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The San Diego Chargers fired defensive coordinator Greg Manusky after just one year on the job on Thursday and replaced him by promoting linebackers coach John Pagano. 

The job status of embattled Chargers head coach Norv Turner is still up in the air. 

After a decade of losing, the Detroit Lions are in the playoffs. And they made sure the San Diego Chargers are out. 

Two years ago, Ray Lewis shot the gap and met Darren Sproles head-on in the backfield on fourth-and-2 in the closing seconds to seal the Baltimore Ravens' 31-26 victory against the San Diego Chargers. 

The San Diego Chargers say former linebacker Lew Bush - who played with the team for seven seasons and was part of its lone Super Bowl team in 1994 - has died. 

The San Diego Chargers have placed defensive end Luis Castillo on injured reserve and signed linebacker Nate Triplett to a two-year contract. 

The Chargers, if nothing else, look a little healthier as they prepare for Monday night's game at Jacksonville. 

The San Diego Chargers say they've sold enough tickets to lift the local TV blackout of their game Sunday against Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos. 

Football fans at the 33rd annual Chargers Blood Drive got a treat Tuesday with an appearance by former star linebacker Junior Seau, who is scheduled to be inducted into the team's Hall of Fame on Sunday. 

Jay Cutler led the Bears to their fifth straight victory Sunday. It could be his last game with Chicago for a while. 

Vincent Brown soared above two Oakland Raiders defenders to snatch a touchdown pass. 

The San Diego Chargers have signed offensive lineman Tony Moll to a one-year contract and released rookie linebacker Darryl Gamble. 

Carson Palmer looked like an NFL quarterback again, not like a guy who had settled into semi-retirement in Southern California. 

Aaron Rodgers was at his best, throwing lasers where only his receivers could catch them and finding four different teammates in the end zone. 

LaDainian Tomlinson says he thinks San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers "seems distracted," and was stunned Monday night when his former teammate fumbled a snap near the end of regulation of an overtime loss to Kansas City. 

Philip Rivers put his hands under center and called for the snap, one that would have moved the San Diego Chargers to the brink of victory. 

San Diego Chargers outside linebacker Larry English was placed on season-ending injured reserve Wednesday with a broken left foot. 

One trip into the end zone wasn't enough for Plaxico Burress. Neither was two. One touchdown catch after another, Burress had the big breakout game he and the New York Jets have been expecting. 

LaDainian Tomlinson will get his first start of the season Sunday when the New York Jets face his former team, the San Diego Chargers. 

Rex Ryan opened his mouth and got Chargers-Jets week off to a rousing start. 

The San Diego Chargers say they will place inside linebacker Stephen Cooper on season-ending injured reserve on Wednesday with a biceps injury. 

Tebow Time might have only been a temporary switch. Or maybe it was the wobbly passing of the torch. 

Norv Turner and his players disagree with the fans who think the San Diego Chargers are winning ugly. 

Chargers star tight end Antonio Gates is inactive for the second week in a row with lingering plantar fasciitis in his right foot. 

Sunday's game between the San Diego Chargers and the Miami Dolphins will not be shown on local television, the team announced Thursday. 

Officially, the San Diego Chargers have so far avoided one of their patented slow starts under coach Norv Turner. 

Enough tickets were sold Friday to lift the local television blackout on Sunday's game between the Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs. 

The San Diego Chargers have placed rookie linebacker Jonas Mouton on injured reserve with a shoulder injury, meaning he's out for the season. 

The Chargers game against the Kansas City Chiefs next Sunday will be blacked out if 4,600 tickets aren't sold by Thursday at 1 p.m., the team announced Tuesday. 

The San Diego Chargers seemed headed for another one of those slow starts that have defined coach Norv Turner's tenure. 

Now that the exhibition season is over, the San Diego Chargers have just over a week to get ready for Adrian Peterson. 

The Chargers held a special practice session at MCAS Miramar Wednesday exclusively for the men and women who serve in the military. 

The chemistry that Kevin Kolb and Larry Fitzgerald keep talking about was on full display early for the Cardinals. It wasn't enough. 

Junior Seau, a native San Diegan who was a Pro Bowl selection a team-record 12 times in his 13 seasons with the San Diego Chargers, was named Wednesday as the 35th member of the Chargers Hall of Fame. 

The first time Philip Rivers got the San Diego Chargers close to scoring Sunday night, he took a sack, then had a potential touchdown pass swatted by a backup safety. 

Mayor Jerry Sanders is taking a three-day nation-wide tour of downtown sports and entertainment districts, to brainstorm ideas for a new Chargers stadium. 

Although Pete Carroll is an unabashed optimist who has attacked the Seahawks' post-lockout challenges with his usual can-do attitude, even Seattle's perpetually sunny coach realizes Tarvaris Jackson can't possibly be ready to run his offense after just a handful of practices. 

Enough tickets have been sold to lift the local television blackout on Thursday's game between the Chargers and Seattle Seahawks. 

The Chargers went 5-1 without tight end Antonio Gates last year but the man who filled in for the seven-time Pro Bowler didn't see it as reason to celebrate. 

One of the NFL's elite offenses regained a big-play receiver on Friday when Malcom Floyd and the Chargers agreed on a two-year contract. 

The Chargers have placed tight end Antonio Gates on the physically-unable-to-perform list, which allows him to do rehab work and take part in team meetings but not practice. 

Now that Chargers tight end Antonio Gates has a wedding ring, the seven-time Pro Bowler has only one piece of jewelry on his wish list: A Super Bowl ring. 

