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SAN DIEGO -- LaDainian Tomlinsons brilliant NFL career will officially end when he ceremoniously rejoins the San Diego Chargers for a day. BenJarvus Green-Ellis Jersey . The Chargers said Sunday that Tomlinson, who was the NFL MVP in 2006 with San Diego and is the fifth-leading rusher in league history, will re-sign with the team on Monday and then announce his retirement. Tomlinson was drafted in the first round by San Diego in 2001 and became one of the biggest stars in team history, helping revive the Chargers after the devastating Ryan Leaf years and turning them into a force in the AFC West. He spent the first nine years of his career in San Diego. He played the last two seasons with the New York Jets. Tomlinson won the MVP in 06, when he set NFL single-season records with 31 touchdowns, including 28 rushing, and 186 points. He ran for a career-high 1,815 yards that year, giving him the first of two straight league rushing titles. Tomlinson finishes his career with 13,684 yards and 145 touchdowns. Tomlinson spoke at the public memorial service for Junior Seau on May 11, drawing the biggest cheers of the night. Perhaps his most memorable moment with the Chargers came on Dec. 10, 2006, when he swept into the end zone late in a game against the Denver Broncos for his third touchdown of the afternoon to break Shaun Alexanders year-old record of 28 touchdowns. His linemen hoisted him onto their shoulders and carried him toward the sideline, with Tomlinson holding the ball high in his right hand and waving his left index finger, while the fans chanted "L.T.! L.T.!" and "MVP! MVP!" When the Chargers released him in February 2010, quarterback Philip Rivers said: "I had the best view in the house on some of those awesome runs he made." Tomlinson had said recently that he might continue his career if the right opportunity was available. Some fans hoped the Chargers would bring back Tomlinson as a third-down back, but that appeared impossible as long as general manager A.J. Smith was in control. Tomlinson had a less-than-smooth separation from the Chargers. The slashing, dazzling runs came less frequently and Tomlinson was slowing down because of injuries and age. He became less and less the face of the franchise as his role was reduced in a pass-happy offence. The Chargers would have been on the hook for a $2 million roster bonus, along with a $5 million salary. Days after his release from the Chargers, Tomlinson held a tearful news conference at the suburban country club where he and his wife lived. L.T. also had a public tiff with Smith. A year before the Chargers released Tomlinson, Smith came under fire for mocking a statement Tomlinson made about wanting to stay in San Diego. Tomlinsons squeaky-clean image took a hit during the AFC championship game loss at New England in January 2008. Forced out early with a sprained knee, Tomlinson watched glumly from the sideline, huddled in a parka and his face hidden behind the tinted visor on his helmet. The Chargers were less than truthful in giving an overly optimistic prognosis about his injury during the game, announcing that he had a "sore knee and can return." That caused fans and commentators to question his toughness. Tomlinson said afterward that it was obvious he couldnt play. Coach Norv Turner got miffed when a reporter asked what Rivers and Antonio Gates should think when they played hurt but Tomlinson didnt. "Thats the stupidest thing you could ask," Turner said. "The guy was not able to go. The doctors and trainers said he couldnt go." Burned by that experience, Tomlinson -- always the most brutally honest employee in the Chargers organization -- was forthright with the media when he sustained a serious groin injury in the 2008 regular-season finale. Tomlinsons honesty caused Smith to bristle. That groin injury sidelined Tomlinson in a divisional-round playoff loss to Pittsburgh, the first time he missed a game due to injury in his pro career. He had been slowed earlier that season by a toe injury. He sprained his right ankle in the 2009 season opener against Oakland and missed the next two games. He ran for 914 yards in 2010 with the Jets, but carried only 75 times for 280 yards last season, playing mostly on passing downs. A.J. Green Elite Jersey . "I dont think hed cheat," said former journeyman catcher Charlie OBrien, who caught Clemens games for much of the 1997 season with the Toronto Blue Jays. OBrien portrayed Clemens as such a stickler that hed refuse to throw scuffed baseballs because he considered it cheating. 