San Diego Sports Year in Review Recap
By Joel Burdeos
San Diego,CA- As we approach the end of the year and head towards 2014, here’s a complete recap of the entire year in San Diego Sports.
January:
- San Diego Chargers select Tom Telesco as new GM
- Chargers name Mike McCoy as teams new Head Coach
- Chargers name Ken Whisenhunt as teams new offensive coordiantor
February:
- Padres Prospect Rymer Liriano out for the season due to TJ surgery
- USD Toreros open Fowler Park
- Padres Everth Cabrera Linked To Florida Clinic
- Yasmani Grandal apoligizes for testing positive for PED’s
March:
- Chargers release Takeo Spikes
- Chargers sign TE John Phillips, RB Fozzy Whittaker, OT King Dunlap
- Chargers sign OG Chad Rinehart
- Danny Woodhead signs with San Diego
- Chargers sign CB Derek Cox
- SDSU receive the #7 seed in the South Region of the NCAA tournament
- SDSU defeats OU 70-55 in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament
- Aztecs fall to Florida Gulf Coast in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament
April:
- USC Andy Enfield Hires Asst. Coach Tony Bland Away From San Diego State
- Padres defeat the Dodgers 9-3 on Opening Day
- Dodgers-Padres Brawl: Carlos Quentin breaks Zack Greinke’s Collarbone during a brawl for the ages
May:
- Padres call-up Burch Smith
- Arizona Wildcats Big Man Angelo Chol Transfers to San Diego State.
- Chargers Melvin Ingram tears his ACL
- Aztecs land Tulane Transfer Josh Davis
- San Diego Chargers Sign DE/LB Thomas Keiser
- Chargers sign Dwight Freeney
- Aztecs Claim MW Title with 9-4 Win Over New Mexico
- Conyers Pitches USD to WCC Title
June:
- Aztecs Eliminated at Regional with 6-3 Loss to USD
- Toreros Fall to Bruins to End Season
- Padres select Hunter Renfroe with the 13th overall pick in the MLB Draft
July:
- San Diego Padres Catcher Yasmani Grandal Suffers torn ACL
- Tom Garfinkel, Padres’ President & CEO Resigns
- Padres Sign Top Pick Hunter Renfroe
- Jonas Mouton Will Miss Entire Season With Torn ACL
- Padres acquire Ian Kennedy from the Diamondbacks
August:
- Danario Alexander out for the season with torn ACL
- 50 Game Suspension for Cabrera
- Chargers lose preseason opener 31-10
September:
- Chargers fall to the Texans in season opener
- Chargers comeback to defeat the Eagles 33-30
- Chargers fall to Titans 20-17
- Chargers defeat the Cowboys 30-21
- Dwight Freeney Suffers Torn Quad
October:
- Floyd and Freeney placed on Injured Reserve
- Chargers fall to the Raiders 27-17
- Chargers place LT Michael Harris on Injured Reserve
- Chargers defeat the Colts 19-9
- Chargers defeat the Jaguars 24-6
November:
- Chargers fall to the Redskins in Overtime 30-24
- Chargers fall to the Broncos 28-20
- Larry English Placed On Season Ending IR
- Chargers fall to the Dolphins 20-16
- Padres Sign Josh Johnson to 1 Year Deal
- Chargers comeback to defeat the Chiefs 41-38
- Aztecs Upset No. 20 Creighton, 86-80
- Aztecs Knock Off No. 25 Marquette, 67-59 to win the Wooden Legacy Title
- Heralded SDSU basketball recruiting class inks National Letter of Intents
December:
- Bengals defeat the Chargers 17-10
- Chargers blowout the Giants 37-14
- Chargers keep their playoff hopes alive defeating the Broncos 27-20
- Padres acquire Ryan Jackson from the Astros for Jesus Guzman
- Padres sign relief pitcher Joaquin Benoit to a two-year deal
- San Diego State RB Adam Muema declares for the NFL Draft
- Chargers defeat the Raiders 26-13 to keep their playoff hopes alive
- San Diego State once again earns the top spot in College Basketball’s sneaker class
- Phillip Rivers and Eric Weddle selected to the Pro Bowl
- San Diego State ranked No. 19 & 21 in latest Top 25 poll’s
- Chargers comeback to defeat the Chiefs 27-24 in overtime to advance to playoffs