This Fakhir Brown business is getting stranger by the day. Literally.

On Tuesday, Brown told a gathering of reporters at Rams Park that he still was awaiting word on his appeal of a four-game suspension for violating the league’s substance-abuse…

Steven Jackson wants all to know that he’s perfectly content with the way Scott Linehan has used him in the preseason games. And that is, barely used him at all.

Jackson caught two short passes at Minnesota. In the next…

The guilty plea by Falcons quarterback Michael Vick to federal dog-fighting charges, and the presumption that he’ll spend at least a year in prison, was part of the post-practice discussion Monday at Rams Park.

“It’s unfortunate,” coach Scott Linehan said.…

Although it’s popular to play down the importance of exhibition games, evidence exists that trends established in the preseason sometimes bleed into the contests that count. Just go back a year ago, when the first-team offense sputtered in the preseason.…

For three seasons in Minnesota, Scott Linehan and Daunte Culpepper were all but Velcro-ed to each other. Linehan was the Vikings’ offensive coordinator from 2002-04, and Culpepper was his quarterback. They maintained a close bond and friendship.

Friday night in…

The focus at center during the preseason has been on the tight campaign between Andy McCollum and Brett Romberg for the starting job. This week, though, a new number showed up over the ball.

It was the 66 belonging to…

They’ll have to stay up late to see it, but Rams fans eager for an extended look at the first-team offense and defense will get their chance Friday night. Coach Scott Linehan plans to give them at least two quarters…

In 2002, ‘03 and ‘05, tight end Randy McMichael played on the same Miami Dolphins offensive unit with running back Ricky Williams. It was a pleasant experience, McMichael recalled.

“You know what, I had fun with Ricky,” said McMichael, an…

One of the most encouraging improvements the Rams made last season under new coach Scott Linehan and his staff came in turnover ratio. At plus 14, they ranked second in the league a year after finishing minus 10 in the…

Linebacker Will Witherspoon piled up a team-high 136 tackles last year. Coach Scott Linehan believes that after a full season in the middle, and in coordinator Jim Haslett’s complex system, Witherspoon is capable of even more.

“Our offense is doing…