Former Chargers receiver Travis Benjamin to sign with 49ers

Under NFL rules, the Colts could force Andrew Luck to pay them millions of dollars for abruptly retiring. But they won’t do that. The Colts and Luck have already reached an agreement that the team will not go after any of that money, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. NFL players who receive a signing

Gunther Cunningham, who spent a lifetime as a football coach, including stops with Stanford, Cal and the Los Angeles Raiders, died Saturday. He was 72. The announcement was made by the Detroit Lions, for whom Cunningham worked last. The Detroit Free Press reported that the one-time Walnut Creek resident

The Jets defense gave up 31 points last week to a 49ers offense that was missing George Kittle from the start, and that saw Jimmy Garoppolo, Raheem Mostert and Tevin Coleman all go out at some point with injuries.