The Hall of Fame Game received historic ratings as the Los Angeles Chargers and Detroit Lions kicked off the NFL preseason.

Trey Lance shines at quarterback for the Chargers in a dominant 34-7 victory over the Detroit Lions in the Hall of Fame Game. Here's what we learned from the NFL preseason opener.

Football is back. While NFL training camps are just gaining steam as many teams transition to fully padded action, two of the league's 32 clubs will hit the field for an actual game this week: It's the Detroit Lions versus the Los Angeles Chargers in the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game,

What we have Thursday night is the Hall of Fame Game, which might just be the most wasteful use of a cool name in pro sports. "Hall of Fame Game" gives the impression of something a lot better than the product on the field ever turns out to be. It sounds a lot more important than it actually is.

Via Austin Karp of Sports Business Daily, the Chargers-Lions Hall of Fame game on NBC generated 6.9 million viewers on average for the broadcast. It's the biggest audience for the Hall of Fame game since the 2021 matchup between the Steelers and Cowboys,

Rookies got their first NFL snaps in Thursday’s preseason opener between the Chargers and Lions. Nick Simon breaks down the rookie performers.

The first game of the burgeoning 2025 season is in the books, as the Los Angeles Chargers thumped the Detroit Lions 34-7 in the Hall of Fame Game. A Harbaugh-led team in the preseason, be it Jim or John,