Rivers gets a taunting fine

Three Questions: 1. Can the Ravens pass rush shake Philip Rivers? Rivers is used to getting hit - he’s hardly the least sacked quarterback in the league. But Rivers thrives despite his line’s deficiencies and is still one of the league’s most productive and dangerous quarterbacks. If the Ravens can’t rattle him, he’ll be in the [...]

SAN DIEGO - The NFL has fined San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers US$7,500 for taunting in Monday night's victory at Oakland. More......

The NFL fined San Diego quarterback Philip Rivers $7,500 for taunting in San Diego's 24-20 comeback win over Oakland, a NFL spokesman said.

Week 2 is full of tight matchups, like the Ravens hitting up Philip Rivers. Our NFL Fearless Predictions sizes up the weekend.

Despite Philip Rivers passing for a career-high 436 yards, the Chargers have trouble cracking the goal line against the Ravens in losing 31-26.

CHARGERS REPORT: Philip Rivers and Antonio Gates sat at their adjacent lockers Thursday, chatting as they so often do. More......

The Chargers made history Sunday, as Philip Rivers became the first quarterback to ever throw for more than 400 yards against the Baltimore Ravens in the 16-year history of the defensive-minded franchise.Rivers' 436 yards passing also was a career high, as Opie completed 25-of-45 attempts. He threw two touchdowns, along with two interceptions.Opie's big day also tied Dan...

The Ravens gave up 255 pass yards to Philip Rivers in the first half today, but the defense came up big when it had too. Three times the Chargers had the ball inside the Ravens' 10 and got only a field goal each time. The Ravens used two rush touchdowns by Willis McGahee and a 27-yard TD catch by an uncovered Kelley Washington to take a 21-16 lead into the break. Ravens quarterback...

The Ravens' secondary was abused by Philip Rivers today, but Baltimore moved to the top of the AFC North because of big plays by the defense in the red zone. The 31-26 victory showed the worst -- and the best -- of the defense. When Ray Lewis stuffed the Chargers' Darren Sproles on fourth down with 33 seconds left, the Ravens were able to escape San Diego with a 2-0 record. Pittsburgh...

CHARGERS REPORT: Philip Rivers and Antonio Gates sat at their adjacent lockers Thursday, chatting as they so often do.

The Ravens are hoping linebacker Jarret Johnson (above) will put pressure on Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers in today's game. The Sun's Ken Murray discusses other Ravens who might make a difference in the matchup with San Diego.

Thus far his team has featured (LaDainian) Tomlinson running wild and (Drew) Brees helping lead an offense that has a 91.3 percentage rate of scoring in the Red Zone -- no wonder Schottenheimer calls that the Gold Zone. -Thomas George, New York Times, Nov. 3, 2002 Boy. One thing is obvious, and I've been saying this for three years now, San Diego Chargers Norv Turner needs to...