Daily News (Los Angeles)

Chargers sign ex-Titans cornerback Fulton for depleted secondary

- From staff, wire service reports — Elliott Teaford

The Chargers signed former Tennessee Titans cornerback Kristian Fulton on Thursday, addressing one of their pressing offseason needs.

Fulton, a second-round draft pick from LSU in 2020, started 37 of 42 games in which he was fit to play during his first four seasons in the NFL.

The contract is for one season, per an NFL Network report.

Fulton, 25, had 46 tackles, including 37 solo, in 12 games this past season. Overall, he had 150 tackles, including 116 solo, in his four-season career with the Titans. He also had four intercepti­ons and one fumble recovery in 42 games.

• The Buffalo Bills replenishe­d their depleted defensive line by signing tackles Austin

Johnson and DeShawn Williams to one-year contracts.

• Welsh rugby star Louis Rees-Zammit agreed to a contract with the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, multiple sources reported. Rees-Zammit, 23, one of the best wingers in rugby, announced in January that he was leaving the Welsh national team to pursue a dream of playing in the NFL. He’s projected as a returner/ running back/wide receiver. player of the year, is joining him with the Mountainee­rs.

• Caitlin Clark has been invited to participat­e in the USA Basketball national team training camp during the Final Four in Cleveland, contingent on Iowa’s season being over. The NCAA’s Division I all-time scoring leader has earned three gold medals with USA Basketball junior teams, most recently as a member of the 2021 under-19 squad.. third round of The Players Championsh­ip two weeks ago, where he became the first back-to-back winner in the 50 years of the PGA Tour’s flagship event.

The streak that matters is his bid for a third straight PGA Tour victory, a feat last accomplish­ed seven years ago by Dustin Johnson.

Scheffler was a stroke back with Joe Highsmith and Davis Riley.

• Nelly Korda shot a 6-under 66 in the first round of the Ford Championsh­ip, leaving her three shots back in a bid to win three straight LPGA Tour starts.

A week after brutal wind at Palos Verdes GG in the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championsh­ip, ideal scoring conditions greeted the players in in Gilbert, Ariz.

Pajaree Anannaruka­n took advantage with a bogey-free, 9-under 63 after starting on the back nine at the 6,734-yard course. She had a one-shot lead over Lilia Vu, Gabriela Ruffels, Isa Gabsa and former Arizona State players Azahara Munoz and Carlota Ciganda.

Azarenka 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (2) in the semifinals. Rybakina will on Saturday face unseeded Danielle Collins, who beat No.14 Ekaterina Alexandrov­a 6-3, 6-2. Rybakina also made last year’s final, losing in straight sets to Petra Kvitová.

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