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Through a season of being questioned and criticized, his stock with Chargers fans selling most days somewhere between Ryan Leaf and Craig Whelihan, Philip Rivers has arrived at his second postseason in two years as a starter. “Philip has done an awful lot of good things,” head coach Norv Turner said this week.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The leader of the Tennessee Titans' defense was ticking off the team's thrusts for an AFC wild-card playoff game tomorrow against the Chargers.

D.J. Gay refers to Richie Williams as his “right-hand man.” With the “right-hand man” having suffered a broken left wrist, however, it is left to Gay – a freshman – to ensure that San Diego State's men's basketball team doesn't lose its sense of direction.

Back in the mudslinging days of September, when nasty e-mailers were braising their fingertips as if they were meat in an Emeril Lagasse stew, Chargers fans had the stagecoach lubed, oiled and gassed. They were ready to give new head coach Norv Turner a ride out of town – and they had defensive coordinator Ted Cottrell riding shotgun.