News links for Thu 1/16/2008
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The Patriots were comfortably curled up on their couches Sunday night, halfway through “The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” when the next victim on their hit list touched down in San Diego.
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LT, he of the bruised left knee, expects to play this Sunday against the Patriots. That's great news, I guess. More encouraging, however, would be to learn that he expects to play well.
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Go ahead, Norv Turner. Say, I told you so. Laugh in the face of your critics, me included
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Squelching skeptics and their own demons, the Chargers pulled off the unlikeliest of upsets to roll on
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After smirking from the shadows, it's time to stand and be counted. Everyone who thought the Chargers had screwed up by firing Schottenheimer and replacing him with Turner, please rise.
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Wes Welker (83) and Randy Moss (81) have 32 pass receiving touchdowns between them in 17 games, including the postseason.
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In his nine years with the New England Patriots, do-it-all tailback Kevin Faulk has averaged 1,129.8 all-purpose yards per season.
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In revisiting the Week 2 matchups of the Giants-Packers game and the Chargers-Patriots game, many things became obvious.
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Out in San Diego, at least one player, swimming in the giddiness of the Chargers’ upset of the Indianapolis Colts, thinks the New England Patriots ...
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They are as serious, evasive and single-minded as Bill Belichick. There will be no locker room material from this bunch
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The San Diego Chargers just may have something that they can tangibly use against the New England Patriots this week in a game in which the visitors desperately need something to hang onto.
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At Northern Illinois University, running back Michael Turner ran for nearly 5,000 yards, finishing his career among the NCAA's top 15 all-time rushers.
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The long knives are coming out for the rematch of the teams that played in the 1963 AFL title game.
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Donte' Stallworth isn't taking any chances. He has a sure-fire way to make sure the Patriots win Sunday's AFC Championship Game against the Chargers.
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Sure, the Patriots said all the right things yesterday about how well the Chargers have been playing, but there's only one undefeated team in this game, and it's not the one traveling across the country to play.
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From basically every corner of the football-watching world, the Chargers are given no chance in Sunday's AFC Championship Game.
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Nate Kaeding has been the NFL's most accurate kicker over the past three seasons.
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It worked for the Seattle Mariners. It worked for the Padres and the Arizona Cardinals, too.
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On Sept. 16, the San Diego Chargers headed into a rematch with New England, eager to atone for their epic playoff collapse against the Patriots eight months earlier.
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