Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Here's a shocker for all you football fans out there: Vincent Jackson will sign his franchise tender with the San Diego Chargers and report to camp on time. Wow, now that is surprising news.
The seemingly perpetually ill-tempered wide receiver has spent the better part of the past year complaining about ...
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Monday, February 14th, 2011
Despite a very ugly, very public feud that lasted months in 2010, the San Diego Chargers and receiver Vincent Jackson just can't quit each other. Apparently, most experts now believe the Chargers will use their franchise tag on Jackson, and that the receiver will likely accept the designation and not ...
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Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
All along San Diego Chargers' general manager A.J. Smith's stance towards long-term holdouts Marcus McNeill and Vincent Jackson was this: Sign your restricted free agent tender, get to work with the team and we'll talk about long-term contracts with you. Say what you want about Smith, his ego and the ...
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Monday, September 27th, 2010
San Diego Chargers left tackle Marcus McNeill finally signed his one-year restricted tender Saturday, clearing the way for him to return to the team. He will have to sit out three weeks because of his holdout, since the team was forced to put him on the roster exempt list, but ...
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Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
Trade talks between the San Diego Chargers and whoever-the-hell broke down, and the holdout wide receiver was never traded to whoever-the-hell. Looks like he's going to be sitting out the whole season since he's sure as hell not coming back to the Chargers.
In fact, Jackson's agent is so sure that ...
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Monday, September 6th, 2010
The way free agency works isn't, erstwhile San Diego Chargers receiver, Vincent Jackson's fault. The union screwed this up way back when because they let the owners write contracts that can be terminated at any time without the player's consent and without paying the full value of the contract. The ...
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
The NFL's best tight end will not be going anywhere any time soon. Antonio Gates and the San Diego Chargers have come to terms on a contract extension through 2015.
The deal, reportedly worth $36.175 million over five years (with $20.4 million in guarantees) will make Gates the NFL's highest-paid tight ...
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
So it sucks to be Jason Heyward right now because Baseball America listed him above Stephen Strasburg in its Top 100 prospects - Baseball America
Things to love about Target Field (it's where the Twins play) - Star Tribune
I knew about the Japadog thing from Anthony Bourdain's show a couple years ...
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
It hasn't even been 24 hours since my (and Phillips') beloved San Diego Chargers sh*t the bed yet again in the playoffs. I haven't fully recovered from the nightmare that was the Ryan Leaf/Kevin Gilbride/Mike Riley era in the late 1990's and early 2000's yet, so I'm not close to ...
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Vincent Jackson is going to take it to Darrelle Revis on Sunday - Midwest Sports Fans
Rick Pitino says "thank you" to his SID - Strait Pinkie
Wait, who is Scottie Reynolds? - Ballin' is a Habit
Apparently, the Knicks stayed in a haunted hotel in Oklahoma City - NY Daily News
How the ...
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