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Chargers Extend Norv Turner's Contract Through 2013

By Nancy GayJan 19th 2010 – 12:20AM

Exactly 24 hours after the San Diego Chargers experienced one of the most crushing playoff losses in franchise history, team president Dean Spanos announced Monday night that he had signed head coach Norv Turner to a three-year contract extension. With that, the Chargers made it clear they believe in Turner and the...

LaDainian Tomlinson, Chargers Agree on 3-Year, Restructured Deal

By Will BrinsonMar 11th 2009 – 12:40AM

LaDainian Tomlinson and the San Diego Chargers have finally ended their offseason-long soap opera by agreeing on a three-year contract that restructures the running back's original deal. While "LdT" will take some reductions in his 2010 and 2011 base-compensation numbers, he'll now make the same amount he was originally...

Merriman Has Some Advice for Chargers: Can't We All Get Along?

By Ryan WilsonJan 26th 2009 – 10:20AM

Last week, Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson used the power of the internet to get his message out, telling fans that he has no intentions of leaving San Diego, and any decisions would be left up to the front office. So naturally, general manager A.J. Smith responded to Tomlinson by ... mocking him. Hardly seems...

Dean Spanos Talks to LaDainian, Says No Trade in the Works (For Now)

By Will BrinsonJan 15th 2009 – 10:00PM

As mentioned yesterday, the LaDainian Tomlinson trade rumors have been everything all at once. They've been alive, they've been ignored, they've been white hot, and they've been ridiculous. And now, they're suddenly nothing altogether.At least that's the word from San Diego, where it appears that LdT and president Dean...

LaDainian Tomlinson Revises Stance on Trade Talks, Calls Them 'Ridiculous'

By Will BrinsonJan 14th 2009 – 11:53PM

The LaDainian Tomlinson saga in San Diego is quickly becoming one of the more prevelant themes of an NFL offseason ... that hasn't even begun yet.But we are talking about LdT, and when someone of his stature is suddenly rumored to be on the trade block, only to ignore said trade rumors -- which comes just before the team...

dean spanos News From the Web

  • 05/21/12 San Diego's team supports San Diego's ship Source: NFL - San Diego Chargers Chargers President Dean Spanos was on hand Friday night at the Chairman's Reception for the Commissioning ceremonies and presented Captain Kevin Meyers, commander of the ship, with a #22 jersey with USS SAN DIEGO on the nameplate.
  • 05/18/12 Chargers Champions Grants Now Available Source: NFL - San Diego Chargers June 29 is the deadline for San Diego County schools to apply for physical education and nutrition grants through the Chargers Champions School Grant Program.
  • 05/02/12 Charger's Dean Spanos says of Junior Seau's suicide:... Source: Village News - Fallbrook CA Former San Diego Chargers star and community icon Junior Seau died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound at his beachfront North County home today.
  • 05/02/12 Former NFL great Junior Seau dead in… Source: FOX - KASA 2 - Albuquerque NM Former NFL great Junior Seau was found dead Wednesday in his home outside San Diego from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Background on dean spanos

Dean Alexander Spanos (born May 26] 1950, in Stockton, California) is the team president and CEO of the National Football League's San Diego Chargers franchise, in which his father, owner Alex Spanos, purchased majority interest in 1984.

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