CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Antonio Gates wants to play in the NFL next season, and the record-setting tight end intends to talk to the Los Angeles Chargers about staying with the team. Gates ...

Even though Antonio Gates didn’t play college football, and was a basketball player at Kent State, he rounded into one of the greatest tight ends in NFL history. An eight-time Pro Bowl selection ...

But with training camp arriving in less than a month, Gates remains a free agent and the Chargers still need a tight end. Hall of Fame running back LaDainian Tomlinson, who currently serves as a ...

The Chargers were ready to move on without tight end Antonio Gates this season, but reversed course after ... where we’re trying to go” because he needs to be ready to make a play at any moment. “It’s ...

Los Angeles Chargers tight end Antonio Gates doesn't sound like he ... I can still beat a linebacker, I feel like I can still play," Gates, 38, said Friday before the Chargers head to Denver ...

Antonio Gates isn’t pondering an NFL comeback ... It did look familiar and when they called plays, it just fit what we had done over the course of a decade in California.” ...

If Antonio Gates wants to play football for a 16th season, he’ll have to do it in a different uniform for the first time in his pro career. Facing a further reduction in his role, Hunter Henry ...

Antonio Gates and Ryan Mathews are two players the ... “They want to take one thing away from this offense then we have to make plays in other areas,” Gates said. “That is what this offense ...

Wide receivers Legedu Naanee and Malcom Floyd are optimistic that they'll be able to play when the San Diego Chargers host the Denver Broncos next Monday night. Tight end Antonio Gates isn't so ...

Antonio Gates would always get open in the end zone ... Rivers noticed Gates singled up on a linebacker, play after play. Even in his diminished role, a few teams bracketed Gates with defenders ...

Antonio Gates, who became one of the most prolific ... “I never dreamed that I would play this game of football so long or how fortunate I would be to play it with just one organization ...