Kartje: No matter location, game stays the same

CARSON — Around him, so much was still unfamiliar.
Over the years, these debuts blurred together, each preseason the same dance as the one before, but as Philip Rivers peered out from under center at the start of his 14th year as a Chargers quarterback, this scene was jarringly new. Until Sunday, this stadium, with its intimate feel and capacity of just 27,000, had never hosted a professional football game. Towering over the west end zone in front of him, a giant globe advertised Universal