Aaron Donald

Malcolm Brown rushed for a career-high 79 yards and two touchdowns, Jared Goff passed for 275 yards and the Los Angeles Rams opened SoFi Stadium with a 20-17 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night. Robert Woods had six catches for 105 yards to help the Rams improve to 4-0 in season openers under coach Sean McVay and spoiled…

Five-time Pro Bowler Aqib Talib announced his retirement from the NFL on his new podcast Wednesday. The loquacious cornerback said he turned down an offer last month to rejoin the New England Patriots. Talib said he was excited about reuniting with Bill Belichick and both the role (covering tight ends) and the money ($6 million) were good. “I can make…

Linebacker Terrell Lewis will miss at least the first three weeks of his rookie season with the Rams due to a right knee problem that isn’t as serious as Los Angeles first feared. Lewis will start the season on the non-football injury list, Rams coach Sean McVay said Wednesday as they began practice to face the Dallas Cowboys on...

Jalen Ramsey showed up at Jacksonville Jaguars training camp last year in an armored bank truck. A year later on the opposite coast, he’s going to need that ride. Ramsey will become the highest-paid defensive back in NFL history after agreeing to a five-year, $105 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Rams on Wednesday. The extension includes $71.2 million…

The Los Angeles Rams’ inaugural visit to their new home was a big hit. The Rams made their first official trip to SoFi Stadium since its completion for a scrimmage Saturday night. They checked out their new locker room and the opulent amenities beneath the stands in owner Stan Kroenke’s $5 billion football palace before they marveled at the massive…

As coronavirus cases across the country and in the county of Los Angeles continue to surge, SoFi Stadium, the soon-to-be home of the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers, continues to pile up cases of its own. The first positive case of COVID-19 by a worker at SoFi Stadium was reported in March, and since that time another 48 workers have…

 The Los Angeles Rams have started a scouting apprenticeship program designed to boost the aspirations of minority and female candidates for football scouting jobs. The Rams announced the creation of the program Tuesday, along with the selection of its first 10 participants. The team says the apprentice scouts will get “experiential training, one-on-one mentorship and networking opportunities through virtual summits”…

SoFi Stadium, the future home of the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers, announced via Twitter on Wednesday that the stadium was 97 percent complete. Less than 24 hours later, it was revealed that seven additional workers at the stadium had tested positive for COVID-19. The L.A. Times was the first to report that seven more construction workers tested positive after…

HBO and NFL Films announced on Thursday something that we’ve known for months: That the 2020 edition of the NFL reality show “Hard Knocks” would feature both the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers. What we didn’t know was that both head coaches, Sean McVay of the Los Angeles Rams, and Anthony Lynn of the LA Chargers, would be available...

Sean McVay sent the Los Angeles Rams into their summer break Thursday without seeing most of his players in person this spring. The head coach also doesn’t know when he’ll see them next, because the Rams’ plan to open training camp with rookies on July 23 could change amid the coronavirus pandemic. McVay has spent his life in the...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is hopeful that coaches will be able to return to their team facilities by next week. Goodell said Thursday following an owners conference call that the virtual offseason is being extended for two more weeks. In a memo sent to the 32 teams and obtained by The Associated Press, he outlined the next phase of reopening…

Aaron Donald is not thrilled about the prospect of playing football without fans. The Los Angeles Rams’ superstar defensive lineman doesn’t like the idea of playing an NFL season in front of empty seats, saying it “wouldn’t be fun to me.” “I feel like you need fans to play the game,” Donald added Thursday on a video conference call...

The 2020 NFL schedule was released on Thursday and we now know when the inaugural game at the new SoFi Stadium will take place. The nearly $5 Billion dollar stadium will debut underneath the bright lights of NBC’s Sunday Night Football, when the Los Angeles Rams host the Dallas Cowboys on September 13. The opening of the unprecedented and unparalleled…

A’Shawn Robinson eagerly agreed to join the Los Angeles Rams as a free agent last month, thinking he was replacing Michael Brockers as the run-stopping heart of the defensive line for a franchise with three straight winning seasons. When Brockers surprisingly re-signed with the Rams several days later after his free-agent deal with the Baltimore Ravens fell through, Robinson’s...

A year ago, the Los Angeles Rams were fresh off a Super Bowl trip and back-to-back NFC West titles, feeling good about where they stood in the division. Now they seem to be looking up at the competition in the NFL’s toughest division. While the Rams got rid of cornerstone players Todd Gurley and Brandin Cooks because of bloated contracts and...

Harland Svare, a starting linebacker on the New York Giants’ 1956 NFL championship team and later the team’s defensive coach while still a player, has died. He was 89. The Yampa Valley Funeral Home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, reported on its website that Svare died on April 4. The San Diego Union-Tribune was first to report the death. For many years,...

If Clay Johnston’s performance on the field is even close to his performance over the phone, the Los Angeles Rams just got a game changer in the seventh round of the NFL draft. Johnston didn’t even try to contain his euphoria after the Rams drafted the Baylor linebacker Saturday, whooping and hollering in excitement with an enthusiasm that even...

The Los Angeles Chargers are hopeful Justin Herbert can develop into a franchise quarterback. They are planning on a patient approach. Before Herbert can become the face of the franchise, general manager Tom Telesco just wants him to learn the playbook. “There’s no pressure on Justin to walk in on Day One — we’re not asking him to come...

The Los Angeles Rams drafted possible replacements for Todd Gurley and Brandin Cooks in the second round Friday night, grabbing Florida State running back Cam Akers with the 52nd overall pick and Florida receiver Van Jefferson with the 57th overall pick. After sitting out the first round on Thursday, the Rams got rolling by replenishing their offensive skill-position talent, which…

BEST FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK: DT Merlin Olsen. The No. 3 overall pick in the 1962 draft led the Fearsome Foursome and defined brute excellence on NFL defensive lines for 15 years, making 14 consecutive Pro Bowls and becoming possibly the greatest lineman of the 1960s. Olsen gets this narrow nod because record-setting running back Eric Dickerson (No. 2, 1983) played…