The Chargers and kicker Cameron Dicker made NFL history against the Denver Broncos on Thursday night, earning three points at the end of the first half with the successful execution of a rare ...

If you relish the obscure, the rare, and the unusual in sports, Thursday evening was for you. Dicker's kick—essentially a field goal attempted without contest from the defense—was made possible by a ...

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. By Victor Mather The N.F.L. rule book is long. Some of ...

Los Angeles coach Jim Harbaugh dug deep into the football rulebook to bring the Chargers within one score of the Denver Broncos just before halftime with a fair-catch kick. The Chargers forced a ...

It takes a specific circumstance for an NFL team to try a fair catch free kick. That's why one hadn't been made in almost 50 years. On Thursday night, viewers got a lesson on a little-known rule: the ...

Cameron Dicker's 57-yard field goal on a free kick after a Chargers fair catch Thursday night broke a record set by a Packers great against the Bears. The 57-yard free kick field goal by Chargers ...

Corrections/clarifications: A previous version of this story misstated the distance of Dicker's kick. The Los Angeles Chargers just did something that hasn't been ...

Welcome to FTW Explains: a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. Are you wondering what a free kick is in the NFL? We got you covered. At the end of the first ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Tremon Smith placed himself on the wrong side of history in Denver’s 34-27 loss to the Chargers on Thursday night at SoFi Stadium. Lined ...