Official Chargers Blog

• AFC Focus: Ranking the guards
  Nick Hardwick and Kris Dielman are two of the finest young interior linemen in the league. SportingNews.com)
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• LT has gone from NFL MVP to Mr. Popularity
  "How does it feel to be the NFL MVP?" the young child asked LaDainian Tomlinson on Monday. (Star-Telegram)
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• Charger Team Report 6/26
  Shawne Merriman spent some time this offseason resting and rehabbing his shoulder in Maryland.
• Campers flip over Harris
  Surrounded by dozens of young football players, linebacker Marques Harris was asked if he’d ever had a sack in the NFL. (The Daily Sentinel)
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• Colts lead pack with six ESPY nominations
  The Super Bowl champs Indianapolis Colts lead the way with six ESPY nominations this year. LaDainian Tomlinson was nominated for four categories. (ESPN.com)

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LaDainian Tomlinson was nominated this morning for The 2007 ESPYS in the Best Male Athlete, Best Record-Breaking Performance, Best NFL Player and the HUMMER Like Nothing Else Award categories. Winners are determined by a popular vote and polls are open from today, June 25, until July 8 at www.espys.tv

Please lend your support to LaDainian by voting!

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• Ocala's Florence is a Charger - for now
  Drayton Florence is entering his fifth season with the Chargers, and unless something happens, it will be his last. (The Ocala Star-Banner)

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• Chargers agree to deal with TE
  The Chargers locked up another veteran player through the 2009 season, agreeing to terms with tight end Brandon Manumaleuna. (North County Times)

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• Mild-mannered coaches becoming the norm
  As much as I've questioned the Chargers for hiring Norv Turner earlier this offseason, I have to give the man credit for his timing. (ESPN.com)

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• No. 21: Tomlinson still climbing list of NFL greats
  LT is just six years into his NFL career, but his place at No. 21 on USA TODAY's list is testament to the powerful threat he has brought to ... (USATODAY.com)
• Drayton Florence begins charity weekend with a new wrinkle
  Drayton Florence was in town a day before the first scheduled event of the third annual Drayton Florence Celebrity Classic Weekend. (OCALA.com)

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• Offense more important than ever
  It was also easy to figure out the Ravens and Chargers were going to be playoff teams last year because of the improvement of their offenses. (ESPN.com)
• Chargers to meet with Oliver
  Paul Oliver has already set up meetings with the Falcons and Chargers and is considered a potential third-round draft pick. (Carroll County Times)

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• Norv has simple plan for his Bolts
  When a team fires a head coach with a 14-2 regular-season record like the Chargers did with Marty Schottenheimer. (FOX Sports)

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• Recharged
  A.J. Smith talks at an enthusiastic pace about a myriad of football subjects, ignoring a half-dozen phone calls over at least 45 minutes. (Yahoo! Sports)

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• Kaeding, Goff hungry for Super Bowl
  Five months later, the sting still lingers for the San Diego Chargers. (Iowa City Press-Citizen)
• Top 50 players: In with the new, out with some of the old
  These players are revered for years, only to see their play fall off a little, and then have fans cry loudly for them to be replaced. (CBS Sportsline)

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• Jammer screens LT’s access
  The first day of the Chargers mini-camp, reporters lined up to talk to NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson as he sat before his locker. (voiceofsandiego.org)
• Charging ahead in Oceanside
  Chargers Stadium in Oceanside? A prospect that initially seemed unlikely grows, with each flip of the calendar page, a little closer to reality. (North County Times)
• Let's bulk up with the Broncos
  Last season, he and his Broncos couldn't beat the Chargers because LTran over, around and through Denver's undersized line on the way to ... (Grand Junction Sentinel)
• Chargers' stadium forecast still cloudy
  When last we visited the Chargers' new-stadium issue, they were looking for real estate in Oceanside, Chula Vista and National City. (Union-Tribune)
• Smith signs of times have Bolts good to '09
  As A.J. Smith observed this past weekend's minicamp, was perhaps as confident as he has ever been that the team he has engineered ... (Union-Tribune)

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• McCree finally shakes concern over knee
  The veteran free safety made it through five practices without any setbacks during the three-day weekend minicamp. (North County Times)
• Jue wants to viewed as more than just safety net
  A few times over the first two days a member of the Chargers training staff would caution Bhawoh Jue that maybe it would be best to sit out a drill (Union-Tribune)

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• Playoff nightmare still haunts Parker
  Chargers wide receiver Eric Parker driven to leave demons behind. (Union-Tribune)
• Rookie linebacker doing the minimum at minicamp
  His repetitions are limited, and he's being monitored closely. But rookie inside linebacker Anthony Waters fully understands the Chargers' rationale. (North County Times)

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• Rivers' growth impresses Chargers teammates
  Rivers' arms are bigger after months of workouts, not that it was difficult to increase the circumference of those beanpoles. (Union-Tribune)
• Offense has new bag of tricks
  Antonio Gates, and others, wondered just how much better the Chargers' offense could get under this offensive guru the team hired as its head coach. (Union-Tribune)
• Chargers put faith in young wide receivers
  It didn't surprise Vincent Jackson that Chargers A.J. Smith eschewed the veteran route and drafted receivers Craig Davis and Legedu Naanee last month. (North County Times)
• Buffed-up Rivers exudes poise
  Philip Rivers' arms are bigger after months of workouts, not that it was difficult to increase the circumference of those beanpoles. (Union-Tribune)
• Note to Vick: LT has left dog days in the past
  To LT, the pit bull is a term of endearment. He named his “Sweetness,” in tribute to Walter Payton. (Union-Tribune)
• Chargers in a Nutshell
  It took us a while, but the Chargers finally accomplished everything people asked us to do: Abolish the ticket guaranty -- end the controversy and ... (voiceofsandiego.org)

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• Mark Fabiani chat transcript
  Union-Tribune
• Can 'Pops' McCardell still get it done at 37? You'll see
  CBS SportsLine.com
• San Diego Chargers Inside Slant
  FOX Sports
• Funding a stadium is about dollars and sense
  North County Times
• Florence back with Chargers as veterans kick off minicamp
  It doesn't matter so much to the Chargers why Drayton Florence did not attend most of the team's offseason program. (Union-Tribune)
• Chargers aim to choose stadium site by year's end
  The Chargers expect to have the results of a study examining the market for high-end office space in Oceanside by late August, and want to choose the site for a new stadium by the end of the year, a representative of the team said Thursday. (North County
• Rookie RBs seek exposure, not job in Bolts' backfield
  Reggie Merriweather played major college football and topped 100 rushing yards against national power Miami as a sophomore. Eldra Buckley played at the NCAA Division I-AA level and set a school record for single-season rushing yards. (North County Times)

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• Chargers make changes only at top
  The Buffalo News

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• The Best: Defensive player
  ESPN.com

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The Chargers got an early start on signing their draft picks Monday as fourth-round pick Scott Chandler signed a four-year deal with the club.

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• San Diego Chargers Team Report
  FOX Sports on MSN

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