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Chargers missing 4 stars as camp hits high gear

Source: Associated Press

Ryan Mathews

SAN DIEGO (AP)—The San Diego Chargers didn’t have perfect attendance Friday for their first two full-squad practices of training camp.

Running back Ryan Mathews, the heir apparent to LaDainian Tomlinson, hasn’t signed a contract yet and has missed five practices. He missed three practices earlier this week for rookies and selected veterans.

Mathews was the 12th overall pick. The players picked on either side of him, San Francisco’s Anthony Davis and Philadelphia’s Brandon Graham, both agreed to deals on Friday, which could help Mathews and the Chargers finalize a contract.

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Gates gets $36M contract extension from Bolts

Source: Associated Press

By Bernie Wilson

Antonio Gates inks a 5 year deal worth $36 Million.

SAN DIEGO (AP)—Antonio Gates has caught plenty of big passes for the San Diego Chargers, and on Wednesday he hauled in the biggest contract ever given to an NFL tight end.

Gates agreed to a $36.175 million, five-year contract extension, with $20.4 million guaranteed, according to a person familiar with the deal, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the figures weren’t released. The deal averages $7.235 million per season from 2011-15.

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Chargers Team Report – 07/24/10

Source: USA Today

Antonio Gates

Few Chargers will be watched more closely in the coming days than Antonio Gates.

The Chargers’ standout tight end has been nursing a foot injury this offseason. It prevented him from participating in minicamp and derailed much of his offseason conditioning.

The good news for the Chargers is Gates’ aliment is on the opposite foot that has caused him trouble in the past. Last year his injuries — he’s also been slowed by a bum ankle and toe — were diminished and he had produced one of the best seasons of his stellar career. Gates had a team-high 79 receptions, and his career-best 1,157 receiving yards and eight touchdowns were second among Chargers only to wide receiver Vincent Jackson.

But will the perennial Pro Bowler be good to go when the veterans report on July 29?

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Student Athletes learn from NFL stars at Lorenzo Neal’s football camp

By Loren Casuto
BoltTalk Staff Writer

Walking through San Diego State on a midsummer day, you don’t expect to hear the crack of pads and the whoops of players. Summer is more about baseball and the beach in San Diego then it is about football, at least until training camp starts for the Chargers. But tucked behind Tony Gwynn stadium, onlookers would be surprised to see a former San Diego Chargers superstar working with the young men hoping to be the future superstars of college and the NFL.

From June 29th until July 2nd, San Diego State University played host to dozens of youth football players ranging in age from seven to eighteen as the Lorenzo Neal football camp took place. The future football players immersed themselves in football fundamentals and drills taught by coaches from throughout North America and under the watchful eye of numerous past and present NFL players. The spirits were high as the players scrimmaged, practiced drills in entire units or in just position groups. And it was the drills and the focus on fundamentals that was the basis of the entire football camp.

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Philip Rivers Football Camp, Day 2

By Curtis Egan
BoltTalk Staff Writer

Philip Rivers chats with kids during his 1st annual football camp.

For the second day the skies above UCSD in La Jolla, California were gray with a cool wind coming in off of the Pacific Ocean. Kids gathered on the pristine fields awaiting the start of the second day of the inaugural Philip Rivers Football Camp, benefiting the Rivers of Hope Foundation.

Jake Nagian, a young man from San Marcos loved the scrimmages the day before. Luke who is 10 will remember catching the pass from Philip Rivers on the first day of camp. He also suggests all kids come out next year and play ball with Philip. Max MacArthur of the San Dieguito brought 25 youths and four other adults with him to camp. He was impressed with how Philip was all over the camp coaching up the kids, and his kids responded. He said that his kids had the time of their lives. He thought the camp was better than he expected for a first time camp. In the first day all the boys from the San Dieguito had received at least one pass from the two time pro bowl Quarterback of the Chargers.

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Philip Rivers football camp, Day 1

By Curtis Egan
BoltTalk Staff Writer

Philip Rivers instructs while youngsters listen on.

The skies were gray in La Jolla California on the morning of Julyy 10, 2010, but the smiles on the faces of the children between the ages of 8 and 14 were as bright as a Caribbean sun. These children and their families gathered at the beautiful campus of UCSD in La Jolla California to attend the first ever Philip Rivers football camp for kids.

Football was the overt reason that everyone gathered on the beautiful morning with a nice breeze coming of the Pacific Ocean just a few blocks away. However the camp was also to raise awareness and funds for the Rivers of Hope Foundation. The Rivers of Hope Foundation was created to help unwanted, abandoned and orphaned children find permanent loving homes and their own sense of self-worth by developing and coordinating resources and programs to create community awareness, recruit adoptive families, provide financial aid for adoption and assistance for foster children and orphans. (http://riversofhopefoundation.com)

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Chargers sign Butler, Thomas to 4-year deals

Source: Associated Press

SAN DIEGO (AP)—The San Diego Chargers have agreed to four-year contracts with third-round draft pick Donald Butler and fifth-rounder Cam Thomas.

The only unsigned draft pick heading into training camp is running back Ryan Mathews, the 12th selection overall.

Butler is an inside linebacker from Washington. Thomas is a defensive tackle from North Carolina who could eventually replace Jamal Williams, a 12-year veteran who was released and signed with the division rival Denver Broncos.

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