NICK HARDWICK RUMORS

The San Diego Chargers and Dallas Cowboys will hold joint practices following their August 18 preseason game in San Diego, Brandon George of The Dallas Morning News reports. The two practice days, which will be held on August 20-21, will close the California portion of the Cowboys' 2012 training camp. Last summer, the two teams held joint practices in Texas before playing in...

San Diego made two moves that needed to happen for them in the off-season.  They brought back former Pro Bowl center Nick Hardwick with a two year deal and the team added depth to the wide receiver position by signing Robert Meachem to a four year deal.  Hardwick started all 16 games in 2011 for a San Diego team that allowed the eighth fewest sacks and the third fewest hits to...

San Diego Chargers center Nick Hardwick agreed to a three-year deal on Tuesday. Financial terms were not disclosed for the one-time Pro Bowl selection. The Chargers have seen their offensive line completely alter its shape this offseason. Left tackle Marcus McNeill was released in a cap-saving move and four-time Pro Bowl left guard Kris Dielman retired after lingering effects from a concussion.

The San Diego Chargers agreed to a three-year contract with center Nick Hardwick shortly before he was scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent. Also Tuesday, the Chargers released left tackle Marcus McNeill due to a history of neck injuries and to clear cap space. There's still a chance the Chargers could re-sign McNeill, a second-round draft pick in 2006 who played in...

According to Michael Gehlken of the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Chargers have begun contract negotiations with center Nick Harwick and left tackle Jared Gaither. Chargers general manager A.J. Smith has all along wanted to focus on solidifying the offensive line before doing anything else in free agency.  And this is a step in the right direction of making sure starting quarterback...

San Diego Chargers center Nick Hardwick's brief flirtation with the idea of retirement was just that -- brief. Hardwick told U-T San Diego on Monday that he'll be back on the field for the 2012 season.

Nick Hardwick has a new son and a renewed outlook, and he said Monday what everyone who knows him expected all along. “I’m playing.” The man who has started 103 games at center for the Chargers since 2004 has actually had his mind made up since the middle of January. He took two weeks off after the season, hung out at home and then got the urge to start working out again. “That...

We’ve already written this month about how the Chargers are going to have to rebuild their offensive line this offseason. And that was before we knew center Nick Hardwick may retire at the age of 30. Hardwick is reasonably healthy, but he’s thinking of walking away from the game. “I love football,” Hardwick told Kevin Acee…

San Diego Chargers center Nick Hardwick is contemplating retirement, Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. "I love football," Hardwick said on Wendnesday. "It’s a hard decision. There is a lot that goes into it. It’s heavy. So I’m not willing to think about it right now." A third-round pick out of Purdue in 2004, Hardwick has started 102 games...

Chargers center Nick Hardwick has been snapping the ball to Philip Rivers for a long time. “Six years, and we haven’t had one on the ground from underneath,” Hardwick told the San Diego Union-Tribune. Rivers’ fumble heard around the AFC West was a fluke.  There’s not a lot of meaning to be gained by dissecting…