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The Los Angeles Chargers will go six weeks between games held at their home stadium this fall. The Chargers host the Green Bay Packers on Nov. 3 and do not return home to Dignity Health Sports Park until a Dec. 15 meeting with the Minnesota Vikings. That’s a 42-day gap between games at home for [more

The National Football League has created a social justice platform, Inspire Change, fulfilling a promised part of the league’s effort to calm the waters following last year’s national anthem protests by players. The NFL announced the initiative Friday, emphasizing its commitment to education,

The Los Angeles Chargers were downright giddy Sunday morning. It didn’t matter that this particular stadium belonged to the Baltimore Ravens. It didn’t even matter to the Chargers that almost everyone in the stadium was wearing purple.

USA TODAY Sports’ Jarrett Bell on the three things NFL fans should know about the 15 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2019. BALTIMORE – Michael Badgley kicked five field goals, and the Los Angeles Chargers contained rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens

Los Angeles Chargers tight end Antonio Gates disagreed Thursday with Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James’ assessment that NFL owners have a “slave mentality.” In an interview with TMZ Sports, Gates suggested that James’ comments were off base since NFL players make a good living playing

Eric D. Williams ESPN Staff Writer Close Covered Seahawks for Tacoma News Tribune for six seasons. Played college football at University of Puget Sound Follow on Twitter CARSON, Calif. — Wearing a bulky leg brace to protect his sprained right knee, Los Angeles Chargers running back Melvin Gordon went

As we begin the tail-end of the season, Chargers fans are often pretty excited at the prospect of December football. As recently illustrated, the Bolts have had a great record through the late fall while Philip Rivers has been in command. This year has been an interesting one for the Chargers and their

While the entire NFL is talking about Patrick Mahomes vs. Drew Brees as Most Valuable Player, there’s a player in Los Angeles who is playing his way into MVP talks as a dark horse. No, it isn’t Todd Gurley. It’s Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, who got a lot of attention during an absolutely

Jeff Legwold ESPN Senior Writer Close Covered Broncos for nine years for Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News Previously covered Steelers, Bills and Titans Member of Pro Football Hall of Fame Board of Selectors since 1999 Follow on Twitter Some of the league’s current division leaders, like the Kansas

The Los Angeles Chargers are on a roll with a three-game winning streak. Philip Rivers is determined to keep the momentum going, even with an overseas trip and a game in London looming. The team remains in Cleveland and is training at suburban Baldwin Wallace University, hoping to maintain some normalcy

The family of former San Diego Chargers great Junior Seau have settled their lawsuit against the NFL over the Hall of Famer’s 2012 suicide. The wrongful death lawsuit against the league alleged that the popular Hall of Famer took his own life at the age of 43 because of brain injuries received during

Los Angeles Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa said his foot injury will likely keep him out until at least the team’s bye in Week 8. “Initially it was too big of a problem,” Bosa said Wednesday. It complicated things a bit.” Bosa, who missed the season’s first three games with

Seth Walder Hank Gargiulo Close Hank Gargiulo ESPN Analytics Data management analyst at ESPN Graduate of Sacred Heart University Follow on Twitter Any given Sunday … every quarterback has a shot to sit atop the Total QBR leaderboard. While QBs are most often judged by wins and losses or touchdowns

Labor Day weekend is typically the busiest time for Fantasy Football drafts, and we want to make sure you’re ready. With that in mind, here’s one last look at Average Draft Position, which is a great guide to help build your team. Let’s start by looking at what the first round is like now

Chargers offensive tackle Russell Okung stood with his fist raised during the national anthem Saturday ahead of the game against the Cardinals game Saturday. Okung did the same during the 2017 season to protest social injustice and police brutality. A handful of other players protested before games this

The moment of destiny arrives: Draft Day brings drama and exhilaration for the top prospects of “Destination Dallas.” UCLA’s Josh Rosen vows to win Super Bowls for the Arizona Cardinals. Florida State’s Derwin James is California dreaming after being drafted by the Los Angeles Chargers

West Coast teams are asking the NFL to schedule them for fewer early starts in regular-season road games beginning with the upcoming season, MMQB.com reported Wednesday. The three teams seeking the change were a combined 5-10 last season in road games that kicked off at 1 p.m. ET, which feels like a

Eric D. Williams ESPN Staff Writer Close Covered Seahawks for Tacoma News Tribune for six seasons. Played college football at University of Puget Sound Follow on Twitter COSTA MESA, Calif. — Keenan Allen recently said he’s the top dog when it comes to receivers in the NFL. “I am the best in

The Los Angeles Chargers are set to hire former UCLA assistant Rip Scherer as tight ends coach, per Bruce Feldman of SI.com Scherer spent the last two seasons coaching tight ends at UCLA under head coach Jim Mora. He had two previous stints in the NFL with the Carolina Panthers (2009-10) and Cleveland

CARSON — Melvin Gordon fumbled for the first time all season. Somehow, the Chargers still scored. Early in the second quarter at StubHub Center, the ball popped out of the running back’s grasp, setting up a potential turnover in Oakland territory. But instead of reaching any of the four defenders

The torch seemed to be passed this season from an aging and supposedly washed-up Chargers tight end to a shiny, sleek new model; from a future Hall of Famer on his last legs to a rising star with fresh legs. Antonio Gates, the 37-year-old power-forward-turned-pass-catcher in his 15th NFL season, did

The 1,000-yard season for an NFL running back lost much of its luster when the league expanded its regular season from 14 to 16 games in 1978. But when you’ve never reached that threshold — and actually have fallen three yards short of it — it becomes a little more significant. That’s another

The Chargers need a win if they want to keep any playoff hopes alive for Week 17, but their attempt to get one got off to a slow start on Sunday afternoon. Los Angeles punted on their first three possessions as an aggressive Jets defense kept them from finding any offensive momentum. That finally changed

KANSAS CITY — Make that eight straight rivalry losses for the Chargers. In their biggest game of the season, Coach Anthony Lynn’s team fell short in a 30-13 defeat to Kansas City on Saturday, one that potentially ended their postseason hopes. The Chargers could still win the AFC West, even after

The Chargers are set to face the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday night in a game that carries major playoff implications: Kansas City and Los Angeles enter Week 15 tied atop the AFC West standings. Los Angeles has won four straight games, including a 30-13 win over the Redskins last week. Keenan

The Los Angeles Chargers have the opportunity to take over sole possession of first place in the AFC West with a victory Saturday night against the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chargers take a four-game winning streak into Arrowhead Stadium for the Saturday night game. The Chiefs, who began the season 5-0

Here are my picks to roll, and get rolled, in Week 13 of the 2017 season. Watch ’em roll Philip Rivers, QB, Chargers vs. Browns. Rivers is coming off one of the most prolific games of his career, but I’m not expecting a repeat performance. That said, I would ride his hot hand in a home game against

With a Thanksgiving date in Dallas looming, the Los Angeles Chargers got zero time to enjoy their most emphatic victory in over three years. In truth, that’s exactly how coach Anthony Lynn likes it. The Chargers (4-6) can’t afford to get comfortable with any success if they plan to make a late-season

COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Philip Rivers is practicing with the Los Angeles Chargers, and coach Anthony Lynn is optimistic that the veteran quarterback will play Sunday against Buffalo.

Eric D. Williams ESPN Staff Writer Close Covered Seahawks for Tacoma News Tribune for six seasons. Played college football at University of Puget Sound Follow on Twitter COSTA MESA, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said Monday that quarterback Philip Rivers is in the NFL’s concussion