Niners head Jim Tomsula said there is no truth to a report that outside linebacker Aldon Smith and quarterback Colin Kaepernick got into a fight in practice before Smith’s arrest Thursday night.
Tomsula said his players were laughing about the report: “Nothing even close. I don’t know where that could even come from.”
On Friday, TMZ.com reported that Smith and Kaepernick got into a scuffle at practice Thursday, which was a day off for the players. The site later amended the story and said a fight occurred Tuesday.
Smith’s agent, Doug Hendrickson, told The Chronicle that reports of a fight on TMZ and other gossip sites were “absurd and a joke.