3:33 PM ET Despite threats of a trade demand if he doesn’t get a new contract, running back Melvin Gordon on Saturday said he wants to remain with the Los Angeles Chargers. “I want to end up with the Chargers,” Gordon said Saturday at SportsCon in Dallas. “That’s my home. I’m not going to sit

11:22 AM ET MIAMI — Dolphins assistant head coach/quarterbacks coach Jim Caldwell is taking a leave of absence for the 2019 NFL season to address an undisclosed health issue, the team announced Saturday. Caldwell, 64, is expected to be away from the team to focus on his health throughout the season, but he will serve

1:16 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — With his mom and sister standing next to him inside the Fredericksburg, Virginia, homeless shelter, Keyshawn Pendleton did what sixth-graders do: boast about his sports accomplishments. He bragged about his handles in basketball and the time he refused to be tackled during football practice. But there was another topic

1:20 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — In the run up to the 2019 NFL draft, San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan spent an inordinate amount of time doing something they’d never done before. “Kyle and I studied punters more this year than I think we ever will,” Lynch said.

12:27 AM ET Charges were filed Friday against a teenager in the shooting of New York Giants cornerback Corey Ballentine and the murder of his friend Dwane Simmons. Francisco Alejandro Mendez, 18, faces seven felony counts, including murder in the first degree. He was also charged with premeditation, attempted murder in the first degree and

9:39 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball A jury on Friday found Los Angeles Rams strength and conditioning coach Ted Rath not guilty on three counts of misdemeanor sexual battery, according to Ventura County

12:39 AM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University You can’t pass up working with talent like this. Tennessee Titans safeties Kevin Byard and Kenny Vaccaro and CB Joshua Kalu traveled to Austin, Texas, to meet up with other players for

7:50 PM ET Kevin SeifertNFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 The NFL has put its full-time officials program on hold as part of ongoing labor talks with the NFL Referees Association, multiple sources said Thursday. Barring a turn in negotiations, the decision

5:21 PM ET New Orleans Saints rookie defensive end Carl Granderson was sentenced to six months in jail Thursday after a judge rejected the terms of his plea agreement on sexual assault charges. Granderson, who was accused of inappropriately touching two women while they slept at his apartment in 2018, went undrafted out of the

1:55 PM ET Walt Michaels, who was the head coach of the New York Jets for six seasons and was the defensive coordinator for the franchise’s only Super Bowl championship team, died Wednesday at age 89. His daughter, Mary Ann, told the Times Leader that her father died six years to the day after his