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On Thursday, the Los Angeles Chargers pulled off a rare "free-kick field goal." There are other oddball rules in the book if you dig deep enough.

The short answer: tradition.

Kickers are better than ever, but the record pace of long attempts this season has been remarkable.

A defensive tackle, he teamed with Joe Klecko, Mark Gastineau and Marty Lyons in the 1980s on a line that terrorized quarterbacks.

Critics of using public money to build sports facilities dismissed the bond sale, but some of the team's devoted followers eagerly paid in.

A 6-foot-4 halfback and flanker, he was a tall, reliable target for Browns quarterback Otto Graham as Cleveland rolled to titles in the late 1940s and '50s.

A pro-Harris video from LeBron James. A pro-Trump hat on Nick Bosa. With Election Day near, more have been showing their preference.