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| Reports: N.C. State to hire Boston College's O'Brien |
Division I College Football |
12/07/2006 |
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| ic Coast Conference program. The Wolfpack look ready to hire Boston College's Tom O'Brien as its new football coach, according to multiple reports Wednesday night. The reports on broadcast and Web sites were based on unidentified sources, though San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers - a four-year starter who left N.C. State as the school's career passing leader - told a newspaper Wednesday that O'Brien was the choice to replace fired coach Chuck Amato. ``I got a call this morning and they said it was |
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| Broncos' Wilson questionable for Sunday at San Diego |
NFL Football |
12/07/2006 |
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| Denver, CO (MySportsbook) - The slumping Denver Broncos may have to face a showdown with the division-leading San Diego Chargers without starting middle linebacker Al Wilson, who is listed as questionable with a neck injury that he suffered in Sunday night's game against Seattle. Wilson was taken to a local hospital after suffering a sprained neck when trying to recover a fumble in a 23-20 loss to the Seahawks. He was placed on a stretcher, with his body immobilized before being loaded into an ambulance. He wa |
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| Chiefs wither in Cleveland |
NFL Football |
12/06/2006 |
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| hing list, moving ahead of Marcus Allen with 3,728 career yards. L.J. has reached those heights despite this being his first full season as a starter. CHIEFS GET FLEXED The NFL has moved the December 17 game between the Chiefs and the division rival San Diego Chargers to 8:15 p.m. (et) as part of the flexible scheduling system. At 10-2, the Chargers are tied for the NFL's best record and lead the AFC West by three games over both Kansas City and Denver. UP NEXT The Chiefs will return to the friendly confines of A |
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| Chiefs/Chargers selected for Sunday night |
NFL Football |
12/05/2006 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The NFL has moved the December 17 game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Diego Chargers to 8:15 p.m. (et) as part of the flexible scheduling system. At 10-2, the Chargers are tied for the NFL's best record and lead the AFC West by three games over both Kansas City and Denver. The league's new scheduling plan tries to ensure that Sunday night nationally- televised games on NBC and the late-afternoon Sunday time slot for FOX and CBS will feature quality matchups. The league |
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| L.T. closes in on TD mark, Chargers on playoff berth |
NFL Football |
12/04/2006 |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -LaDainian Tomlinson's touchdown binge has carried him to the cusp of NFL history and the San Diego Chargers to the verge of returning to the playoffs. It's also practically rendered his coach speechless, and that's saying something. Marty Schottenheimer, who was an English major at Pitt and loves to talk, doesn't know what to say anymore about Tomlinson's TDs, which now total 26 with a quarter of the season still to play. ``His achievements, I've run out of superlatives,'' Schottenheimer |
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| Dawson's field goal caps Cleveland comeback over Chiefs |
NFL Football |
12/04/2006 |
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| n completed 24-of-32 passes for 297 yards with four touchdowns and an interception for the Chiefs (7-5), who were looking to win three straight. Kansas City currently sits in a tie with Denver for second place in the AFC West, three games behind the San Diego Chargers. Eddie Kennison had seven catches for 117 yards and a touchdown for Kansas City while Tony Gonzalez hauled in nine passes for 105 yards and two touchdowns. Larry Johnson rushed for 110 yards and has surpassed the 100-yard rushing mark in six out of |
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| Tomlinson powers Chargers past Bills |
NFL Football |
12/04/2006 |
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| Orchard Park, NY (MySportsbook) - LaDainian Tomlinson ran for 178 yards with a pair of touchdowns, leading the San Diego Chargers to a 24-21 victory over the Buffalo Bills at Ralph Wilson Stadium. Philip Rivers threw for 160 yards with a touchdown for the Chargers (10-2), who notched their sixth straight win and moved into a tie with Indianapolis for the AFC's top record. The Colts lost at Tennessee on Sunday. J.P. Losman completed 21-of-37 passes for 184 yards with two touchdowns and a pair of interceptions f |
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| NFL Inactives (Sunday, December 3, 2006) |
NFL Football |
12/03/2006 |
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| TE Sean McHugh, LB Teddy Lehman, DT Anthony Bryant, WR Devale Ellis, DT Shaun Rogers Patriots - 3rd QB Vinny Testaverde, WR Chad Jackson, S Eugene Wilson, S Rodney Harrison, G Gene Mruczkowski, G Ryan O'Callaghan, DT LeKevin Smith, DE Marquise Hill SAN DIEGO CHARGERS AT BUFFALO BILLS, 1:00 P.M (ET) Chargers - S Marlon McRee, CB Cletis Gordon, RB Michael Turner, T Roman Oben, WR Greg Camarillo, TE Ryan Krause, DT Luis Castillo Bills - CB Ashton Youboty, RB Shaud Williams, S Matt Bowen, G Tutan Reyes, TE Matt Murp |
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| Falcons Seeking to End Skid in Washington |
NFL Football |
12/02/2006 |
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| ile Warrick Dunn (865 yards, 4 TD) added 52 yards and a TD on 19 attempts. Atlanta is by far the highest-ranked rushing offense in the NFL, gaining an average of 197.7 yards on the ground per game, or 49 yards more every week than the second- ranked San Diego Chargers. Washington's rush defense this season has left something to be desired. The team is ranked 20th in the league with 119.4 rushing yards allowed per week. However, the Redskins did a decent job against the Panthers last week, surrendering 101 yards o |
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| Ravens must wait to clinch AFC North |
NFL Football |
12/01/2006 |
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| `It's always disappointing when you miss an opportunity to capture a division. Fortunately, we're still in a position where we can still control that going forward. We don't have to rely on anybody else.'' The Ravens dropped a half-game behind the San Diego Chargers for the No. 2 playoff seed in the AFC. With four games remaining in the regular season, it will take the Ravens at least two weeks to clinch the division title and earn an automatic playoff berth. Baltimore almost had to absorb its first shutout e |
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