July 26, 2011 Updated Jul 26, 2011 at 6:20 PM CDT Duluth, MN (Northland’s NewsCenter) — Former UMD Bulldogs running back Isaac Odim has signed a three-year NFL contract with the San Diego Chargers. Odim, owner of 17 school records, is the all-time leading rusher at UMD and was also the program’s first three-time All-American.

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SAN DIEGO (CNS) – San Diego Chargers President Dean Spanos said Monday he was glad to see the players’ lockout end, and that he expects the new agreement to bring the National Football League 10 years of labor peace. The executive board of the NFL Players Association and 32 team representatives unanimously approved a deal that owners agreed to last week, clearing the way for preseason training camps to open and concluding the four-and-a-half-month lockout. “I couldn’t be happier to put this behind us and get back to football,” Spanos said

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July 25: In 1998 Padres closer Trevor Hoffman jogs in from the bullpen for the first time to the sounds of — turn it up, man — this .

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The Vincent Jackson saga that has been a sidebar to the NFL labor talks apparently isn’t over.

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ROLANDO PARK — It’s a good thing San Diego Chargers’ lineman Marcus McNeill chose to pursue professional football instead of another sport he loves. With a group of about 30 kids chanting, “dunk, dunk, dunk,” on the basketball court during the inaugural Macks Miracles Fitness Day, the 6-foot-7, 336-pound McNeill tried to please his adoring audience by throwing one down.

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Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow(notes) is on television a lot, because most people seem to really, really like Tim Tebow.

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Free agency will be nothing less than crazy when it begins and there will be all kinds of names that get bandied about.

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ESPN‘s Adam Schefter has confirmed a Yahoo! Sports report that San Diego Chargers’ receiver Vincent Jackson is demanding, through his agents, that he become an unrestricted free agent once the lockout is lifted or receive a $10 million payment as part of the settlement of the Brady vs.

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By: SportsDirect New England Patriots offensive lineman Logan Mankins and San Diego Chargers wide receiver Vincent Jackson want either a payout of $10 million or unrestricted free agency as individual settlements of the antitrust lawsuit pending against NFL owners. Yahoo! Sports reported Tuesday that Mankins and Jackson, two of the 10 players listed in the lawsuit, are looking for some form of long-term earning power they believe they were denied under the previous labor agreement. Owners and players are said to be moving toward an agreement that could be completed as early as Thursday.

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Webb’s football camps Jeff Webb, the former La Quinta High School and Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver, is hosting two football skills camps. San Diego Chargers linebacker Antwan Applewhite will make a guest appearance at the Pop Warner camp.

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SAN DIEGO, July 13 (UPI) — San Diego Chargers team doctor David Chao should be put on probation for five years for alcohol abuse and lying on state forms, a state board recommends. The state medical board, which held a weeklong hearing into allegations against Chao, also wants him evaluated by a psychiatrist and to receive ethics training, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Tuesday. An administrative law judge will issue a proposed resolution to the case in the coming months and the board will then take it up for consideration, the newspaper said

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The San Diego Chargers were an enigma in 2010: a team with enough potential to win a Super Bowl, yet somehow, they found a way to lose seven games and miss the playoffs. They led the league in Net Yards per Pass on both offense and defense last year, normally a pretty good indicator of a leading Super Bowl contender. Yet they lost five of their first seven games, and when they needed wins against non-playoff teams later in the season (Oakland, Cincinnati), they were blown out

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The Chargers had a quiet offseason in 2011 compared to last year. That’s because there’s not a lot to say after missing the playoffs for the first time since 2005

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