Even though Antonio Gates didn’t play college football, and was a basketball player at Kent State, he rounded into one of the greatest tight ends in NFL history. An eight-time Pro Bowl selection ...

If Antonio Gates was on the fence between retirement and returning for a 16 th NFL season, his decision may have been made somewhere between the touchdown pass he caught with a defender crawling ...

COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers aren't ready to say farewell to Antonio Gates after all. Four months after the Chargers bade a public goodbye to the leading receiver in ...

Antonio Gates is the San Diego Chargers' all-time leader in receptions, receiving yards and touchdown catches. His touchdown grab early in the first quarter was the 108th of his career, bringing him ...

COSTA MESA — It’s the 15th week of his 15th NFL season, and Antonio Gates, one of the greatest tight ends the league has ever seen, is considering how it all may end, knowing full well that ...

On Thursday night, former Chargers tight end and franchise legend Antonio Gates was named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025. He was one of four players to make up the class which ...

Antonio Gates, a retired professional footballer from the United States, spent the entirety of his time as a tight end for the San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers in the National Football League (NFL).

SAN DIEGO – Antonio Gates didn’t come off as a man seeking sympathy when pondering the impact of the first suspension of his otherwise illustrious NFL career. Yet the well-decorated San ...

LAS VEGAS — Antonio Gates, who helped transform the tight end position, said he felt pain after being denied entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Thursday. After all, he was widely expected ...

The San Diego Chargers announced Thursday that tight end Antonio Gates has been suspended four games without pay for violating the NFL Policy and Program for performance-enhancing substances.

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego Chargers star tight end Antonio Gates was in pain as he tried to practice in a limited role Thursday. Gates has missed the last two games because of a torn plantar fascia in ...

Let’s say all Antonio Gates has accomplished is living up to the ability God gave him. Let us assume, for the sake of this appreciative argument, that Gates came out of the womb able to make a ...