When the Chargers moved north in 2017, they played home games in the StubHub Center (now Dignity Health Sports Park), the 27,000-seat home of the LA Galaxy. The internment facility in Carson that the team shared with the MLS team was a punchline, but it was a pristine, sparkling punchline that did not subject the partisans to long lines that inched slowly towards troughs as they stood in rivers of piss. (It is also food truck friendly!) The Chargers sold tickets to the tiny venue on the...

A preseason, 17-yard game-winning field goal by linebacker Billy Ray Smith with no time left on the clock was all the opportunity he needed to peacock a little bit. After all, eight seconds earlier, Smith thought his 34-yarder had won the game, only to be disallowed because officials penalized the linebacker for having athletic tape over his shoes. The rules forbid tape or any foreign substance on a player's kicking foot. “You guys didn’t talk to me when I was a linebacker,” said Smith...

"This is the worst team that Jim Harbaugh is going to coach, talent wise." -Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network, January 11, 2025. Away from the violence of football, Justin Herbert finds solace in chess. After being humbled by his own offensive lineman, he dedicated himself to becoming one of the best chess players on the team . In a bit of strange irony, this story begins with Rashawn Slater. Allegedly defeated by the star left tackle during a road trip, Herbert committed himself to the...