The Latest Breaking News from Joe Montana

Michael Zagaris’s career is chronicled in a new book, “Field of Play.”

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Quarterback controversy? Nothing to see here. That’s how Trey Lance and Jimmy Garoppolo played it after the news broke that Garoppolo, the starter since 2017, would return to the 49ers after all.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Steve Young was winding down from a 20-minute, enthralling phone interview on the 49ers’ quarterback dynamic when he captured his own feelings:

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jimmy Garoppolo’s re-entry to the 49ers is underway. Did he ever leave? Well, he certainly wasn’t part of training camp practices and meetings. Instead, he was isolated to throwing on a side field with his repaired shoulder, awaiting an opportunity elsewhere that would never arise.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Len Dawson, the Hall of Fame quarterback who led the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl championship and was with the organization for six decades as a player and broadcaster, has died, his family announced early Wednesday morning.

The 49ers legend shared some valuable advice to the second-year quarterback with just a few days remaining before training camp begins.

Joe Montana and Jerry Rice gave LeRoy Butler his "Welcome to the NFL" moment as a rookie with the Packers in 1990.

Stephen Curry has it all.

The veteran quarterback isn’t paid to mentor his potential successor. The best QBs in history have known it’s not best for either side.

Desmond Ridder was the NFL draft’s 74th pick. He was the 10th player chosen in Round 3. By then, the Falcons had taken a wide receiver, an edge rusher and a linebacker. That Ridder was the second quarterback selected tells us what NFL teams thought of this class of quarterbacks.

Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Steve Young recently made headlines off the gridiron by announcing his HGGC private equity firm is investing $300 million in