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| Titans accelerate rebuilding with nasty defense, ready for more |
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01/07/2008 |
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| ck,'' veteran receiver Eric Moulds said. For a franchise busy rebuilding through the draft and thrifty spending on free agents, they got early results with their first winning season and playoff berth since 2003. Not even a 17-6 loss Sunday to the San Diego Chargers could dampen their enthusiasm over what the future holds. ``For this team with how young we are, it was something to build on,'' linebacker Keith Bulluck said. ``A lot of feelings are hurt in here, but that's a good thing because a lot of the fe |
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| Bolts need to beat Manning again to keep playoff run alive |
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01/07/2008 |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -The San Diego Chargers know all about beating Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts. They did it in Indianapolis in 2005 to ruin the Colts' 13-0 start. They did it in San Diego in mid-November, when Manning threw a career-high six interceptions and Adam Vinatieri missed what for him would have been an easy field goal. None of it matters now to the Chargers (12-5), who will have to beat the defending Super Bowl champion Colts (13-3) in their stadium on Sunday in order to keep advancing i |
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| SMU hires Jones |
Division I College Football |
01/07/2008 |
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| teams finished first in the WAC twice and second two other times. "As a head coach, June Jones excels at building football programs and SMU is committed to rebuilding its football program" said Orsini. "I truly believe that we will be successful in reaching our goals with Coach Jones as our leader." Jones has also spent time in the NFL as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons and interim coach of the San Diego Chargers. The Mustangs suffered through a 1-11 season in 2007, leading to the firing of coach Phil Bennett. |
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| Report: SMU hires Jones |
Division I College Football |
01/07/2008 |
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| Championship Series. The veteran mentor, who turns 55 next month, went 76-41 with the Warriors, including 4-2 in bowl games, and his teams finished first in the WAC twice and second two other times. Jones has also spent time in the NFL as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons and interim coach of the San Diego Chargers. The Mustangs suffered through a 1-11 season in 2007, leading to the firing of coach Phil Bennett. Bennett was the fourth coach to lead SMU since it came off the so-called NCAA death penalty in 1989. |
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| '60 Minutes' lets Roger Clemens pitch his steroid-use denials |
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01/06/2008 |
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| tchell Report on doping in baseball. But the esteemed CBS news program's report did little to advance the discussion. The network, though, is sure to reap strong ratings thanks to heavy publicity and the well-suited lead-in of the Tennessee Titans-San Diego Chargers NFL playoff game. Clemens, who first denied using steroids in a video posted on his Web site on Dec. 23, is scheduled to hold a news conference Monday in Houston. In between, Clemens likely hoped that by subjecting himself to the famously hard-nos |
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| Chargers' Gates leaves game |
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01/06/2008 |
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| San Diego, CA (Best E Casino) - San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates left Sunday's wild card round playoff game against the Tennessee Titans in the second quarter with an apparent left foot injury. Gates caught a short pass from Philips Rivers at the Tennessee 27-yard-line and was gang tackled by a pair of Titans with 3:34 left. He stayed on the ground and called for medical assistance before being carted off the field. Gates left the game with two catches for 15 yards and the Chargers trailing 3-0. San D |
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| NFL Inactives (Sunday, January 6, 2008) |
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01/06/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Best E Casino) - The following is a list of inactive players for today's NFL Wild Card Playoff games. TENNESSEE TITANS AT SAN DIEGO CHARGERS, 4:30 P.M. (ET) Titans - WR Paul Williams, WR Mike Williams, FB Casey Cramer, LB Jorge Cordova, C Kevin Mawae, G Benji Olson, DE Sean Conover, DE Bryce Fisher Chargers - 3rd QB Charlie Whitehurst, CB Paul Oliver, RB Lorenzo Neal, LB Anthony Waters, WR Malcom Floyd, TE Scott Chandler, DT Brandon McKinney, LB Marques Harris NEW YORK GIANTS AT TAMPA BAY BUCC |
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| Titans right guard Olson out for playoff game against San Diego |
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01/05/2008 |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -Tennessee right guard Benji Olson will miss Sunday's wild-card playoff game against the San Diego Chargers after the Titans downgraded him from doubtful to out. Olson was listed as doubtful because of back problems Friday and hadn't practiced all week. The Titans flew into San Diego on Saturday morning and had their walkthrough, but Olson did not make the trip. The 10-year veteran missed three games earlier this year after waking up in Denver on Nov. 19 with back spasms, but had started the |
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| Best L.T. has done so far is to imagine getting a playoff win |
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01/04/2008 |
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| nian Tomlinson has come to a playoff victory is in his daydreams. He's imagined it, all right, but it hasn't materialized during his brilliant seven-year career. It's supposed to rain Sunday, and maybe, just maybe, L.T. and the AFC West champion San Diego Chargers (11-5) will wash away 13 years of postseason frustration if they can beat the wild-card Tennessee Titans (10-6) for the second time in five weeks. ``I always believe you have to envision it before it happens,'' Tomlinson said. ``You have to pictur |
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| Chargers sell enough tickets to lift local TV blackout |
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01/04/2008 |
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -The San Diego Chargers sold enough tickets by Friday's deadline to lift the local TV blackout of their playoff game Sunday against the Tennessee Titans. The original deadline was Thursday afternoon, but the Chargers received a 24-hour extension from the NFL.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. |
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