COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Los Angeles Chargers offensive lineman Zack Golditch sat in the cold tub before practice on Monday next to the most senior member of his new team: quarterback Philip Rivers.
The conversation between Rivers and the undrafted rookie out of Colorado State turned to Golditch's harrowing experience as a high school junior. Six years ago, Golditch was shot in the neck at an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater in an incident that claimed the lives of 12 people and injured another 70.
"I figured the guy gets hounded all the time about it, but we ended up in the tub, and I figured, shoot, what the heck?