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Show The Salt Lake Tribune SPORTS Wednesday, November 28, 2001 Chargers Seek Kicker, Give Richey the Boot ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Desperatefor a kicker who can find the uprights, the San Diego Chargers will audition former Buffalo star Steve Christie, who has been outthis season with a groin inJury. -/ Christie, 34, has been oneof the NFL'sbestclutch kickers the last 11 seasons. Heflew from Buffalo to San Diego on Tuesdayand arrived in enough timeto takehis physical, which he passed, general manager John Butlersaid. Christie will have a tryout this morning. If the slumping Chargers feel he still has good range,theywill almostcertainly sign him to take overfield-goal attempts from the inaccurate ichey. Richey, whi missed two short field-goal attempts in Sunday’s 20-17 loss to Arizona,is expected to remain onthe team and handle kick- mentin May, was activated. Bills: Buffalo signed Shayne Around the League Graham astheir kicker, a dayafter Jake Arians was released follow- Browns: Fullback Mike Sellers, arrested last week and charged Dolphins. ing a missed poinit-after against the with felony drug abuse, was re- Vikings: Minnesota signed free- leased Tuesday. Jets: Longtime NFLplayer offs. Richeyreplaced thereliable John Carneythi agent linebacker Pete Monty and placed defensive end Jeff Hazuga on injured reserve, Lions:A judgeordered Lions Jumbo Elliott was hired as an as- madejust 21 of 30. San Diego (5-6) straight games andsix ofeight. sistant coach to work with offensive line coach Bill Muir. If Christie signs, he will be the fifth former Bills player {0follow nerback Zebbie Lethridge. owner William Clay Ford Jr. and Pontiac, Mich., officials to meet at Dolphins: Miami waived cor- Butler, Buffalo's GMfrom 1993 until last December, to San Diego. Denis Poroy TheAssociated Press San Diego's Wade Richey, right, missed two short least once more in an attempttoset: tle a lawsuit overthe team’s early Bengals: Fullback Nick Wil- field goals Sunday against the Cardinals. departurefrom the Silverdome. liams, outsince tearing a knee liga- Again Subject Of Trade Rumor get up to 5 phonelines, 5 free phones with mail-in rebate and unlimited localcalling between them. @ Continued from C-1 Greg Ostertag. A longtime target of Malone'sfrustration, he played seven scoreless minutes against - the Suns. In thelast three games, Ostertag has scored one point while going 0-for-5 from thefield and 1-for-6 from the foul line. “It would be hypocritical of meto say anything about Donyell [Marshall] or Greg or anybody Sign up for the AT&T Shared AdvantagePlan,including 2 phonelines for $59.99 per month. else,” Malone said. “The only person I can bein controlofis me. 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