SAN DIEGO — The Chargers practiced in San Diego on Tuesday for the first time since their relocation.

On the nostalgia meter, this was a zero.

Actually, this was a Jim Otto. A double zero.

The Chargers were in San Diego for 56 years. Now they’re in Los Angeles. The San Diego vibe has left the building.

The football team from L.A. seemed ...Read more

MIAMI — Sobriety is a journey, not a destination. It requires ongoing effort and commitment, and it doesn’t just center on not drinking or not using drugs.

It’s about making a conscious and sustained effort to live a life free from substance use, and addressing the emotional and psychological factors that lead to addiction and destructive...Read more

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Tyreek Hill said who he wants to be this season. It was something to hear. He stood in a white T-shirt, sweating from a Tuesday morning workout, and went down a to-do checklist for himself on the edge of the Miami Dolphins training camp.

“Just being present, every day on time,’’ he said. “Doing things extra, ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Richard Tillman, youngest brother of the late San Jose-raised NFL star and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, used “insta-logs” and lighter fluid bought from a grocery store to make his car into an incendiary device and set fire to a San Jose post office over the weekend, according to criminal charges filed Tuesday.

According to ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Raiders have agreed to terms with veteran safety Jamal Adams on a contract, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed Tuesday.

Adams, 29, is a three-time Pro Bowler who previously played for coach Pete Carroll in Seattle. He appeared in five games last season, three with the Titans and two with the Lions.

Adams, who ...Read more

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Brock Purdy’s mind raced back to Seattle’s Lumen Field on Thanksgiving night, 2023. The San Francisco 49ers faced third-and-7 in a 7-3 game. What unfolded next from Jauan Jennings illustrates how he earned Purdy’s trust.

This one play also explains why Purdy called it “extremely important” that Jennings ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It's become a near-annual tradition.

The Rams report to training camp with quarterback Matthew Stafford's status somewhat uncertain.

Stafford, entering his 17th season, will be held out of workouts this week because of back soreness, coach Sean McVay announced Tuesday at Loyola Marymount. McVay added that Stafford would be ...Read more

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Alex Anzalone saga has reached new levels of weird.

And that's according to the man himself.

Anzalone, a four-time captain and starting linebacker for the Detroit Lions, showed up to practice on Tuesday for the first time since the end of last season and spoke about his desire to "retire a Lion." He's entering the ...Read more

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The evolution of a championship team varies, by time and by tests. The simplest pattern — get good, stay good, get great, stay great, get there, get the trophy — rarely unfolds as planned.

Coaches leave. Injuries hit. Players retire. It crests, it drops and inevitably hits an inflection point. In some ways, the Lions ...Read more

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Five days before traveling an hour north for training camp, the Chiefs provided Trey Smith a four-year contract that reset the NFL’s right guard market and makes him the highest-paid player at the position.

Five hours before training camp, the Chiefs provided George Karlaftis a four-year contract extension that hovers, oh,...Read more

PITTSBURGH — There have been many discussions about the Steelers' offseason, but very few have centered on the offensive and defensive lines.

I think that is a mistake because the best argument for the Steelers to have another winning season and perhaps make a run at the AFC North title is that they will likely win a lot of games up front on ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — It seems, in so many ways and for some very specific reasons, so long ago now. And it was a long time ago, almost 20 years, that Terrell Owens transformed the Eagles’ 2005 training camp at Lehigh University into a spectacle of strangeness unlike anything in Philadelphia’s often-weird sports history.

The contract dispute. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The brother of late NFL star and U.S. Army Ranger Pat Tillman is being held in custody in connection with a vehicle driven into a Northern California post office.

The San Jose Police Department said in an email to The Los Angeles Times on Monday that 44-year-old resident Richard Tillman was booked on charges of arson after he ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A man being held in custody in connection with a vehicle driven into a Northern California post office on Sunday morning is reportedly the brother of late NFL star and U.S. Army Ranger Pat Tillman.

“Shortly after 3 a.m. yesterday, the San Jose Fire and Police Departments responded to reports of a vehicle on fire in the box ...Read more

DENVER — The No. 1 offensive line in the AFC doesn’t just finish each other’s sentences. Heck, no. They finish each other’s plates.

“Shoot, I’ve had the whole line over to my house,” Broncos center Luke Wattenberg told me with a grin.

“And we all kind of hang out with each other throughout the offseason. We have O-line dinners...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Talking to those who know Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty best, one might get the impression at least some of his nearly 4,700 rushing yards at Boise State came by way of skipping across water instead of a blue field.

“The Raiders aren’t only getting an elite running back, they’re getting an elite human and someone who I ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Whenever Pam Webster feels consumed by the stress — concerns over food, money or family feeling like too much — she can always count on her son, Garrett, for a laugh.

"His best line whenever I'm complaining, when we don't know how we're going to get food or the budget's tight, he'll say, 'You should have married a football ...Read more

MIAMI — The standard has been set, and now there’s a bar the Miami Dolphins defense must climb over.

Despite spending two seasons with two different defensive coordinators, and two seasons without a ton of the team’s top defenders, who were sidelined because of injuries, the Dolphins defense has managed to deliver a top-10 defense for two...Read more

LOS ANGELES — They lost a cherished teammate hours before they started training camp. But the Chargers receivers knew just what to do when they heard of Mike Williams' sudden retirement.

"At this point [we're] just treating it like the next man up," receiver Quentin Johnston said. "Him leaving was unexpected, but at the same time, we just ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to a four-year extension with defensive end George Karlaftis, a source confirmed to The Kansas City Star.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter was the first to report the deal, stating that it includes an additional $93 million in compensation, with $62 million of that guaranteed.

NFL insider Jordan ...Read more