Seau Much More Than Face of Chargers
Today, we absorb arguably the saddest news to ever hit San Diego in regards to one of its sports figures. Junior Seau, dead at age 43, was more than a sports figure, he was more th...
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1st of Many? Harper Finally Goes Deep
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Seau Will Be With Us Forever
Nick Canepa, UT-San Diego
Seau a Freelancer Without Peer on Field
Nick Canepa, U-T San Diego
Seau Tragedy Leaves Too Many Questions
Art Spander, RealClearSports
Will Seau's Suicide Change Perception of NFL?
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Bryce Harper stood in the Washington Nationals’ dugout as Nationals Park roared for him, with the unfamiliar and splendid feeling of being unsure of what he should do. Jayson W...(full article)
They buried Junior Seau in the morning. They buried Superman. “That was it, Superman,” Miles McPherson, the former Chargers safety and friend of the Seau family who n...(full article)
The mystery surrounding the death of Junior Seau, the man, may never be solved. The mystery that was Junior Seau, the football player, wasn’t solved, either. Junior couldn’t...(full article)
So again the sporting world is confronted by tragedy, and we are left to debate and contemplate. A gunshot. Disbelief. A haunting refrain, the Beatles singing, "I read the news to...(full article)
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