Some thoughts from the San Jose Mercury News on what happened to the 49ers:

• [Mud spells another defeat (1/11/1998)](http://www.sjmercury.com/sports/niners/1997/0111/purdy.htm)
• [Offense spins its wheels (1/11/1998)](http://www.sjmercury.com/sports/niners/1997/0111/killion.htm)
• [Emotional end to strange season (1/11/1998)](http://www.sjmercury.com/sports/niners/1997/0111/geracie.htm)

This just cracked me up:
[Flash Mountain – Flashing at Disneyland’s Splash Mountain](http://www.flashmountain.com/)

And in golf news,
[Mickelson fights off a charging Tiger](http://www.golfweb.com/ga/pga/1998/0102/)
to win the Mercedes Championship

But… with Tiger’s top 2 finish, he’s back on top of the
[Official World Golf Rankings](http://www.golfweb.com/ga/pga/ranking/1998/current.html)