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      <title>Keenan Allen wears a Raiders hat, Chargers fans go nuts (Photo)</title>
      <description>San Diego Chargers rookie wide receiver Keenan Allen posted a photo of himself wearing a Raiders hat. &#160;Not smart at all. &#160;Chargers fans went off on him. @utkevinacee @lobshots if that&#8217;s post draft, that kid is an idiot. I won&#8217;t be rooting for him. &#8212; Justin Graham (@habitualistic) May 18, 2013  @lobshots Welcome to San Diego. Now burn that Raiders hat &#8212; Jack Glatfelter (@crackpotjack) May 18, 2013  @utkevinacee @lobshots hes asking to get hazed during camp. &#8212; john nixon (@scottyg_123) May 19, 2013  @utkevinacee @lobshots if its post draft, it&#8217;s a HUGE mistake on his part. #Chargers fans shouldn&#8217;t let this go easy &#8212; J Gorden (@flashdode) May 19, 2013  Allen apologized multiple times on Twitter. I get it fans!!!! Won&#8217;t happen again! &#8212; Keenan Allen (@KAAdeuce1) May 18, 2013  I apologize! &#8212; Keenan Allen (@KAAdeuce1) May 18, 2013  I understand the Chargers and Raiders hate each other, but this is so petty. &#160; Need NFL Tickets?      The post Keenan Allen wears a Raiders hat, Chargers fans go </description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:27:05 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Chargers draft pick rocks Raiders hat</title>
      <description>San Diego Chargers rookie, Keenen Allen used his Vine to send out a picture of himself enjoying some In-N-Out while wearing an Oakland Raiders hat (Credit: Keen Allen&#8217;s Vine &amp; Lobshots.com) In April, Keenan Allen was the 76th overall pick (3rd round) for the San Diego Chargers. Apparently, Allen forgot that the San Diego Chargers play in the same division as the Oakland Raiders. This weekend, Allen tweeted a picture of him enjoying some In-N-Out.&#160;Unfortunately&#160;for Allen, he forgot that he was wearing his Oakland Raiders hat and as a member of the San Diego Chargers, that is a bad idea. After tweeting the picture, Allen faced a rather disrespectful fan base who was less than happy to see their third round draft pick in a rival team&#8217;s hat. Here are some of the responses to his picture: @utkevinacee @lobshots hes asking to get hazed during camp. &#8212; john nixon (@scottyg_123) May 19, 2013 &#160; Keenan Allen, WTF is the deal with the Raiders gear? Ass-wipe!!!!! &#8212; Bill Petty (@BillPetty40) May 20, 2013 @ut</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:27:22 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Keenan Allen Wears Raiders Hat in Vine, Draws Vitriol From Chargers Fans on Twitter</title>
      <description>Hey pro athletes, it&#8217;s usually not a good idea to wear a hat of any other team in your league &#8212; especially if it&#8217;s a long-time division rival.
Chargers rookie wide receiver Keenan Allen made precisely that mistake this weekend when he posted a Vine of himself in a Raiders hat. San Diego fans did not react kindly to Allen&#8217;s oversight.
LobShots.com collected some of the best responses. Check out a couple good ones below, plus the original offending picture.
@UTKevinAcee @LobShots if its post draft, it's a HUGE mistake on his part. #Chargers fans shouldn't let this go easy&#8212; J Gorden (@flashdode) May 19, 2013
@UTKevinAcee @LobShots if that's post draft, that kid is an idiot. I won't be rooting for him.&#8212; Justin Graham (@habitualistic) May 18, 2013

Allen apologized for the mistake and said it would not happen again. Let this be a lesson for Patriots rookies from the New Jersey area: No Jets or Giants hats.
I get it fans!!!! Won't happen again!&#8212; Keenan Allen (@KAAdeuce...</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:12:25 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Keenan Allen commits blasphemy by wearing Raiders cap</title>
      <description>Former CAL and recently drafted wide receiver of the San Diego Chargers Keenan Allen is going to have to learn that you don&#8217;t wear a division rivals&#8217; apparel. A recent photo of Allen wearing an Oakland Raiders cap surfaced and it doesn&#8217;t look good for the rookie one bit.

