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San Diego Chargers Confirm Move to Los Angeles

Los Angeles (AFP) – The San Diego Chargers confirmed Thursday the franchise will make a controversial move to Los Angeles next season after failing to reach a deal on a new stadium at their existing home.

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NFL Viewership Never Recovered in the Era of the Colin Kaepernick Protest

The NFL’s TV ratings have fallen in nearly every demographic and across all regions thus far for the 2016/2017 season, a report finds. The ratings crash coincides with a season of Black Lives Matter protests against the United States during the playing of the national anthem, made ubiquitous by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

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NFL Wild-Card Weekend Takes Ratings Hit

It seems like NFL postseason ratings have picked up right where NFL regular season ratings left off. Following a season that saw an 8% dip in ratings from the previous year, the opening wild-card weekend of the NFL playoffs also took a hit.

Randall Cobb

Seahawks, Texans Advance in Playoff Openers

Washington (AFP) – Russell Wilson tossed two touchdown passes to power Seattle over Detroit 26-6 while Brock Osweiler threw for one touchdown and ran for another as Houston beat Oakland 27-14 in Saturday’s NFL playoff openers.

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Osweiler Returns to Lead Texans Over Oakland 27-14

HOUSTON (AP) — Brock Osweiler finally looked like the player Houston spent $72 million on, throwing for a touchdown and running for another to lead the Texans to a 27-14 wild-card playoff win over the Oakland Raiders on Saturday.

Brock Osweiler #17 of the Houston Texans rushes for a touchdown during the fourth quarter

Giants-Packers Playoffs Lore is More Than Red-Faced Coughlin

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — There’s a lot more to the playoff history between the Giants and Packers than a scarlet-faced Tom Coughlin standing on a frigid sideline in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Jan. 20, 2008, in New York’s numbing overtime win in the NFC Championship game.

Eli Manning

Oklahoma RB Joe Mixon Leaving for NFL

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Joe Mixon, the star Oklahoma running back who was suspended for the 2014 season after punching a woman in the face, will enter the NFL draft.

Joe Mixon

Watch: Cardinals RB David Johnson Suffers Ugly Knee Inury

Arizona Cardinals star running back David Johnson suffered a gruesome injury Sunday while playing the Los Angeles Rams. After taking the pitch on a sweep left, Rams defenders Eugene Sims and Alec Ogletree combined to wrap Johnson up, but Johnson’s left

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49ers Fire Coach Chip Kelly, GM Trent Baalke

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers fired coach Chip Kelly and general manager Trent Baalke on Sunday in the latest overhaul for a franchise that has fallen from perennial Super Bowl contender to the bottom of the standings in three seasons.

Chip Kelly, Colin Kaepernick

Kubiak Tells Broncos He’s Leaving for Health Reasons

DENVER (AP) — Broncos coach Gary Kubiak informed his players after their victory over Oakland on Sunday that he’s stepping away from the game and the team he loves. He said the grind of coaching was taking too big of a toll on his health.

Gary Kubiak