The San Diego Chargers agreed to terms with three veteran free agents linebacker Takeo Spikes, tackle Jeromey Clary and tight end Randy McMichael on Tuesday. 

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. 

San Diego Chargers linebacker Antwan Applewhite was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Pacific Beach early Friday, authorities reported. 

The San Diego Chargers have taken Illinois defensive tackle-end Corey Liuget with the 18th pick overall in the NFL draft. 

Several architects have come up with a new alternative design for the proposed downtown Chargers stadium. 

The San Diego Chargers have designated wide receiver Vincent Jackson as their non-exclusive franchise player. 

The San Diego Chargers say outside linebacker Shaun Phillips has been added to the AFC Pro Bowl squad. 

The San Diego Chargers have hired Greg Manusky as defensive coordinator. 

The Carolina Panthers have entrusted Ron Rivera with turning around the NFL's worst team, making the San Diego defensive coordinator the second Latino head coach in NFL history. 

Ron Rivera emerged as the leading candidate to be Carolina's next coach on Monday when the San Diego defensive coordinator arrived for a second interview with the Panthers. 

Michael Vick's sensational comeback season made a big impression throughout the NFL, not just in Philadelphia. 

San Diego Chargers running back Mike Tolbert sprained his neck and shoulder on a scary hit against the Cincinnati Bengals, but is expected to fully recover. 

Star tight end Antonio Gates likely will sit out the final two games of the regular season to rest his injured right foot in case the San Diego Chargers make the playoffs. 

San Diego Chargers star tight end Antonio Gates is inactive for Thursday night's game against San Francisco because of a painful tear in the plantar fascia in his right foot. 

The television blackout was lifted for Thursday's football game at Qualcomm Stadium pitting the Chargers against the San Francisco 49ers. 

San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates is inactive for Sunday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs because of a torn plantar fascia in his right foot. 

The San Diego Chargers say they will play in San Diego in 2011. 

The San Diego Chargers are mortal in December, after all. 

The San Diego Chargers got some encouraging news regarding three key players for Sunday's home game against the visiting Oakland Raiders. 

Although the San Diego Chargers have denied that they've agreed to sell a minority stake to billionaire Philip Anschutz, there are still more questions than answers about the team's possible relocation to Los Angeles. 

The San Diego Chargers say they've sold enough tickets to lift the local TV blackout of Sunday's game against the rival Oakland Raiders. 

San Diego's defense gave Peyton Manning another night to forget. The Chargers picked off Manning four times, returning two for scores, in a 36-14 win Sunday that handed Indianapolis its most lopsided home loss since the four-time MVP has been the team's starting quarterback. The last time the Colts lost by this much at home was Sept. 14, 1997, when Seattle won 31-3. 

San Diego Chargers wide receiver Patrick Crayton had surgery on his left wrist on Wednesday, two days after he was hurt in a victory against the Denver Broncos. 

It took 10 games for the San Diego Chargers to finally get their act together. 

The San Diego Chargers announced Friday that enough tickets have been sold to lift the local television blackout of the Chargers-Broncos game on Monday, Nov. 22 at Qualcomm Stadium. 

Antonio Gates is getting frustrated with the torn plantar fascia in his right foot that could sideline him for a second straight game. 

San Diego Chargers owner Alex Spanos is looking to sell a minority stake to help with estate planning. 

When Stephen Cooper looks to his left and then his right in the linebacker section of the San Diego Chargers locker room, he sees a lot of new faces. 

There are more fingernail shavings than peanut shells on the floors of San Diego dive bars when the Chargers play on the road. 

The San Diego Chargers, who might be without star tight end Antonio Gates on Sunday due to a foot injury, have signed wide receiver Kelley Washington. 

The San Diego Chargers have waived outside linebacker Shawne Merriman, three weeks after he was placed on injured reserve with a "minor injury" designation. 

After the San Diego Chargers got the victory they needed so badly, quarterback Philip Rivers cautioned to keep it in perspective. 

Disgruntled Pro Bowl wide receiver Vincent Jackson signed his contact tender with the stumbling, turnover-prone San Diego Chargers on Friday. 

Chargers rookie receiver Richard Goodman dislocated his right ring finger and split the webbing between fingers in practice on Wednesday. 

The San Diego Chargers made it interesting right down to the bitter end against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. 

Wide receiver Vincent Jackson will report to the San Diego Chargers next week and sign his contract tender, his agent said Thursday. 

If we've learned anything, or perhaps reminded of anything, this week at Charger Park it's that trying to corner Chargers' GM A.J. Smith into extending a players' contract is as productive as driving the wrong way on the I-15 during rush hour. 

The San Diego Chargers have turned out the lights on the player known as "Lights Out." 

Stop me when you've heard this story before: The San Diego Chargers are off to a slow start to the season with a 2-3 record. What's different this time around is how they've arrived at that record. 

At least Norv Turner and the San Diego Chargers are consistent. 

The Oakland Raiders took less than 5 minutes to become the 10th team since the merger to block two punts in the same game. 

Chargers outside linebacker Shaun Phillips was picked as AFC Defensive Player of the Week on Wednesday, and actually talked about it. 

The San Diego Chargers have placed outside linebacker Jyles Tucker on injured reserve with a torn pectoral muscle, meaning his season is over. 

If the Chargers keep playing like this at home, it will be tough for Qualcomm Stadium to not sell out. 

The San Diego Chargers say Sunday's game against the Arizona Cardinals will be blacked out on local TV. 

Another road game, another painful loss for the San Diego Chargers. 

Holdout wide receiver Vincent Jackson remains the property of the San Diego Chargers despite his agent saying he had deals in place with several teams before the Wednesday deadline.