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Getty Images The Chargers recently said that left tackle Russell Okung has a serious medical condition. Okung has confirmed that he does. Okung announced on social media that, after experiencing “unusual chest pain at practice,” he learned that he suffered a pulmonary embolism, caused by blood...

Getty Images Running back Melvin Gordon didn’t show up to training camp Wednesday, which was expected, prompting the Chargers to place him on the did not report list. The Chargers announced a number of moves, with Gordon stealing the headline. Gordon has indicated a willingness to sit out as...

Getty Images The Chargers announced today that offensive tackle Russell Okung is starting camp on the non-football illness list. His illness is apparently serious. Chargers General Manager Tom Telesco said today that Okung has a “pretty serious medical situation” that he’s been dealing with...

Getty Images Melvin Gordon isn’t at training camp. The Chargers obviously would prefer that he was. But General Manager Tom Telesco said the organization holds no ill will toward their star running back. “I love Melvin Gordon,” Telesco said, via Eric Williams of ESPN. “He’s an excellent...

Getty Images The Chargers report to training camp on Wednesday, but one prominent member of the team isn’t expected to be there. Running back Melvin Gordon has indicated a willingness to sit out training camp, the preseason and the regular season if he doesn’t get a new contract. Ian Rapoport...

Getty Images On the eve of training camp, the Los Angeles Chargers are planning to add another running back to their roster as Melvin Gordon appears set to holdout in search of a new contract. According to Matt Zenitz of AL.com, the Chargers are going to sign former Alabama and...

Getty Images The Cowboys haven’t reached the NFC Championship Game since winning their last Super Bowl in 1995. Yet, they remain America’s Team and the World’s Team for that matter. Nine of the 50 highest-rated sports TV broadcasts in 2018 were regular-season games featuring the Cowboys...

Getty Images The fifth-year option is a powerful tool, and teams with 2015 first-round picks who panned out are using it, extensively. Of the 2015 first-rounders whose fifth-year options were exercised, only one of them — Rams running back Todd Gurley — has gotten a second contract. All of...

Getty Images Chargers running back Melvin Gordon is threatening to hold out into the season if the team doesn’t give him the raise he wants. And the team may tell him to go ahead. The Chargers are dug in on their stance not to extend Gordon, Charles Robinson of Yahoo reports. According to the...

Getty Images Former NFL linebacker Shawne Merriman has been named as a defendant in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the estate of a woman who died of a drug overdose in 2017. According to TMZ.com, the parents of Kimberly Fattorini have alleged that Merriman drugged and possibly assaulted her...

Getty Images He’s been going strong since 2005. And he’s got at least one more year left. The Eagles have announced that running back Darren Sproles has signed a one-year contract to return to the team. Originally a draft pick of the Chargers fourteen years ago, Sproles already has spent five...

Getty Images An employee of a Tempe, Ariz. hotel was arrested trying to sell stolen Super Bowl rings belonging to Mark May at a pawn shop in Las Vegas, according to Joe Enea and Shane Dale of ABC 15. Gold & Silver Pawn, the store featured on History Channel’s decade-long program Pawn Stars...

Getty Images Former Chargers defensive lineman Corey Liuget is one of our top-ranked available free agents. A recent donation he made suggests that Liuget isn’t desperate to sign a big contract. Liuget has announced a $250,000 donation to Illinois, his alma mater, which suggests that he’s not...

Getty Images Chargers running back Melvin Gordon wants a new contract and has made noise about sitting out into the regular season in order to force the issue with the team. No one needs to look too far into the past for an example of a running back sitting out an entire year. Le'Veon Bell did...

Getty Images The Broncos have had consecutive losing seasons for the first time since 1971-72. They also had a losing season in 1970, which means that they’re currently one losing season away from matching that three straight years of sub-.500 football. But the days of zero-and-zero are a time...

Getty Images The NFL and NFLPA gathered for their fourth set of talks about a new Collective Bargaining Agreement on Wednesday and the schedule called for the meetings to last for three days. There was a change in plans, however, and the two sides wrapped things up after several hours of...

Getty Images Much has been written and said in recent days about the devaluation of the running back position. So I invited long-time agent Peter Schaffer (who has represented the likes of Barry Sanders and Eddie George, and who currently represents Joe Mixon) to appear on the #PFTPM podcast...

Getty Images We’ve spent plenty of time the past couple of days talking about players being upset with their ratings in the new Madden game, and the motivation they have drawn from it. One player who shouldn’t be upset (and in turn has no basis for extra motiviation) is Rams running back Todd...

The NFL began working early to ensure the playing surface in Mexico City is fit to play on come Nov. 18 when the Chiefs and Chargers meet in a Monday night game. League officials checked out the new turf field Monday, according to tweets from turf specialist Renato Luis Lauretti of World Sports...

Getty Images With just over a week remaining until the Eagles report for training camp for the 2019 season, tackle Tyreek Burwell has decided to hang up his cleats. In a post to his instagram account on Monday, Burwell announced he would be retiring from football. “Man it’s hard for me to sit...