history of Clemson-UNC Watson’s numbers are undeniable. He has completed 70.4 percent of his passes for 3,223 yards and 27 touchdowns while leading Clemson to its first undefeated regular season since 1981. By the way, he also has 756 yards and nine touchdowns on the ground. But you don’t need me to run down his accomplishments in 2015, that’s what the résumé and linked portfolio are for....

No. 2 Clemson had just won its second College Football Playoff championship in three years with a stunning 44-16 blowout against No. 1 Alabama at Levi’s Stadium on Monday. The Tigers became the first team since 1897 to finish 15-0. Swinney, wearing an oversized black shirt that said “Ring Season” wore a smile and stared at a half-full Diet Coke bottle while riffing into his best explanation for how this could be possible again....

"Dabo is one of the top coaches not only in the ACC but in the entire nation," athletic director Dan Radakovich said in a statement. "His teams have succeeded on the field, in the classroom and in the community. We're excited to have him lead our program for a long time into the future." The accord comes after the Tigers finished their season with a thrilling 40-35 victory over Ohio State in the Orange Bowl....

Earlier, Williams was standing at the hospital and can move his extremities. Dabo Swinney said an MRI was taken and called Williams’ injury a “neck sprain.” He suffered a neck injury during the first drive of the game. Williams went up for a touchdown pass in the back of the end zone and hit the base of the goal post as he fell out of bounds. MORE: Best photos of Week 1 | Top 25 schedule on college football’s opening weekend...

The winter storm is expected to bring blizzard conditions to much of the Midwest and Great Lakes, with the potential to develop into a powerful “bomb cyclone.” This follows record low temperatures in the South last February. But if the planet is supposed to be getting warmer, why is it so cold? How a wobbly polar vortex brings cold weather Judah Cohen, a climatologist at MIT and the director of seasonal forecasting at Atmospheric and Environmental Research, told Newsweek that, as average global temperatures rise, winter temperatures are increasing at a slower rate than expected....

After riding a wave of transfer-fuelled optimism throughout the summer, Slaven Bilic’s side are bottom of the table after two games, losing their opening games 4-0 to Manchester United and, painfully, 3-2 to Southampton. Thus far, Bilic’s team look bereft of defensive organisation, despite signing former Manchester City team-mates Joe Hart and Pablo Zabaleta over the summer. In midfield, the Hammers are weak and easily bypassed. William Carvalho, of Sporting Lisbon, would be a smart addition, but the Portuguese club are dragging their heels over setting a price for the Portugal international, and hope to retain his services....

This is not the 1930s. We don’t face an acute national crisis, but instead a chronic disillusionment. To some extent, it is a reaction to the world Roosevelt begat. We have come to view government as an open-ended agency of problem-solving. When problems persist that government is supposed to solve, people blame government for being inept. Americans do not want less government, but they aren’t willing to pay for the government they’ve got because they think it is wasteful and ineffective....

The idea of using the courts as an engine of social change has great appeal to the Clintons, especially at a time when the federal budget deficit prevents the president from ramming a New Deal or Great Society through Congress. One of the real remaining powers of the presidency is to shape the courts-and particularly, with luck, the highest court. Last Friday at 8:30 a.m., President Clinton got his first big chance to use that power....

Kersplat … Is it going to happen again? That’s up to Bill Clinton, at least in part, since not all of the trouble he’s going to have to ward off in the next few weeks will come from outside from the media or the political opposition. Some will come from his own camp and concern his and his campaign’s own conduct. In fact, Clinton is entering the danger zone a little before most candidates do, because he appeared to have locked up the nomination so early....

Here we go again. Barring any new revelations–like, say, who actually sent the shot to Drudge, and why–I was ready to let the whole “dressed Obama” controversy go the way of the Dodd. (Rimshot, anyone?) As I wrote yesterday, " But then Clinton surrogate Stephanie Tubbs-Jones had to go and unload a whole mess of crazy on MSNBC this morning–and now here I am, back on the chain gang. Heave-ho....

The proud father was watching his daughter, Mira Sorvino, accept the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Paul Sorvino’s life and career is being celebrated by millions online after he died at the age of 83 on Monday. The actor’s death comes just months after the passing of his Goodfellas co-star Ray Liotta, while other notable actors synonymous with mafia projects like James Caan, Tony Sirico and Paulie Herman have all died in 2022....

The Clippers play at San Antonio on Saturday. Paul was tripped by Mavericks guard Monta Ellis while dribbling around a screen. He rolled over and stayed on the floor holding his shoulder while trainers attended to him. MORE: Game details | Full scoreboard | Pelicans’ Anderson carted off After staying down for about a minute, Paul went to the locker room with 6:43 remaining in third quarter. Team officials said Paul would not return to the game....

Crawford received 57 of the possible 125 first-place votes, 41 second-place votes and amassed a total of 421 points. Expected to win more convincingly, Crawford was closely trailed by Chicago Bulls forward Taj Gibson, who had 49 first-place votes and 395 points. MORE: Durant crowned as MVP | Wiggins sits atop latest mock draft Crawford made some history in winning the award, as he became the oldest player in NBA history to take home Sixth Man of the Year and the first to do so with two separate teams....

After trailing by as many as 35 points, the Clippers embodied that saying on Tuesday while earning a stunning comeback win over the Wizards. With one minute and 20 seconds remaining in the first half, two free throws from Bradley Beal gave the Wizards a 66-31 lead, giving the team a 99.7 percent win probability. From that point, the Clippers outscored the Wizards 85-49 to escape Capital One Arena with a one-point victory in regulation....

On August 20 in Saudi Arabia, a heavyweight title fight will determine the future of the division. Anthony Joshua, the former champion, will look to reclaim the belts he has worn twice. Current champion Oleksandr Usyk is ready to erase all doubts and cement himself as a dominant force in the heavyweight division. Something has got to give. The Sporting News’ Andreas Hale breaks down the rematch from every angle, on the inaugural edition of Clobberin’ Time!...