Official Chargers Blog

• Chargers won't deal disaffected Osgood
  The Chargers' brass and most everyone else in the NFL heads to Palm Beach, Fla., this weekend for the annual owners' meetings.

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Get a rare, up-close look at an actual NFL practice when the 2008 San Diego Chargers' rookies and veterans gather for Mini Camp on Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4. It's your chance to see the entire squad, including the 2008 draft selections as they make their first appearance in the Chargers' lightning bolts. Due to the lack of available public parking, the team's practices on Friday, May 2 are closed.

Practice Times

Saturday
10:30 - 12:30 pm
4:00 - 6:00 pm

Sunday
11:00 - 1:00 pm

Chargers Park (Map)
4020 Murphy Canyon Rd.
San Diego, CA 92109

The 2008 Mini Camp will be held at Charger Park in San Diego. Chargers Park is located at 4020 Murphy Canyon Road, just west of I-15 between Aero Drive and Clairemont Mesa Blvd.

In addition to bleacher seating, fans are welcome to bring their own beach chairs.

* Practice times subject to change without notice. Please check back for more details, such as practice times, as they come available.

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• How high can Cro go?
  Chargers cornerback raised the question with his leaping, one-handed palm job of an interception against Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning on Nov. 11.

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• Chargers' Hardwick sidelined by surgery
  The Chargers could be without center Nick Hardwick early in the season.

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• Castillo touches down with troops in Afghanistan
  I never have been to Afghanistan. I cannot perceive that I ever will go to Afghanistan. I don't think cruise lines go there, so I'm out.

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• McCree is gone, not forgetting
  Marlon McCree will attend a charity dinner in Rancho Santa Fe on Sunday hosted by Denver Broncos safety John Lynch, next to whom McCree expects to start this season.
• Faces of the game: NFL icons
  With Brett Favre gone, which current players are deemed to have an iconic presence in the league?

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• Philip Rivers on Favre
  A lot of us saw our favorite NFL quarterback retire this week. And among the "us" is an NFL quarterback.
• Rivers becomes first client at D1
  When Philip Rivers invested in the D1 sports training facility, he did so thinking of himself as an owner, not a customer.

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• Osgood says it'd be better to receive
  Two-plus years into being perhaps the NFL's most-recognized and most-appreciated guy who never plays, Kassim Osgood is fed up.

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• Chargers' Jackson teaches worth of hard work at youth conference
  Vincent Jackson talked, and a crowd of Colorado Springs teens listened.

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• Rivers maniacal in quest to return from knee operation
  Philip Rivers inspects the scars on his surgically repaired right knee and can't help but marvel at how minuscule they are.
• Rivers still seeks some Super bling
  Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger won his three years ago and Eli Manning of the New York Giants earned his last month.

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• Jaguars boost secondary by signing ex-Charger Florence
  The Jacksonville Jaguars signed free agent cornerback Drayton Florence on Saturday, giving them a proven starter to bolster the secondary.
• Turner to get approximately $15M guaranteed from Falcons
  Michael Turner, who has been the Chargers' insurance policy for LaDainian Tomlinson, agreed to join the Falcons on Sunday.
• Chargers' insurance back gets to cash in
  Much as the Chargers valued Turner as a contingency plan, they could not justify paying him as if he were a starter.
• Falcons swoop in, quickly pick up free agent Turner
  Michael Turner has found both opportunity and riches after agreeing to terms on a six-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.

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• Jaguars sign CB Florence
  The Jacksonville Jaguars signed unrestricted free agent cornerback Drayton Florence to a contract today.
• Blank wooing Chargers' Turner at Force opener
  Top free-agent target Michael Turner had a second-row seat between Falcons coach Mike Smith and general manager Thomas Dimitroff at Saturday's Georgia Force season opener.

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• Chargers cut big bait
  The Chargers aren't normally busy during the NFL's free-agency period, but they had an eventful time leading up to it Thursday.
• Volek signs three-year deal to stay with Bolts
  Billy Volek shopped around and decided to stay where he was comfortable and there was a chance to win it all.
• Billy Volek Stays With Chargers
  A free agent for barely more than half a day, Billy Volek was eating lunch with his family at his offseason home in Fresno when his agent called.

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