Alex Troy graduated from Harvard Law School in 1984, and worked as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer until 1989. He then joined Smith Barney's merger-arbitrage desk, leaving in 1991 when the junk-bond ...

Troy Smith is all but guaranteed a start against the St. Louis Rams next week. Put it this way: while searching for 'Alex Smith Injury,' the first choices were 'Alex Smith interception' and 'Alex ...

The San Francisco 49ers made a bold move three weeks ago by announcing in the week leading up to their game in London against the Denver Broncos that former third-string quarterback Troy Smith would ...

Mike Singletary doesn't know what third-string quarterback Troy Smith can do, but the 49ers' head coach knows what backup David Carr can do after two quarters of play and wants nothing to do with it.

With quarterback Alex Smith ruled out because of a separated shoulder, San Francisco 49ers head coach Mike Singletary is gambling on Troy Smith being able to turn his struggling team around.

"Troy Smith gives us a good opportunity to win this game," Singletary said. "I talked to David Carr about it. He understands. We had a couple of conversations about it. That's a personal thing between ...