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Speaker 1: Everybody. Chris Harry with you on a Hall of Fame

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Speaker 1: edition of the Chargers Training Camp Podcast. Today, I'm joined

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Speaker 1: by Chargers radio analyst Nick Hardwick. Nick shares his favorite

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Speaker 1: LT memories and stories and also recaps the first week

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Speaker 1: of Chargers Camp. But first I spoke with NFL Network

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Speaker 1: Steve Wish, who's in Canton for this weekend's Hall of

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Speaker 1: Fame festivities. I'll right, the Pro Football Hall of Fame

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Speaker 1: induction ceremony is Saturday at four pm Pacific on NFL Network.

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Speaker 1: Please be joined by the Network Steve Wish on the

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Speaker 1: Chargers Training Camp Podcast. Steve an authority on the Pro

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Speaker 1: Football Hall of Fame. I appreciate you joining me, sir, oh,

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Speaker 1: thanks so much for having me on. I mean, there's

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Speaker 1: such a special weekend in the Hall of Fame is

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Speaker 1: where the great you know, all coming together, they get

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Speaker 1: shown the love by the fans that they've earned over

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Speaker 1: the years. And you know, I like to tell people

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Speaker 1: on the NFL calendar, other than the Super Bowl, this

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Speaker 1: is pretty much the cherry on top when it comes

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Speaker 1: to NFL and just all the special things we're so

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Speaker 1: excited for Saturday. And Steve, if you could set the

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Speaker 1: scene for us in Canton right now. I know things

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Speaker 1: are a little bit different this year. The Hall of

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Speaker 1: and the Cardinals and Cowboys went at it yesterday, and

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Speaker 1: right now. Yeah, it's you know, it's really awesome. As

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Speaker 1: very end. But they felt that this is a great

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Speaker 1: organizers from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, great way

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Speaker 1: them just to tweak the schedules a little bit to

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Speaker 1: class of twenty seventeen. Every year, this is when, oh

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Speaker 1: my goodness, I'm in the club now, because they walk

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Speaker 1: who come back to Canton and they're and they're welcome.

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Speaker 1: There's a lot of events where these guys are basically like,

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Speaker 1: Now these guys have had their parties, they've gone through

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Speaker 1: And you've gotten to know him as a colleague at

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Speaker 1: guys thumping one another at full speed. The size, the speed,

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Speaker 1: that's going to be something very unique and very attractive

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Speaker 1: about the stub Up Center. I'm really pumped for you

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Speaker 1: and money on Sundays, and I know you're going to

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Speaker 1: be doing a lot more above and beyond the game broadcast.

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Speaker 1: Why don't you tell Chargers fans where they can expect

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Speaker 1: to listen to you and see you this upcoming season.

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Speaker 1: But you can hear me every day every morning if

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Speaker 1: and that's in San Diego. And then I'll be doing

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Speaker 1: charge Chargers digital media work, so that'll be across to

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Speaker 1: all their social platforms and at Chargers dot Com, and

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Speaker 1: we get some unique interviews with players, which I thoroughly

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Speaker 1: enjoy being able to sit down as a former player

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Speaker 1: plenty of places. Awesome, man. Well, hey, this has been

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Speaker 1: a fun first week. We're gonna put a bow on

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Speaker 1: it with LT getting his gold jacket. He's Nick Hardwick. Nick.

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Speaker 1: I look forward to kitching up with you next week man,

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Speaker 1: and doing this again soon. All right, thank you, Chris.

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Speaker 1: All right, then I'll do it for today's Chargers Training

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Speaker 1: Camp podcast. A big thanks to Steve Wish and Nick

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Speaker 1: practice with the Rams for season ticket and waitless members

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Speaker 1: at stub Hub Center Saturday, same day Leddanian Tomlinson receives

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Speaker 1: his gold jacket. Keep it Lacktchargers dot Com all weekend

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Speaker 1: long for exclusive coverage and until next time. We'll see

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