Chargers hire Norv Turner as head coach
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The San Diego Chargers certainly were aware that Norv Turner was 24 games under .500 and made only one playoff appearance in his nine seasons as an NFL head coach. It didn't scare them off in the slightest.
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After Illinois fired football coach Ron Turner, some of the players he left behind started doing some research. They decided very quickly that Ron Zook would be a good fit for their team.
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The Chargers received permission Tuesday to interview four candidates to replace fired head coach Marty Schottenheimer, including one-time San Diego offensive coordinator Norv Turner.
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The Detroit Lions hired Ted Tollner as offensive coordinator on Wednesday, reuniting him with Lions head coach Steve Mariucci.
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After building the San Diego Chargers into a consistent playoff contender Â if not yet a postseason success Â general manager A.J. Smith received a five-year contract extension Tuesday that will keep him with the team through 2014. Details weren't announced, but various reports said the extension was worth $11 million.
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Drew Brees was selected the starting quarterback of the San Diego Chargers on Monday, a move that was expected after he followed last season&#39;s miserable performance with a solid exhibition season.
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Another guy with a Super Bowl ring dropped by San Diego Chargers headquarters looking for a head coaching job, and this one knows the drill pretty well.
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SAN DIEGO - They are the San Diego Chargers and they have no chance to win today.
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Hoping for a glimpse at a much better future, the San Diego Chargers will get their first in-game look at quarterback Philip Rivers in Friday's exhibition game against the Seattle Seahawks.
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The San Diego Chargers worked out, waited and wondered Thursday where and when they will play their next game. With their home stadium being used as an evacuation center for people fleeing wildfires in the San Diego area, the Chargers went through what coach Norv Turner called "one of our best practices of the year."
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San Diego Chargers coach Marty Schottenheimer is keeping his team &#151; including quarterbacks Drew Brees and Philip Rivers &#151; in suspense.
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Norv Turner took no solace in the fact his Oakland Raiders played San Diego much closer this time. In Turner's mind, a loss is a loss.
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SAN DIEGO - Drew Brees was selected the starting quarterback of the San Diego Chargers on Monday, a move that was expected after he followed last seasonâs miserable performance with a solid exhibition season.
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Running back LaDainian Tomlinson took over the N.F.L.Âs single-season touchdown record with 29 as the Chargers beat the Broncos.
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The San Francisco 49ers hired Mike Martz as their offensive coordinator Tuesday, landing one of the N.F.L.âs top offensive minds to fix a unit that floundered last season.
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Disgruntled center Jason Ball signed a &#36;380,000 contract tender on Friday night with the San Diego Chargers.
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SAN DIEGO - So much for the Curse of Martyball. With their deposed coach Marty Schottenheimer home in North Carolina waiting for the phone to ring, the San Diego Chargers yesterday launched a new era by finding a way to win a big game they said they may have squandered only months ago.