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Getty Images Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf was arrested in Palm Springs, California, on Friday for misdemeanor domestic battery, TMZSports.com reports. Leaf’s bail was set for $5,000. The Chargers selected Leaf with the second overall choice in 1998, but his career did not last long. He...

Getty Images Former Chargers defensive back Joe Beauchamp died Wednesday, the team announced. Beauchamp was 76. He played for the Chargers from 1966-1975, which included games in both the AFL and NFL. The Chargers selected Beauchamp in the redshirt sixth round of the AFL draft in 1966 out of...

Getty Images The Chargers announced they signed offensive guard Ryan Groy on Wednesday. Groy appeared in nine games for the Chargers last season after signing with the team in October. He saw action on 36 offensive snaps and 37 on special teams. The seventh-year player from Wisconsin has...

Getty Images Melvin Gordon had an up-and-down relationship with the Chargers, making a couple Pro Bowls during his five seasons there but also expressing displeasure with his contract before leaving in free agency this year. Now, Gordon says, he’s in a better place. Gordon thinks the Big Ten...

Getty Images NFL owners approved the Rams’ request for another $500 million loan for SoFi Stadium development, Daniel Kaplan of TheAthletic.com reports. The loan is on top of the $400 million the Rams already borrowed from the league’s stadium lending program. The team also requested to pay...

Getty Images California Governor Gavin Newsom said in April that he didn’t anticipate football games being played in front of full crowds in the state this fall, but they are moving closer to a point where they could be played without fans. Newsom said on on Monday that current numbers showing...

Getty Images While the NFL’s proposal to offer teams draft picks to help spur minority hiring might be a first step, but those who have worked within the league seem skeptical that it will actually achieve the desired result. Veteran linebacker Sam Acho, who is a member of the NFL Players...

Getty Images The Chargers let Philip Rivers walk in free agency and drafted Justin Herbert to replace him, but in between they considered another quarterback: Cam Newton. Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said he thinks highly of Newton and explored the possibility of signing him. “Absolutely, Cam...

Getty Images The NFL has proposed an expansion to the Rooney Rule that transforms it from requiring minority candidates to be interviewed for head-coaching and G.M. positions to rewarding them for hiring minority candidates. Chargers coach Anthony Lynn, one of four minority head coaches...

Getty Images Commissioner Roger Goodell admitted during Super Bowl week that more needed to be done to create opportunities for minority coach and General Manager candidates. Now, he’s going to do something about it, perhaps including draft incentives for teams. According to Jim Trotter of...

Getty Images Frank Gore and Adrian Peterson are two of the Top 5 rushing leaders in NFL history. But LaDainian Tomlinson says neither of them has a prayer of catching No. 1. Tomlinson said on NFL Network that Emmitt Smith’s all-time record of 18,355 yards will never be broken. It wasn’t broken...

Chargers.com In an age when the needle rarely moves north of 50-50 on any issue, Twitter has spoken loudly and clearly on two questions regarding new uniforms. Twitter loves the Chargers’ new look, and Twitter does not like the Rams’ new look. A poll posted last month in the aftermath of the...

Getty Images The Rams need more financing for SoFi Stadium, which has a price tag that keeps rising. According to Daniel Kaplan of TheAthletic.com, the Rams’ request for up to $500 million in additional NFL stadium financing and additional time to pay it back is on the agenda for next week’s...

Getty Images The Hall of Fame running back who helped get a Rams coach fired in late 2016 has something to say about his former team’s new look. And Eric Dickerson doesn’t like it. Appearing on AM570, via CBSSports.com, Dickerson apparently tried to be diplomatic. It didn’t last long. “I’ll...

Getty Images Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says his state is ready, willing and able to welcome any NFL teams that can’t operate in their own states. Amid talk that California and some other states won’t lift restrictions in time for the NFL season, DeSantis is positioning his state to be the...

Getty Images Pep Hamilton hasn’t met Justin Herbert in person yet, but he senses he’s dealing with something familiar. The new Chargers quarterbacks coach told Jim Trotter of NFL Network that having coached Andrew Luck as a rookie with the Colts, that it’s important to set certain limits on a...

Chargers.com Now that the Rams finally have unveiled their new uniforms, the seven new Nikefications of the NFL officially have been introduced. So how do the new uniforms rank? The options are the Rams, Patriots, Falcons, Buccaneers, Colts, Chargers, and Browns. In the comments, put them in...

Getty Images Chargers center Mike Pouncey played in just five games last year because of a neck injury. But he’s good to go for 2020. Pouncey told reporters today that he has been cleared to return and will be good to go whenever NFL players get back to work. “I feel great,” he said, via...

Getty Images Los Angeles County is expecting to extend its stay-at-home order through at least July. The county’s public health director, Barbara Ferrer, said Tuesday that “with all certainty” Los Angeles County won’t have loosening of its rules, the Los Angeles Times reports. The county did...

Getty Images Amid increasing speculation that NFL games won’t be able to proceed with fans or at all in California in 2020, the NFL hasn’t ruled out the possibility of moving the 49ers, Rams, and/or Chargers to other states for the coming season. “We are preparing to play the 2020 NFL season...