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Green Jersey . -- Jon Cornish just needed a rest.OAKLAND, Calif. -- Game-ending hits are becoming so routine these days in Oakland that concession workers have the celebratory whipped-cream pies waiting near the dugout whenever the Athletics are in position for another walk-off win. Brandon Moss delivered the 10th of the season for the As when he drove in Yoenis Cespedes with an RBI single with one out in the ninth inning Friday night to give Oakland a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees for their seventh win in eight games. "Theres always that feeling based on the fact weve had so many," manager Bob Melvin said. "Theres always that feeling when we get into the last at-bat at home. We just feel like something good is going to happen." It has seven times in the past 14 home games in a remarkable run of late-inning heroics that have put the low-budget As within a half-game of a wild-card spot in the American League. Oakland leads the majors in walk-off wins with 10 players ending up on the receiving end of a pie and Gatorade bath. "I enjoy it because I get to pie somebody different every night," outfielder Josh Reddick said. "Were not relying on the one person to carry this team right now. Its always fun to do that." Cespedes started the winning rally with a single with one out in the ninth off Cody Eppley (0-1) for his fourth hit of the game. Jonny Gomes followed with an infield hit. Moss, who left the bases loaded twice earlier in the game, lined a single to right field and Cespedes slid in safely ahead of Andruw Jones throw to set off another celebration. "Obviously it would be a lot less stressful if you could score the runs early in the game," Moss said. "But at the same time when you get in that situation and have a chance to come through and you do, its a huge adrenalin rush. Its a lot of fun. Its what you dream of as a little kid." The Yankees were completely silenced by Oakland rookie Tommy Milone, who struck out a career-high 10 batters in seven scoreless innings as the As took a 2-0 lead. But Oakland failed to build on the single runs scored in the third and fourth inning, squandering numerous scoring chances. The As left the bases loaded in the first and seventh inning with Moss making the final out both times and stranded 12 runners over the first eight innings. That helped the Yankees tie the game with a solo homer by Russell Martin offf Jerry Blevins in the eighth and by Robinson Cano against Ryan Cook (4-2) to lead off the ninth. Dre Kirkpatrick Jersey. . Cook has four blown saves in 14 chances. "You get a couple of runs off the relievers and you figure, you know what, maybe were going to be able to come back and get ahead," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "But we werent able to." Milone allowed seven hits and no walks and tied an Oakland record with his 10 strikeouts against the Yankees. He also helped end New Yorks streak of 43 consecutive games with at least three runs -- the longest in the majors since Clevelands 48-game run in 1994. The first two game of this series have been a far cry from New Yorks first visit to Oakland in late May when the Yankees overwhelmed the As in a three-game sweep to extend their winning streak at the Coliseum to nine games. That was part of a nine-game overall losing streak for the As, who have recovered since then to post the second best record in the majors to the Yankees since June 2. "Really it starts with their pitching," Martin said. "Not many teams can contain us like they have in the last couple games. Their guy tonight, I didnt really see a good pitch to hit. He kept getting ahead making good pitches, mixing his speed, (throwing to) both sides of the plate." After leaving the bases loaded in the first inning, the As struck for single runs in the third and fourth innings against Ivan Nova. Coco Crisp led off the third with a triple and scored on Jemile Weeks sacrifice fly. Moss and Brandon Inge then hit back-to-back doubles to open the fourth to make it 2-0. NOTES: Cano had two hits, extending his hitting streak to 23 games. ... Yankees OF Nick Swisher left the game in the seventh with a mild left hip flexor strain and is day to day. ... Milone is the fourth Oakland pitcher to strike out 10 against the Yankees with Bobby Witt the last to do it on July 2, 1993. ... Oakland RF Josh Reddick threw out Mark Teixeira going from first to third on Rodriguezs single in the fourth for his ninth assist of the season.... Yankees RHP Joba Chamberlain (ankle) allowed two runs -- one earned -- and two hits in a rehab start for Class-A Tampa in the Florida State League. ... Jarrod Parker (6-4) makes his first career start against the New York Yankees on Saturday against Phil Hughes (9-7). ' ' '
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