It may have been a joke photo, or Allen is genuinely a Raiders fan from his time going to CAL that is located in Oakland, but you don&#8217;t sport an opposing teams color... Read more</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 12:05:30 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Quentin Jammer wants to re-sign with the Chargers</title>
      <description>Free agent cornerback Quentin Jammer doesn&#8217;t plan on retiring any time soon as he continues to look for a new team.
&#8220;I know there was speculation about me retiring. I&#8217;m, like, who said that?&#8221; Jammer said, per the San Diego Union-Tribune. &#8220;I would never retire. I definitely don&#8217;t want to go into retirement and then regret retiring and try to play later. I want to play while I still feel great.&#8221;
Jammer says he&#8217;d love to re-sign with the Chargers.
&#8220;I&#8217;d love to come back (to the Chargers),&#8221; Jammer said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve had conversations with them. I totally understood the direction they were going in. They said the door wasn&#8217;t completely closed. Hopefully, maybe down the road a little bit, the Chargers will offer me something.&#8221;
Jammer doesn&#8217;t expect to come back to San Diego.
&#8220;My expectation is to be elsewhere.&#8221; He confirmed an earlier report that he met with the Redskins in late April. &#8220;That was the most exciting visit I had,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I really like the organization.&#8221;
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      <title>Dwight Freeney, San Diego Chargers strike 2-year deal</title>
      <description>The San Diego Chargers addressed their pass rush needs by signing free agent Dwight Freeney to a two-year contract on Saturday. The deal is reportedly worth $8.75 million in base salary over two years.
&#160;
Freeney will earn a $5.75 million base, comprising of a $3.25 million signing bonus and $1.5 million base salary next season, according to sources. There is more to the deal in the form of a $4.5 million incentive package should Freeney remain on the roster and hit sack thresholds over the next two seasons.
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Locking up Freeney became a priority for the Chargers this offseason after former first round pick Melvin Ingram suffered a season-ending knee injury during OTAs this week.&#160; The second-year linebacker is expected to undergo knee surgery. Moreover, the Chargers also lost outside linebackers Antwan Barnes and Shaun Philips to the New York Giants and Denver Broncos this offseason, respectively.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:29:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Manti Teo Avoids Lennay Kekua at Maxim Hot 100 party</title>
      <description>These chicks are REAL Juan!!!
Notre Dame star and San Diego Chargers rookie Manti Te&#8217;o was front and center at the Maxim Hot 100 party even though his fake dead girlfriend was named to the No. 69 spot on Maxim&#8217;s list. It would be unbelievable to see Manti have a real girlfriend one day, or at the very least, another fake one.
Manti Te&#8217;o Arrives In San Diego
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 02:01:46 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Lennay Kekua Finally Does Manti Te'o a Solid</title>
      <description>Love. Affection. Comfort. All things that a guy will often look to receive (as well as give) his girlfriend. For obvious reasons San Diego Chargers linebacker Manti Te'o can't get that from his former 'love' Lennay Kekua. His famous fake better half is doing one better though--and will likely have other guys wishing they had former fake girlfriends too!

She's helping him meet hot women.



Thanks Lennay! Wherever you are...


The lovely lady on the left is a Tennessee grad turned mode/actress Courtney Caldwell and on the right is Jess Gysin, pro beach volleyball player and girlfriend to Jimmy Clausen (yes, former Notre Dame QB and current Cam Newton back-up).

Before I go on--if that's Jimmy Clausen's GF then Manti Te'o should be able to have a conversation with Lennay and still hook-up. Anyway...

There is no reason to believe that Manti hooked up with Courtney or Jess, but were it not for Lennay he would not have been at a party honoring a popular magazine's</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 12:06:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>With Ingram out, Chargers hoping for full Manti</title>
      <description>The shocking news of Melvin Ingram&#8217;s season ending ACL injury crushed any hopes of the Chargers producing a quality defense for the upcoming 2013 season.&#160; With their top pick from the 2012 draft, not to mention their best pass rusher besides the now departed Shaun Phillips, out for the season, the pressure to generate defensive stops will be further heaped on none other than Manti Te&#8217;o.
Newly christened general manager Tom Telesco made a huge gamble by trading up to get Te&#8217;o in the 2nd round at the expense of addressing the tattered defensive and offensive lines... Read more</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 09:00:21 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>San Diego Chargers sign Dwight Freeney</title>
      <description>The San Diego Chargers agreed to a two-year deal with free
agent pass rusher Dwight Freeney yesterday, according to Ian Rapoport of
NFL.com.

Source: #Chargers have an agreement in principle for a 2-year deal with Dwight Freeney
&#8212; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) May 18, 2013


Freeney&#8217;s new contract with the Chargers will pay him $8.75
million over the next two seasons. The agreement also includes incentives,
which are likely to be tied to Freeney&#8217;s sack totals and other figures related
to rushing the quarterback.



