According to the NFL rulebook, “A fair-catch signal is valid if it is made while the kick is in flight by a player who fully extends one arm above his helmet and waves it from side to side. A ...

In my fourth decade of life, I have discovered football. It started as a way to spend more time with my dad after we lost my ...

Chargers Special Teams Coordinator Ryan Ficken meets with the media to discuss the preparation and execution of the fair catch kick against the Broncos. Chargers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh and General ...

After a fair catch is made or is awarded as the result ... So, never let it be said that there's always something new to see in football. If you stick around long enough, you never know what ...

At 57 yards, it was the longest fair catch free-kick ever made in the NFL. What is the free-kick rule, and why is it so rare? According to the NFL rulebook, a free kick is a kickoff, safety kick ...

The Chargers ended an otherwise disastrous first half against the Denver Broncos with a rare fair catch free kick from Cameron Dicker that cut the Chargers deficit to 21-13 entering the locker room.

The Los Angeles Chargers took advantage of the NFL’s fair catch kick rule Thursday when kicker Cameron Dicker converted a field goal – the first successful fair-catch kick since 1976.

I’m not quite as quick a study; Dad has had to patiently explain multiple times how a pick six works and the nuances of calling fair catch. But watching football together has been a growing ...