Anyone believing that the three-day minicamp at Rams Park was a walk in the park, think again. The tempo and intensity on the field were high, ratcheted up noticeably from last year. And the demands in the classroom were at…

Hope you haven’t already ordered a Chris Long #98 jersey. That’s because he’s already changed to #72. Several other newcomers also have switched: offensive tackle Stephen Sene, to 64 from 71; defensive tackle Josh Thompson, to 69 from 64; and…

Defensive end Chris Long, the Rams’ first-round draft choice, will wear uniform number 98. Here are the other numbers that have been assigned to the new rookies (for now, anyway; some could change once the final roster is set):

Donnie…

A week ago, we checked 20 mock drafts to try to gauge what others thought the Rams would do with their No. 2 overall pick in the draft. All were gleaned from sites that should have legitimate insight.

Then, Michigan…

Given the structure of the 2008 NFL schedule, which came out Tuesday, the Rams had better charge into the season full bore or they could effectively be done before the first frost. They open on the road Sept. 7 at…

Rams Park nuggets:

Informed that the Rams plan to bring in a speed coach this year, cornerback Tye Hill immediately nominated himself for the position. “They might let me take over that; I could do it,” said Hill, a former…

Trent Green didn’t need directions to Rams Park for the start of the offseason conditioning program this week. Still, he said it almost felt like unfamiliar territory.”Driving into the parking lot and coming into the building, it’s quite a bit…

Things are settling down a bit at Rams Park in the midst of an offseason that has been busy and, it would appear, productive. Coach Scott Linehan revamped his staff, and the front office delved into free agency with a…

When team president John Shaw assured that Scott Linehan would return as the Rams’ head coach, it became a foregone conclusion that some assistant coaches would be jettisoned. That’s just how it works in the NFL after a lousy season.…

GLENDALE, Ariz. - In what almost surely was his last game in a Rams uniform, 37-year-old center Andy McCollum was one of the team’s four captains for the pregame toss. McCollum made the right call - heads - and the…