The Chargers jumped into the pass rusher market earlier in
the week after it was announced that linebacker Melvin Ingram tore his ACL
during practice on Tuesday. San Diego met with Freeney on Wednesday and
Thursday, and talks between the Chargers and the veteran continued through
Friday and Saturday until a deal was reached.



Freeney has been an All-Pro pass rusher in the NFL,
recording a whopping 107.5 sacks during his 11 seasons with the Indianapolis
Colts. However, he struggled handling the C</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>Former Indianapolis Colts pass rusher Dwight Freeney finally landed with a team after spending a good deal of time in free agency, apparently waiting for the right deal and right kind of money.

	Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network reported Saturday that the San Diego Chargers signed Freeney to a 2-year deal worth an estimated&#160;$8.75 million with additional incentives.

	&quot;It's great to add a solid veteran who brings valuable experience to our defense,&quot; said Chargers coach Mike McCoy. &quot;His proven pass-rush ability is a perfect fit for our defense.&quot;

	Working out a deal with Freeney is a relief to the team after Melvin Ingram went down with an ACL injury during Tuesday's practice.

	NFL.com's Marc Sessler writes: 'Freeney addresses that void after recording 107.5 sacks during his 11 seasons with the Colts. He notched just five last season, along with 34 hurries, but he still can be a nuisance. The immediate question is how well Freeney will fit into the ...</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 17:27:27 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Manti Te&#8217;o showed up for Maxim&#8217;s &#8220;Hot 100&#8243; party that honored his fake girlfriend</title>
      <description>Maxim Magazine ended up taking a slight shot at Chargers linebacker Manti Te&#8217;o by ranking his fake girlfriend 69th overall on their &#8220;Hot 100&#8243; list. What&#8217;s really interesting is that Te&#8217;o ended up showing up for Hollywood party to celebrate the list. &#160;Maxim&#8217;s editor-in-chief Dan Bova was surprised he came. &#8220;It seems like he has a good sense of humor about the whole thing,&#8221;&#160;Bova said, per Yahoo! Sports, &#8220;which I think is the best way to handle a situation like that.&#8221; After Bova thanked Te&#8217;o for showing up and he replied,&#160;&#160;&#8221;Are you kidding me? This is great.&#8221; It&#8217;s nice to see that Te&#8217;o can take a joke because he won&#8217;t be living this down for a while. &#160; Need NFL Tickets?      The post Manti Te&#8217;o showed up Maxim&#8217;s &#8220;Hot 100&#8243; party that honored his fake girlfriend appeared first on Pro Football Zone.</description>
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      <title>Chargers Bolster Front Seven With Addition of Dwight Freeney</title>
      <description>Dwight Freeney has finally found a new home after more than two months on the open market, as he agreed to terms to sign a two-year contract with the&#194;&#160;San Diego Chargers, per NFL Network&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s Ian Rapoport. Photo Credit: Colts.com The lethal 6-1, 268-pound pass rusher revealed back in February that he had&#194;&#160;high hopes of retiring&#194;&#160;with the&#194;&#160;Indianapolis Colts,&#194;&#160;where he&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s spent his entire 11-year NFL career after the team selected him in the first round (No. 11 overall) in the 2002 NFL Draft out of Syracuse. &#194;&#160;It didn&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t take long before Freeney started singing a different tune, though. While he struggled to make the transition to 3-4 OLB in 2012&#226;&#8364;&#8221;collecting a career-low 12 tackles with just 5.0 sacks (which was also the lowest sack total from Freeney out of the 2007 season that was cut short due to injury)&#226;&#8364;&#8221;the Chargers have already stated they can tweak their defense to better suit Freeney. Moreover, his experience last season may have actually been a good thing in Chuck Pagano&#226;...</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 14:44:32 -0400</pubDate>
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      <description>Manti Te'o has recovered nicely after it was revealed that his deceased girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, never actually existed. Te'o further improved his position by attending Maxim's Hot 100 party, according to Busted Coverage. Maxim had poked fun at the situation by naming Te'o's girlfriend the 69th hottest woman in the world.  	The story, broke by Deadspin, created a PR nightmare for the former Notre Dame standout leading up to the draft. There was a sentiment that because he had been deceived, Te'o may not be as affective on the field as previously thought. If you're having a hard time connecting how being duped into believing he had a real girlfriend and Te'o's on field play have anything to do with one another, you're not alone.  	The decision to attend Maxim's party is a smart move for a number of reasons. If Te'o actually wants to put the fake Lennay Kekua chapter of his life in his rearview mirror, he has to be willing to put up wit...</description>
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