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| Chargers host first-place Chiefs with backs to the wall |
NFL Football |
12/10/2010 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Numbers-wise, it just doesn't make sense. With an offense that's the league's third-best in scoring and a defense that's allowed the fewest total yards and passing yards in the NFL, the San Diego Chargers shouldn't be in a fight for their playoff lives heading into Week 14 for the NFL season. But that's precisely where the four-time defending AFC West champions find themselves on the eve of a Qualcomm Stadium showdown with current division leader Kansas City this Sunday. A loss to the Chiefs w |
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| Ground games the focus of Raiders-Jaguars tilt |
NFL Football |
12/10/2010 |
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| hile the Raiders occupy the third overall spot in that category. Both Oakland and Jacksonville went over 200 yards rushing a weekend ago, with the Raiders using the tandem of Darren McFadden and Michael Bush to run past the usually tough-in-December San Diego Chargers by a 28-13 score to snap a two-game slide. Meanwhile, running back Maurice Jones-Drew shouldered much of the load in the Jaguars' 17-6 triumph versus the Tennessee Titans. Both clubs also have quarterbacks that can get into the act. Oakland signal- |
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| Chargers say they'll play in San Diego in 2011 |
NFL Football |
12/08/2010 |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego Chargers have notified the city that they won't exercise their 2011 escape clause on Feb. 1. Wednesday's announcement comes amid recent speculation that the Chargers could be headed to Los Angeles. Between Feb. 1 and April 30 of each year through 2020, the Chargers can announce their intentions to leave if they pay off the bonds used to expand Qualcomm in 1997. That figure is currently around $26 million. Last week, a report that sports and entertainment powerhouse Anschutz |
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| AFC West: Chiefs on verge of unlikely divisional conquest |
NFL Football |
12/07/2010 |
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| ch to snapping a two-game skid with your biggest and most playoff-tested rival coming to town? Damn the torpedoes...full speed ahead. Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable was in full-scale aggressive mode in Sunday's 28-13 victory over the streaking San Diego Chargers, eschewing field- goal opportunities to convert a pair of fourth-down chances that energized his offensive players. "That was big," quarterback Jason Campbell said of those decisions. "That showed a lot of confidence in us. That shows we were going |
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| Rivers: Chargers have no wiggle room after loss |
NFL Football |
12/06/2010 |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -After taking a serious beatdown from the rival Oakland Raiders, the San Diego Chargers have no wiggle room in their attempt to win their fifth straight AFC West title. The Chargers need to win out and get some help from other teams to win the division after they were outmuscled by the Raiders on Sunday, losing 28-13 and allowing a whopping 251 yards rushing. The Chargers are tied with Oakland at 6-6, two games behind Kansas City with four to play. The Chargers host the Chiefs on Sunday, nee |
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| Sunday Rewind: Resilient Steelers make a big statement |
NFL Football |
12/06/2010 |
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| owdown on December 15. "Nobody gave us a chance," Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward remarked after the Baltimore win. "We came here and shocked the world. Now we control our own destiny." A few other observations about this week's proceedings: - The San Diego Chargers had been perceived as the most serious outsider to the Patriots, Steelers, Jets and Ravens in the ever-changing battle for AFC supremacy heading into Sunday's play, but now the Bolts are facing an uphill climb to even make the playoffs after having |
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| Raiders run to crucial victory over Chargers |
NFL Football |
12/06/2010 |
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| San Diego, CA (MySportsbook) - Jason Campbell threw for a score and ran one in as the Oakland Raiders took a 28-13 win over the San Diego Chargers in an AFC West battle. Oakland (6-6) and San Diego (6-6) now sit even at two games behind Kansas City for first place in the division. San Diego hosts the Chiefs next Sunday while Oakland plays at AFC South-leading Jacksonville. Campbell finished the game 10-for-16 with 117 yards and added 37 yards on seven carries as the Raiders snapped a two-game slide. Darren McF |
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| NFL Inactives (Sunday, December 5, 2010) |
NFL Football |
12/05/2010 |
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| hris Scott, CB Crezdon Butler, TE Matt Spaeth, DT Steve McLendon, T Tony Hills Ravens - FB Le'Ron McClain, RB Jason McKie, G Bryan Mattison, DT Arthur Jones, DT Lamar Divens, LB Jason Phillips, LB Dannell Ellerbe, CB Cary Williams OAKLAND RAIDERS AT SAN DIEGO CHARGERS, 4:05 P.M. (ET) Raiders - 3rd QB J.T. O'Sullivan, CB Walter McFadden, RB Michael Bennett, CB Chris Johnson, LB Bruce Davis, G Daniel Loper, G Bruce Campbell, WR Nick Miller Chargers - RB Curtis Brinkley, S Darrell Stuckey, S Steve Gregory, DT Cam Th |
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| As Bolts rebound, Gates tries to play through pain |
Headlines |
12/05/2010 |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -Antonio Gates hasn't even thought about simply sitting out a game or two to let the torn plantar fascia in his right foot heal. Bothered by the painful injury since late October, the San Diego Chargers' star tight end has settled into a routine. He sees how his foot feels on Saturday nights, then tests it in the hours leading up to kickoff on Sundays. He was unable to play in consecutive games sandwiched around the Chargers' bye, the first time in his stellar career that he'd been sidelined b |
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| Gates, Floyd, Tolbert able to practice with Bolts |
Headlines |
12/03/2010 |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -The San Diego Chargers got some encouraging news regarding three key players for Sunday's home game against the visiting Oakland Raiders. Pro Bowl tight end Antonio Gates, wide receiver Malcom Floyd and running back Mike Tolbert participated in practice. Gates, who missed two of the last three games with a torn plantar fascia in his right foot, practiced for the first time this week, in a limited role. He likely won't know his status until the hours leading to kickoff. Tolbert practiced f |
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