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Charger rookie English foots the bill

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The buck(s) stopped with Larry English.
At least that's the story making rounds according to a Sporting News blogger and on Yahoo Sports

They report that the San Diego rookie from Aurora continued a Charger tradition for first-round draft picks by picking up the tab for a team dinner designed to build camaraderie.

The cost? According to a receipt pictured on a Twitter update by teammate and fellow linebacker Shaun Phillips: $14,08.67. That included a 17 percent gratuity of just under $1,900.

Fellow linebacker Shawne Merriman claimed his dinner cost him $32,000. And in 1998, QB Ryan Leaf balked at the tradition, although it's reported linebacker Junior Seau lifted his credit card to pay a $3,000 tab. Must have been at a bistro featuring one of the first dollar menus.

But with a reported $9.9 million of his five-year, $13.4 deal guaranteed, English can obviously afford it. Once.

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Rick Armstrong
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A graduate of North Central College, Owczarski covers the high school football beat in the fall and the local golf beat year around. He also serves as the Beacon News’ main sports features/enterprise writer. He has won several national writing awards and has a weekly column that runs on Sundays.

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